NEWS

PORTLAND, Oregon — Since its inception in 2012, the Portland State...

Dear Colleagues, Today President Percy and I will be sending a message to campus providing updates on our continued diligence in addressing the ongoing pandemic, particularly as the Omicron variant spreads. Our community is responding to this challenge with the care that characterizes PSU,...

The state-of-the-art Vanport building on PSU’s campus officially opens...

The Helen Gordon Child Development Center (HGCDC) provides quality early...

Dear Campus Community, Please join me in honoring Indigenous Peoples’ Day today at Portland State. This year, the state of Oregon joined more than 50 states and cities in formally recognizing Indigenous Peoples’ Day instead of Columbus Day. A day of honor is a time to reflect and...

On Monday we celebrated the news that the Food and Drug Administration granted full approval to the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for people 16 and older. Currently, three types of COVID-19 vaccines are approved and recommended by the FDA; the Pfizer vaccine is the first to be given the...

We are looking forward to returning to our downtown campus this fall. Preparations are in place for a safe resumption of in-person teaching and learning in the campus atmosphere we cherish. We also know that the COVID-19 pandemic is not yet over and that the quickly growing number of cases...

An excessive heat warning is in effect from Wednesday, Aug. 11, to Saturday, Aug. 14, with high temperatures expected to exceed 100°F. On-campus cooling stations The health and safety of our community is of paramount importance to PSU. Portland State has designated three on-campus...

With temperatures expected to reach dangerously high levels this weekend, we wanted to share the following information for students and employees who may need assistance in staying cool and safe. On-campus cooling stations All regularly occupied buildings on campus will have air conditioning...

Portland State University announced Wednesday that it will require all students attending classes at its downtown Portland campus to be vaccinated against COVID-19 when fall term classes begin in September. In an effort to make COVID-19 vaccines more accessible to its community, PSU will...

Dear Colleagues, It is with great excitement that we present the draft recommendations of the Equity Summit task forces. These draft recommendations represent months of collective thinking and critical reflection. The task forces have been grounded in the work from prior reports and plans...

Dear Campus Community, We are deeply troubled by the act of violence this week involving eight people, six of them women of Asian descent, in Atlanta, Georgia. Though this crime, which illustrates the insidious intersection of misogyny and racism, happened thousands of miles away, it...