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A Portland State University professor has received a $3.3 million federal grant to study the impact of an early-learning program aimed at improving children's readiness for kindergarten and later grades. PSU College of Liberal Arts and...

A new Portland State University study suggests that universities should do more to invest in training graduate students in 21st century teaching methods, and that doing so does not mean that they would be any less prepared for a career in research. ...

Fifty-four years after Jack Whitmore was first accepted to Portland State University, the 74-year-old is finally getting his degree. Whitmore will graduate from PSU's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences with a bachelor's in science...

Students handle brains in a NW Noggin session. The brain is a lot to wrap your mind around. The 3-pound mass of fatty tissue is the most complex structure known to humankind, but thanks to the NW Noggin program run by two Portland...

Portland State University faculty have received a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation to help students transferring from community colleges to achieve STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) degrees. More than half of the money will go to student scholarships. The...

Portland State University Sociology professor Dara Shifrer has received an $877,836 grant from the National Science Foundation to study the effects race, poverty and disabilities may have on American students’ success in STEM education and careers. The five-year grant will allow Shifrer’s...