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May 25th 2021

PSU professors win $1M grant to connect math teaching to real-world issues

"When will I ever use this in real life?" It's an age-old question that...
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May 20th 2021

PSU-The Nature Conservancy partnership taps trees to address regional climate change

For the past two and a half years, Rose Graves has had one foot at Portland...
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May 14th 2021

PSU's Climate Science Lab gets NASA grant to better simulate extreme precipitation

How well can a climate model simulate an extreme precipitation event and...
The historic Columbia River Quarantine Station
May 13th 2021

Q&A: PSU professor revisits historic quarantine station in timely new book

As the saying goes, history repeats itself, and a quarantine station in Knappton...
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May 3rd 2021

PSU’S Kimberly Kahn weighs in as part of a international commission on police violence

A commission of researchers released a timely report late last month that...
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April 30th 2021

Race and ethnic studies requirement would prepare students to 'become better citizens'

In the wake of the 1960s civil rights movement, ethnic studies emerged as...
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April 29th 2021

The Liberator Fund: Expanding Humanitarian Efforts Worldwide

When Liberator Fund founder Peter Hendrickson first walked through the doors...
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April 28th 2021

The Cleantech Challenge: Crossing Disciplines in Service of the Greater Good

As another April Earth Day rolls by, it is a reminder that there is still...
PSU graduate students at a teaching innovation conference
April 26th 2021

Call for Proposals: Inclusive Frameworks for Student Success

Portland State University’s Certificate of Innovation in College Teaching...
April 23rd 2021

PSU announces recipients of prestigious university research and mentoring awards

Portland State University announces the 2021 awards for excellence for research, graduate mentoring and research administration. The awards are among the university's highest honors. They recognize and incentivize PSU faculty and staff...
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April 21st 2021

PSU research center earns national fellowship to address homelessness

Portland State University’s Homelessness Research & Action Collaborative...
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April 19th 2021

PSU study challenges idea that students with cognitive disabilities can't be in STEM

A new Portland State study challenges the idea that youth with cognitive...