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BUILD EXITO, a Portland State University program to help diverse, underrepresented students become research scientists, will graduate its largest cohort to date this June. The 52 students completed the three-year BUILD EXITO program while pursuing their bachelor’s degrees in biomedical,...

A key panel of the Portland State University Board of Trustees on Wednesday approved reducing the tuition increase for Oregon undergraduates from 11% to 4.97%. The Finance and Administration Committee voted to approve a resolution recommending that the full Board of Trustees adjust PSU’s...

Next week, Portland State University students will walk across the stage and graduate in one of six ceremonies spread across three days. They are among 6,000 students graduating in 2019. About 33% of the overall graduating class are from communities of color and international graduates come...

A committee of PSU trustees has recommended that the full board name Acting President Stephen Percy to the interim position. Members of the Executive & Audit Committee of the Board of Trustees voted unanimously to make the recommendation at their Thursday meeting. The full board will decide...

In less than two weeks, the nearly 6,100 graduates of PSU’s Class of 2019 will make the big transition from school to work. And by all accounts, they will be entering a job market full of opportunities. “The majority of hiring in Oregon takes place in small to mid-size companies, so...

Portland State University is pleased to announce that Lt. Joe Schilling...

During finals week at Portland State University, most students will be sitting in a classroom with their peers taking an exam they spent hours preparing for and scrambling to complete final projects. But for some College of the Arts students, finals look...

Oregon is considering a bill to implement paid family leave, House Bill 2005, following in the footsteps of Washington, which approved a similar policy in 2017. Oregon Health and Science University-Portland State University School of Public Health researchers concluded that it’s not just...

Mercedes Muñoz (right) works with junior Carol Dwyer at Franklin High School. In her first term as an undergraduate at Portland State University, Mercedes Muñoz found herself homeless and on her own with her three children: an...

Chloe Friedlein '19, winner of the 2019 Andries Deinum Prize for Visionaries and Provocateurs A young woman who had survived a mass shooting told her mother that she’s now terrified of the sound of fireworks. Her mother’s...

Feeling overqualified in a new job may lead an employee to feel less motivated and committed to their position over time, according to a recent study of new bank employees conducted by faculty from The School of Business at Portland State University and their colleagues. ...

Job growth in the Portland Metro Area is expected to reach 10 consecutive years soon, which will be the longest job expansion for the city on record, according to a 2019 Portland State University economic forecast released Thursday. PSU’s Northwest Economic Research Center’s (NERC)...