NEWS

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...
Alison Heryer stands in front of several dress forms
February 9th 2024

Art + Design faculty Alison Heryer receives College of the Arts Dean's Council Award for Research, Scholarship and Creativity

Alison Heryer, the Sue Horn-Caskey & Charles F. Caskey Professor in Textile...
Dr. Antares Boyle
February 2nd 2024

Antares Boyle receives Music Theory Emerging Scholar Award

Portland State University’s School of Music & Theater Assistant Professor...
Closeup of a drinking fountain that also includes a water-bottle refilling station.
January 29th 2024

How A Gen Z Habit Could Help Save the Public Water Supply

If you've spent any time on social media recently, you may have seen a much-coveted...
Architecture
January 25th 2024

Architecture Foundation of Oregon honors PSU architecture students

The Architectural Foundation of Oregon recognized six Portland State students...
Faculty and graduates at Portland State’s Commencement.
January 12th 2024

Sloan grant will help PSU graduate more diverse STEM doctorate students

Portland State is home to Oregon’s most diverse undergraduate student population...
Music alumna Emily Cadiz teaching.
January 3rd 2024

PSU Music alumna is in the news for her innovative, adventure-based preschool curriculum

After a devastating brain injury, special education teacher Emily Cadiz found...
Flooded road in Tillamook
January 3rd 2024

Flood-prone communities have low trust in the agencies responsible for helping them, PSU survey data finds

Tillamook residents have always dealt with flooding — they sit at the confluence...
Wildfire smoke illustration
January 2nd 2024

Targeted household cleaning can reduce toxic chemicals post-wildfire, research shows

After the last embers of a campfire dim, the musky smell of smoke remains....
Coffee beans in grinder
December 6th 2023

Brewing discoveries: PSU volcanologist perfects espresso using geophysics

What happens when a volcanologist and a coffee expert walk into a bar? They...
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...
Raúl Bayoán Cal
October 12th 2023

Centering Indigenous Knowledge Through Agroecological Energy Systems

Raúl Bayoán Cal, Mechanical Engineering Professor at Maseeh College, who...