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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...
A yellow umbrella shades a red and blue outdoor dining table and chairs on the sidewalk outside a restaurant in Forest Grove, Oregon; one of the study sites chosen to evaluate the economic impacts of bicycle and pedestrian street improvements.
June 30th 2022

Active Transportation Projects Offer Solid Returns on Investment, Economic Study Finds

Active transportation investments offer many types of benefits related to...
he MURP team Street Perspective presenting their work on June 3 in a PSU Friday Transportation Seminar. From left: Asif Haque, Meisha Whyte, Sean Doyle, Angie Martínez, Peter Domine, Nick Meusch.
June 30th 2022

PSU Planning Students Seek to Improve Safety for Houseless Pedestrians

In 2022, a PSU Master of Urban and Regional Planning (MURP) team made headlines...
A yellow highway speed limit sign in Oregon showing 45 MPH. The image comes from the cover of ODOT's Safety Investigations Manual.
June 30th 2022

Updating ODOT's Safety Investigation Manual

Researchers at Portland State University and Oregon State University have...
PSU student Gabby Abou-Zeid (right) stands in front of her research poster at the 2022 TRB conference. On the left is PSU professor Kelly Clifton. They both wear protective face masks. The title of the poster is "It's complicated: Exploring the relationship status of in-store and online grocery shopping during the COVID-19 pandemic."
June 30th 2022

PSU Graduate Gabby Abou Zeid Explores Implications of E-Grocery Shopping during the COVID-19 Pandemic

In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic drastically impacted travel for in-person...
Drawing of people waiting to cross a busy intersection. Caption: I've been stranded at this intersection for what feels like forever with no safe or easy way to cross. What happened to people? Why is it all about cars? TITLE: All About The Car
June 16th 2022

Communicating Research through Comics: Transportation and Land Development

Incorporating transportation into the land development process is a big undertaking,...
Jungmin Kwon
June 15th 2022

Film faculty member Dr. Jungmin Kwon honored for research in the arts

Jungmin Kwon, Ph.D., associate professor in the School of Film, has received...
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...
dead trees in foreground with live trees behind
June 9th 2022

Portland State study shows how ‘green islands’ help forests regenerate after fire

Thanks to climate change, high-elevation forests in the Central Cascade mountains...
Professor Ken Stedman
May 24th 2022

PSU professor honored for broader impacts of research activities

The Center for Advancing Research Impact in Society (ARIS) has selected...
View of the Steel Bridge, a through truss, double-deck vertical-lift bridge across the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon.
May 20th 2022

Resilient and Rapid Repair Measures for Bridges Following Major Earthquakes

An Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) report, Resilient and Rapid...