Portland State Magazine

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illustration depicting comic books, tiny homes, a blueprint, and students working
January 28th 2025

Innovating Solutions: How PSU is reshaping the homelessness crisis

Mention homelessness and a certain picture comes to mind. Tents lining sidewalks....
Illustrative collage
December 9th 2024

An Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

In 2011, Malisa Tep walked out of her first-year inquiry class at Portland...
Arts & social justice illustration
October 21st 2024

Where Art Meets Activism

Portland State University professor Darrell Grant always knew he wanted to...
decorative
September 17th 2024

Planting The Seeds

Growing up, Athena Rilatos’ auntie used to tell her, “When you build...
Illustration of summer sun wearing red sunglasses and three students sitting at a table collaborating
July 22nd 2024

Starting Strong

Imagine you are an incoming student, just beginning your journey at Portland...
Ice Queen Illustration
May 25th 2023

Meet Portland’s Ice Queen

Exploring Chicana Culture Through Cool, Portable Treats On the surface, Ice...
Council Oaks, Okla., Principal Aubrey Flowers blows kisses
November 12th 2022

Alumni life: Teaching through troubled times

Aubrey Flowers’ tenure as a school principal in Tulsa, Oklahoma, has been...
Ethelyn Tumalad-Granados with her family
April 15th 2022

Oregon’s Star Teacher of 2022

WHEN Ethelyn Tumalad-Granados MA ’16 MEd ’17 arrived at school for an...
Spring opening Park Blocks
April 7th 2022

Park Blocks: Making Campus More Welcoming

As protests swept the nation in 2020 after the murder of George Floyd and...
A cake baked by PSU alumni for the university's 75th anniversary
April 23rd 2021

Happy 75th, PSU!

Portland State’s 75th anniversary kicked off on Founders’ Day, Feb. 14....
Stephen Percy poses for a photo
April 23rd 2021

From the President: Celebrating 75 Years of Opportunity

FEBRUARY MARKED a milestone for Portland State: our 75th anniversary....
Alex hunt poses with two robots
October 16th 2020

The robot, reimagined

ALEXANDER HUNT doesn’t think robots are going to take over the world anytime...