PSU News

Colored lights splash across Montgomery Plaza at the Portland Winter Light Festival
January 15th 2026

PSU joins LAIKA to celebrate “All the Little Things” with Portland Winter Light Festival

Portland State University (PSU) is proud to partner with award-winning Portland-based...
Panorama of downtown Portland
January 15th 2026

Portland State releases new 2025 statewide homelessness report

Portland State University’s Homelessness Research & Action Collaborative...
Julia Lee sits in front of an open piano
January 14th 2026

PSU piano professor Julia Lee inducted into Steinway & Sons Music Teacher Hall of Fame

Julia Hwakyu Lee, PSU School of Music & Theater professor of piano, has been...
Abandoned playground
January 13th 2026

PSU professor launching national study on parenting under immigration stress

Portland State professor Susana Beltrán-Grimm has been studying how bilingual...
Community Safety Worker Certificate Graduates and program organizers pose in the Vanport Room at PSU.
January 9th 2026

Pilot program awards Community Safety Worker certificates for violence prevention workers

In an intimate and boisterous ceremony this week at Portland State University’s...
Five PSU Percussion Ensemble students perform in the middle of the Viking Pavilion basketball court.
January 9th 2026

PSU Percussion Brings a New Pulse to the Court

Basketball and percussion came together in the spring of 2025, when the PSU...
Modesta Minthorn speaking at the grand opening
January 6th 2026

PSU initiative brings Oregon Tribal languages to campus

Inside the lobby of Portland State's Vernier Science Center, a QR code on...
Gennie Brougham in a blue sweatshirt and hat standing in front of a valley and mountains.
January 5th 2026

PSU Alumna Gennie Brougham Begins Teaching Career in Her Home District

PSU alum Gennie Brougham, M.Ed. ‘25, was a freshman studying environmental...
A winter day with snow on the Portland State University campus
December 10th 2025

Research Wrapped: 2025 Saw Great Strides Forward In PSU's Urban Research Innovation Leadership

As the year draws to a close, Portland State University (PSU)'s office of...
Ed Washington
December 10th 2025

The Connector Retires: Ed Washington's Legacy of Relationship-Driven Change

Ed Washington doesn’t consider himself a pioneer. But his biography tells...
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December 9th 2025

Once again, Computerworld names PSU to 2026 list of Best Places to Work in IT

Foundry's Computerworld announced Portland State University has once again...
PSU Chamber Choir sings in front of a red curtain
December 5th 2025

PSU College of the Arts welcomes the start of winter with holiday events

Warm up your winter with a diverse lineup of festive events presented by...