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Illustration of a person meditating on the grass in a forest with trees and a mountain behind them
August 15th 2023

PSU Social Work Alum Opens Forest Bathing Therapy Practice

Forest bathing has long been touted as a method of promoting healing and...
Panelists at Future Ready Oregon Conference
June 9th 2023

PSU’s ‘Future Ready Oregon’ conference puts climate, Indigenous values at center of workforce development

Portland State brought together dozens of regional workforce, community and...
Group photo of 2023 Student Employment Awards winners holding their certificates
April 19th 2023

PSU Honors Winners of the 2023 Student Employment Awards

On Friday, April 14, for the first time since 2019, the winners of the PSU...
Kris Carico standing in the Park Blocks on PSU campus
April 12th 2023

PSU alumna improves neighborhoods and natural areas with litter clean-up projects

When Kris Carico talks trash, entire communities benefit. A ’97 PSU alumna...
Banner that says Portland State University
February 6th 2023

Grant makes exploratory trips to Vietnam, Hawaii possible for PIAA Studies

A multidisciplinary group of Portland State faculty and community partners...
Rendering of second floor of Vernier Science Center
January 27th 2023

Portland State to use $224K grant to boost career training for climate jobs

Portland State will leverage a $224,000 state grant to create a career center...
Screenshot of a telepractice stuttering session with a patient and two grad student clinicians
January 3rd 2023

PSU clinic helps stutterers across Oregon's urban-rural divide

Megann McGill was doing tele-health before it was cool. Since 2017 — long...
Axcelle Campana poses with award, with trees in backdrop
December 5th 2022

PSU student wins $100K environmental prize

A Portland State graduate student whose work focuses on the inequities in...
A photo of Portland State University's campus, with a light pole in the foreground with a logo banner mounted on it.
October 18th 2022

Portland State University Awarded $2.4 Million to Respond to Oregon’s Workforce Shortage

The Higher Education Coordinating Commission (HECC) is awarding Portland...
group of people with equipment standing together near the river
October 12th 2022

Do you swim in the Willamette? PSU researchers explore why and why not

Whether it is safe to swim in the Willamette—and when—is a frequent topic...
Two students observe soil composition during archaeological fieldwork
August 10th 2022

PSU students dig into Willamette Valley's past

Growing up, Portland State anthropology major Cory Martinez remembers taking...
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May 31st 2022

Push for Pacific Islander and Asian American Studies at PSU makes gains

Eli Vossler will graduate from Portland State this June with a bachelor's...