NEWS

Dear Campus Community, Our country has witnessed with horror the untimely deaths of George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery, black men whose deaths have come even as we struggle to absorb the disproportionate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on minoritized communities. All around us, people of color...

Dear staff and faculty, I know the spring term has been a challenging time as we continue to respond to the COVID-19 crisis. Your commitment to Portland State under these difficult circumstances has been outstanding, and I want to thank all of you for the work you do to support our students,...

Colleagues, On May 20, the state Office of Economic Analysis released its first revenue forecast since the onset of the pandemic. As expected, the state is facing a record revenue shortfall which, if realized, means funding reductions in the current biennium and ongoing state cuts through...

Deanna Cor, Ph.D., pioneers trans research. Photo courtesy of Deanna Cor. About 41% of Americans who identify as transgender — someone whose personal identity doesn’t align with their assigned biological sex — have attempted suicide....

The Portland State University Board of Trustees held a special meeting Wednesday and voted unanimously to appoint Stephen L. Percy as the 10th president of PSU. “Dr. Percy has served the last year as interim president and has led...

It’s an understatement to say that this term has been challenging for Portland State students, faculty and staff. But there have been bright spots, too. Whether it be through a surprise Zoom drop-in by alum Ian Karmel, a music video featuring 24 jazz musicians recording themselves from...

Like many schools across the country, Portland State University will celebrate the accomplishments of its 6,000 graduates in a virtual way with online commencement events scheduled for June 14. But a message to students last week from PSU’s student government and the vice president for...

“It was like winning the lottery.” “I don’t even know what I was going to do.” “I can finally sleep at night.” Thousands of students expressed sentiments like these last week as funding from the federal Coronavirus Aid,...

Senior Capstone courses at Portland State get students out of the classroom and into the field, allowing them to apply the skills and knowledge they’ve gained in their undergraduate courses for the benefit of community partners. But what happens when a global pandemic makes getting into...

A new study by Portland State University’s Center for Public Service, conducted in partnership with NW Natural, finds that the regional natural gas system could provide a transportation sector backup that would be helpful for post-disaster...

Three earthquakes in the Monterey Bay Area, occurring in 1838, 1890 and 1906, happened without a doubt on the San Andreas Fault, according to a new paper by a Portland State University researcher. The paper, “New Insights into Paleoseismic Age Models on the Northern San Andreas Fault:...

The SAGE Classroom, the sustainable, affordable modular learning environment designed by Portland State University School of Architecture students and faculty, recently received the first place Award of Distinction in the “Green Building” category from the Modular Building Institute in...