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Portrait of Rana Yaghmaian with bookshelf in background
April 23rd 2024

Rana Yaghmaian named Researcher of the Year for College of Education

Dr. Rana Yaghmaian, associate professor and department chair of Counselor...
Alison Heryer
April 22nd 2024

Alison Heryer named 2024 College of the Arts Researcher of the Year

Alison Heryer, the Sue Horn-Caskey & Charles F. Caskey Professor of Textile...
Diane Moug
March 25th 2024

Seeking Soil Stability: Diane Moug Tackles Traction and Wins a CAREER Award

Civil Engineering Professor Diane Moug career trajectory emphasizes a dedication...
The Portland streetcar, TriMet bus, and TriMet MAX train all pass through an intersection near the Urban Center on the Portland State University campus. Overlaying the image are columns of 1s and 0s in the PSU green color.
March 20th 2024

What's new in Transportation Data at PSU? Updates on PORTAL and BikePed Portal

Portland State University's Transportation Research and Education Center...
Diane moug headshot, next to an image of soil and grass.
March 19th 2024

Diane Moug, Assistant Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Receives NSF CAREER Grant

We are proud to announce that Diane Moug, an assistant professor who teaches...
Professor and students in chemistry lab
March 7th 2024

PSU researchers named to National Academy of Inventors

Three Portland State professors are being recognized by the National Academy...
Headshot of Ilke Celik. View of modern photovoltaic solar panels to charge battery. Rows of sustainable energy solar panels set up on the farmland.
March 1st 2024

Solar Energy Engineer Ilke Celik Receives NSF CAREER Award

The US has set a goal to eliminate fossil fuels as a form of electricity...
Wildfire smoke from the 2020 Labor Day wildfires
March 1st 2024

What caused 2020 extreme weather events? PSU study explores meteorology behind extreme fire, snow

The same weather system that led to the spread of the devastating Labor Day...
Students sitting at a table with notebooks
February 27th 2024

PSU study sheds light on racial inequality in higher education

A new collaborative study revealed that disparities in the share of Black...
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...
Illustration of an integrated control system simulation in a smart city. Aerial view of an intersection with overlaid lines and boxes indicating which items are being tracked as data in real time.
February 13th 2024

Building Data Power To Enhance Active Transportation

The transportation safety crisis in America persists. People walking and...
Left: An overhead view of the proposed skatepark site, with possible entrances marked on the map. Right: A street-level view of the vacant lot.
February 13th 2024

How Better Block PSU Helped Launch the Steel Bridge Skatepark

Portland's Old Town neighborhood is getting a new skatepark, and a team of...