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PSU’s Aerospace Society partnered with space technology company AscendArc, giving visitors a firsthand look at student-built rockets, liquid-fuel engines, and Oregon’s first CubeSat. With open-source designs and plenty of trial and error, students are turning ambitious space concepts into real-world innovations.

A PSU study finds little evidence that Measure 110 drove rising crime or overdose deaths, instead pointing to COVID-19 and fentanyl as major factors. The three-year project examined multiple Oregon drug policy shifts and underscores the need for well-resourced treatment services to make future reforms effective.

PSU biologist Anne Thompson studies picocyanobacteria, tiny ocean-dwelling phytoplankton that produce oxygen and drive global nutrient cycles. Her work explores how these microbes survive, who eats them and their role in climate resilience, inspiring new science education from high school to graduate research.