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A young Black woman rides an e-bike with a small child in the passenger seat behind her. They both wear helmets as they ride down a bicycle boulevard.
May 20th 2022

Using E-Bike Purchase Incentive Programs to Expand the Market

Would monetary incentives encourage more people to buy e-bikes? Portland...
close up image of tall grass with building and fence in far off background
May 19th 2022

PSU's Cleantech Challenge 2022

Portland State University’s Cleantech Challenge, geared toward cleantech...
Red-legged frog in someone's hands
May 16th 2022

Home on the range: PSU researchers help map where wildlife roam across Oregon

Why did the frog cross the road? To get to the other side to mate and lay...
Spring people
April 28th 2022

Currently Accolades: People for May 2, 2022

Leigh Ahlgren, research and graduate studies faculty, received PSU’s...
April 25th 2022

PSU announces recipients of prestigious university research and mentoring awards

From left: Randall Bluffstone, Katy Barber, Anne Thompson, Leigh Ahlgren Portland State University announces the 2022 awards for excellence in research, graduate mentoring and research administration. The awards are among the university's...
April 22nd 2022

SPEAX

Ataia Medical is enhancing patient care with SPEAX; a medical device improving communication for those utilizing BiPAP machines as an essential part of their medical care. BiPAP machines are used as a form of non-invasive ventilation (NIV) therapy which facilitates breathing through a tube...
Blue Glacier
April 19th 2022

New PSU research predicts the disappearance of Olympic Peninsula glaciers

By 2070, the glaciers on the Olympic Peninsula, in Washington State, will...
Image of a bioswale
April 15th 2022

Rain, floods and green infrastructure: are cities mitigating the hazards equitably?

As cities grow, the area of impervious surfaces they cover grows. In...
Green roof
April 14th 2022

PSU receives NSF grant to improve understanding of green roofs

Across the country, cities are increasingly embracing green roofs due...
Satellite view and image rendering of 2020 wildfires in Western Cascades in Oregon.
April 14th 2022

Factors including extreme winds, topography and vegetation influenced the severity of burns from Oregon's devastating 2020 megafires.

In early September 2020, severe winds, high heat, and prolonged drought...
Construction of a new bridge to replace an aging bridge linking residential communities in St. Petersburg, FL.
April 1st 2022

Two New Portland State University Projects will Support Engineering Resilient Infrastructure for FHWA

David Yang, an assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental...
Headshot of Celeste Seibel
March 30th 2022

Achieve My Plan

Achieve My Plan (AMP) is a program geared towards creating empowering interventions...