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January 2nd 2024

Targeted household cleaning can reduce toxic chemicals post-wildfire, research shows

After the last embers of a campfire dim, the musky smell of smoke remains....
Coffee beans in grinder
December 6th 2023

Brewing discoveries: PSU volcanologist perfects espresso using geophysics

What happens when a volcanologist and a coffee expert walk into a bar? They...
Cyclists ride on a Portland, Oregon street painted in a spiral of rainbow colors with a piano key design in the center.;
November 30th 2023

Year in Review: Transportation Research Projects Launched at PSU in 2023

It has been a record-breaking year in research for Portland State University,...
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November 16th 2023

25 PSU Faculty Members Ranked Among Most-Cited Science Researchers in 2022

25 PSU faculty members were ranked among the top 100,000 most-cited science...
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November 8th 2023

ANNIE LINDGREN NAMED INTERIM AVP FOR RESEARCH

Portland State University is pleased to announce the appointment of Annie...
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November 1st 2023

PSU partners on $1.24M grant from U.S. Department of Education

Portland State University is partnering with Western Michigan University...
A red streetcar pulls up to a transit stop in Portland, Oregon, with several passengers waiting to board.
October 30th 2023

PSU Transportation Researchers Receive $250,000 to Create Equity Research Roadmap

Portland State University (PSU) researchers will create a "Research Roadmap...
Shakespeare portrait with “Shakespeare’s First Folio: 1623-2023”
October 16th 2023

‘Let Shakespeare serve the city’: PSU and partnering arts organizations celebrate 400 years of the Bard

There will be much ado about Shakespeare this year at Portland State and...
Raúl Bayoán Cal
October 12th 2023

Centering Indigenous Knowledge Through Agroecological Energy Systems

Raúl Bayoán Cal, Mechanical Engineering Professor at Maseeh College, who...
Kylee Brevick takes a water sample at one of her two research sites
October 2nd 2023

Undergraduate Researcher Discovers Unexpected Diversity In Key River Microorganisms

Once a week for the past year, Kylee Brevick could be found at two particular...
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September 25th 2023

Glaciers becoming smaller and disappearing, PSU inventory finds

The Western United States is losing its glaciers. A new inventory from Portland...
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September 21st 2023

PSU study examines how weather patterns will change in the future

In a warming Pacific Northwest, summers are getting hotter and winters less...