NEWS

Professor Ken Stedman
May 24th 2022

PSU professor honored for broader impacts of research activities

The Center for Advancing Research Impact in Society (ARIS) has selected...
May 19th 2022

Mainstage kabuki returns to Portland State this spring

The sounds of traditional Japanese percussion and stringed instruments fill the rehearsal room in Lincoln Hall as kimono-clad students gracefully dance together. With each deliberate step, they embody the beauty and poise of an 18th century courtesan. They still have a few more days to...
Kelley Nassief
May 17th 2022

PSU Opera program names new director

The Portland State University School of Music & Theater is thrilled to announce...
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...
Stephen Percy
May 13th 2022

A message from President Percy about his upcoming retirement

Dear PSU Community, Faculty, Staff and Students, Another academic year...
PSU's Urban Plaza
May 11th 2022

PSU is an emerging Hispanic-Serving Institution

Excelencia in Education has designated Portland State University as an “emerging...
Proving Ground space
May 4th 2022

Pop-up space features alum-founded brand looking to give back to community

At the intersection of art, skateboarding and community is Zero8one5. An...
May 2nd 2022

University Studies welcomes first Inquiry for Justice Scholars in summer 2022

Inquiry for Justice — a college access program for local high school students focused on the study of justice — will launch at Portland State University this summer thanks to a $300,000 Teagle Foundation Knowledge for Freedom grant. The program includes a two-week residential experience...
Professor in costume in Japanese stage production
April 28th 2022

PSU professor receives prestigious imperial award from Japan

A Portland State professor has been awarded one of Japan's highest honors...
Students wear Pride shirts and pose on Stott Field.
April 27th 2022

Celebrate Pride with Campus Rec

Celebrate PSU Pride month with Campus Rec and partners from across campus!...
Photo of PSR and Portland Fire handing out water bottles during a heat wave.
April 25th 2022

Alternative police response yields social services, no arrests in first year

Portland Street Response (PSR), the city’s new first-response unit,...
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...