NEWS

Members of the Portland State University Executive and Audit Committee met last week and unanimously recommended that the full Board of Trustees appoint Interim President Stephen Percy as president of PSU. Trustees on the committee reviewed Percy’s performance as interim president over...

Oregon MESA is hosting a week of virtual events May 11-14 for middle school and high school students to explore college pathways, STEM careers and science activities related to healthcare, engineering and entrepreneurship. Oregon MESA (Mathematics, Engineering, Science, Achievement) is...

What happens to slime in space? Portland State Professor Mark Weislogel and graduate student Rihana Mungin teamed up with NASA to answer that question, conducting experiments in the cosmos on the green slime iconic to the children’s cable channel...

On Wednesday, May 6, the U.S. Department of Education released the revised regulations regarding Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972. These regulations require colleges and universities that receive federal funding, including PSU, to follow new procedures in handling sexual harassment,...

Although the PSU Food Pantry has temporarily relocated, Bobby Smallwood...

Portland State University is pleased to announce the hiring of Dr. Ame Lambert as Vice President for Global Diversity and Inclusion. Lambert will begin in late August. Lambert joins PSU from Roger Williams University in Rhode Island, where...

Susan Fowler turned Silicon Valley upside down in 2017 when she posted an essay on her website about the sexual harassment she experienced while working for Uber. Uber’s human resources department ignored claims against Fowler’s male...

Portland State University announced Friday that 106 employees are being transitioned to leave without pay status in response to sharply reduced campus operations from the impact of COVID-19. Affected employees received a two-week notice, will be eligible for expanded state unemployment...

Portland State remains committed to helping as many students as possible whatever the financial difficulties that they are facing. To that end, we want to ensure that all students know of the following options. By far, the largest resource currently available is from the federal government...

Photo by Cait McCusker The rapid spread of COVID-19 has changed the way most of the world moves through daily life, with many businesses having to temporarily close and students of all levels forced to transition to online courses. Even...

Birol Yesilada, Director of the Hatfield School of Government, (virtually) presented COVID-19 and the Future of Democracy in Europe, where he discusses how the global pandemic raises complex questions about democracy and a government’s ability to modify the civil liberties of its citizens....

For the past month and a half, everyone in the Portland State community has had to live with a great deal of uncertainty. It remains a tremendous challenge. As we plan for the future our primary goal is the health and well being of our community — not just today, but in the months to come....