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Cars driving on flooded street
May 14th 2021

PSU's Climate Science Lab gets NASA grant to better simulate extreme precipitation

How well can a climate model simulate an extreme precipitation event and...
PSU Cleantech Challenge 2021 logo
April 2nd 2021

Fuel cell prototype takes first prize at PSU Cleantech Challenge

Team Gener8 won the Portland State University (PSU) Cleantech Challenge on...
April 1st 2021

New research uncovers safety concerns with some air purifiers marketed for COVID-19

As employers, schools and local governments look to air-cleaning technologies to make spaces safer during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, a new study from Portland State University, Illinois Tech and Colorado State University found that some of these technologies may be ineffective — and...
Alpine tundra and valleys of temperate rainforests in Australia
March 9th 2021

Study warns of global ecosystem collapse

A new study co-authored by a Portland State researcher is sounding the alarm...
mussels in a river
March 2nd 2021

Study explores link between forestry management practices and pesticides in aquatic species

March 2, 2021 — Pesticides used in forestry may threaten species in downstream...
March 1st 2021

History class tells stories of forgotten women scientists

Women have been actively studying and advancing the sciences for centuries, but their stories have gone largely untold. Look up a female scientist on Wikipedia — beyond the Marie Curies and Jane Goodalls of the world — and chances are you might find little, if any, information. "When...
Top view business group students
February 23rd 2021

Kick off your year of entrepreneurship at PSU with a fun, immersive program!

Join the PSU Center for Entrepreneurship for Kickstart Weekend, a market...
Leslie Baker Lyon and Catherine “Catie” Spivey
February 5th 2021

Two Mechanical Engineering Students Receive Brooke Owens Fellowship, Aimed to increase Diversity in Aerospace Industry

Two Mechanical Engineering students, Leslie Baker Lyon and Catherine “Catie”...
Student wearing mask
January 26th 2021

Social Work students trained as bilingual, bicultural contact tracers to serve Latino community

While Oregon continues to battle rising COVID-19 cases, Roberto Orellana...
CTC Team semi-final pitch
January 8th 2021

Five Teams Advance in the PSU Cleantech Challenge for a shot at $10,000 in Grants and Prizes

"PSU Cleantech Challenge Finals will be virtual, images are from past Cleantech...
Smoke and fire billowing in the sky and burned trees
December 14th 2020

Oregon's Western Cascades watershed to experience larger, more frequent fires, PSU study finds

The Clackamas Basin rarely experiences the intense fire activity that burned...
Pacific razor clams on beach
November 30th 2020

Even razor clams on sparsely populated Olympic Coast can't escape plastics, PSU study finds

Portland State University researchers and their collaborators at the Quinault...