Centers & Institutes

CCAR serves as an internationally recognized, multidisciplinary engine for transformative research and teaching in areas of climate science, atmospheric science, air quality and environmental health.

Besides strengthening PSU's research & teaching capabilities, the instruments, resources, and personnel at CEMN help members of the high-tech community meet their needs through consultations, training and certification, and analytical services.

C-GEO offers Oregon K-12 teachers myriad instructional resources as well as opportunities for professional development that enables them to integrate geography across their curriculum.

CJS has become world renowned for its vibrant academic, business, and cultural programming, bringing some of the world’s most foremost experts on Japan to PSU each academic year.

Established by the Oregon Legislature, CLR develops management plans and conducts research on limnological and invasive species biology in freshwater and marine systems.

Researchers in CLEE work to answer questions such as: "Where and how did life originate?" "What are the biological and chemical mechanisms needed for survival?" "How will life function under future planetary extremes?"

CSAR serves researchers and organizations in the greater Portland area for projects involving four broad areas of expertise: cartography, geographic information systems (GIS), remote sensing, and education.

Founded in 1959, PSU’s Herbarium currently contains about 29,000 specimens of vascular plants, mosses, and lichens, and is the second-largest herbarium in Oregon.

INR helps decision makers identify and use relevant science in making natural resource policy and management decisions. INR works with local, state, federal, non-profit, and private organizations to produce maps, assessments, scientific reviews, datasets, and analyses for use in conservation planning, prioritization, and management.

The museum is both a teaching lab and a collection of vertebrate and invertebrate specimens, including more than 3,500 mammal specimens, 1,400 bird specimens and 3,300 amphibian and reptile specimens.

PICS, founded on the belief that mathematical computing has and will continue to expand scientific horizons, is dedicated to fostering research in computational sciences in and around the Portland metro region.

The seed bank is dedicated to the conservation and restoration of Pacific Northwest native plants, with an emphasis on the rare and threatened plants of Oregon.