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It’s no secret that Portland draws newcomers into its borders every day. In fact, the latest census estimates that two-thirds of the city’s growth is due to migration—mostly people moving in from other parts of the U.S. While the...

A proposed gross receipts tax for Oregon on the November ballot would significantly increase state tax revenues and increase public sector employment while having a general negative impact on private sector employment, a new study by Portland State University’s Northwest Economic Research...

(Austin, TX) -- A “smart cities” project team that includes Portland State University won the Global City Teams Challenge Leadership Award grand prize on June 13. The $20,000 prize came from US Ignite, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to foster the creation of next-generation...

Portland State University is hosting 25 of Africa’s brightest emerging professionals this summer in the Mandela Washington Fellowship program, a six-week academic and leadership institute sponsored by the U.S. Department of State. The...

Migration of the young and college-educated to the nation’s largest cities has surged by nearly 40 percent since the Great Recession, according to “Talent on the Move,” a new report from Portland State University. The research findings, released today, are part of PSU’s America...

The Portland State Board of Trustees approved a one-year operating budget of $565 million on Thursday. The budget covers anticipated expenses and starts to rebuild the university’s reserves, said the board’s finance committee chair Rick Miller. Reserves are required to allow the...

Cliff Allen, associate dean of graduate programs at Portland State University’s School of Business Administration, has been appointed the new dean of the school. The announcement was made Monday by Sona Andrews, PSU’s provost and vice president for academic affairs. Allen succeeds...

Washington, D.C.— In recognition of their extraordinary community outreach initiatives, four members of the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) have been selected as regional recipients of the 2016 W.K. Kellogg Foundation Community Engagement Scholarship Award. As...

Photo Credit: www.ninaleejohnson.com Lynn Peterson has been named the recipient of the 2016 Nohad A. Toulan Urban Pioneer Award for Public Service. The Urban Pioneer Award is given annually to a community leader who exhibits many...

Portland State University students installed honeybees and mason bees on campus this spring. Portland State University students installed honeybees and mason bees on campus this spring. In an effort to improve Portland State University’s...

Portland State University awarded an estimated 5,785 degrees in two back-to-back ceremonies today at the Moda Center. Graduates came from 44 states, the District of Columbia and 56 nations, and ranged in age from 19 to 80 years old. Twenty-nine percent of the bachelor’s degrees went to...

The PSU Cleantech Challenge presented by Wells Fargo has selected 10 student teams from universities around Oregon to receive $2,500 to develop prototypes of environmentally friendly inventions and compete for a grand prize of $10,000 to...