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Two women smiling for selfie during awards ceremony
April 30th 2025

MFA alum wins Oregon Book Award

What began as Charity Yoro's thesis for her MFA in creative writing has now...
Archaeology Roadshow
April 30th 2025

13th Annual Archaeology Roadshow to take place at East Portland’s Gateway Discovery Park May 31

Celebrate the archaeology and history of our region at the Archaeology Roadshow...
Upper Klamath Lake
July 25th 2024

Stitching a Path Forward

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but what about a quilt? Portland...
Group of students and faculty posing for photo
April 10th 2024

PSU student-published book wins Oregon Book Award

A book published by Portland State’s student-run Ooligan Press won an Oregon...
Eliza Greenstadt
March 14th 2024

Remembering Eliza Greenstadt

It is with great sadness that the Portland State University community mourns...
Students and professors in class
February 16th 2024

‘Build as We Fight’: Mellon grant will help PSU reimagine social justice in Pacific Northwest

Portland State’s Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies — one of the oldest...
Shakespeare portrait with “Shakespeare’s First Folio: 1623-2023”
October 16th 2023

‘Let Shakespeare serve the city’: PSU and partnering arts organizations celebrate 400 years of the Bard

There will be much ado about Shakespeare this year at Portland State and...
2023 Cherry Hill stage at Pickathon, created by PSU Architecture students
August 2nd 2023

Pickathon features elegant new stage created by PSU architecture students

This weekend’s Pickathon music festival (August 3 - 6, 2023, at Pendarvis...
Janice Lee
May 19th 2023

Using Creative Writing to View Trauma and Loss from New Perspectives

The characters that populate Janice Lee's stories range widely: from human...
artistic image of silhouettes of people
May 10th 2023

Breaking new ground in racial justice research

From examining portrayals of refugees in literature to measuring the effects...
Student with pink hair playing flute
October 25th 2022

Music class in sync with higher math scores — but only at higher-income schools, PSU study finds

Music and arts classes are often first on the chopping block when schools...
Sky Hopinka in front of forested background
October 18th 2022

Portland State alumnus Sky Hopinka named a 2022 MacArthur Fellow

Portland State alumnus Sky Hopinka '12 has been named a 2022 MacArthur Fellow...