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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...
View of Mount Hood
September 18th 2023

PSU joins Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center

Portland State University is joining the Northwest Climate Adaptation Science...
Road damage following an earthquake
September 15th 2023

PSU a partner on new earthquake research center

Portland State University is partnering with several other universities on...
artistic image of silhouettes of people
May 10th 2023

Breaking new ground in racial justice research

From examining portrayals of refugees in literature to measuring the effects...
Mt. Hood
January 21st 2023

Latest climate assessment says Oregon is getting warmer — what's that mean for the state?

The latest climate assessment for Oregon says the state is getting warmer...
Woman with hearing aid working on laptop
January 12th 2023

How supervisors can create a better work environment for deaf or hard-of-hearing employees

Hearing loss cases are climbing globally — 1 in 5 adults are affected —...
Axcelle Campana poses with award, with trees in backdrop
December 5th 2022

PSU student wins $100K environmental prize

A Portland State graduate student whose work focuses on the inequities in...
Student with pink hair playing flute
October 25th 2022

Music class in sync with higher math scores — but only at higher-income schools, PSU study finds

Music and arts classes are often first on the chopping block when schools...
group of people with equipment standing together near the river
October 12th 2022

Do you swim in the Willamette? PSU researchers explore why and why not

Whether it is safe to swim in the Willamette—and when—is a frequent topic...
People with clipboards taking down observations of nearby plants
July 6th 2022

Citizen scientists from 200 years ago and today help shed light on climate change trends

Nearly 200 years ago, a system of academies across New York set out to collect...
Figure showing atmospheric ridge
July 5th 2022

PSU, WSU researchers to study atmospheric ridges, a factor in Pacific Northwest's extreme weather events

Last year's record-breaking heatwave, recent droughts and the 2020 Labor...
Man on laptop in front of high-performance computing cluster
June 9th 2022

PSU secures $2.1M grant to expand data-driven research, training

As employers clamor for more data scientists and industrial and government...