NEWS

The Board of Trustees has been and continues to be deeply affected by the June 29th death of Mr. Jason Washington. While the Portland Police Bureau’s investigation has been closed, ours is still very much open. The tragedy of Mr. Washington’s death is a moment in PSU’s history that...

DesignMedix’ lead product, experimental anti-malaria medicine DM1157, has begun human clinical trials. DM1157, discovered at Portland State University (PSU) and developed by PSU spin-out DesignMedix, was designed to overcome the serious issue of growing drug resistance among malaria medicines....

Portland State University is ranked the most innovative school in Oregon and maintained other honors in rankings released today by U.S. News & World Report in its “Best Colleges 2019.” This marks the fourth year in a row that U.S. News & World Report has named Portland State among the...

Portland State University today announced a $1 million grant through the Harold & Arlene Schnitzer Family Fund of the Oregon Jewish Community Foundation, on behalf of Arlene Schnitzer and Jordan D. Schnitzer. This philanthropic investment will create a new scholarship program within the Judaic...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is forecasting a 60% chance that we will experience an El Niño event this fall with that probability increasing to 70% for this upcoming winter. El Niño events often get a lot of...

A Portland State University professor recently received a $230,000 grant to study fragments of ancient pottery and sediments to answer the question: what did indigenous Arctic Alaskan people eat and how did they prepare their food over...

Chile had some of the worst wildfires in its nation's history in 2017, but policymakers and communities should expect larger and more frequent wildfires in the years to come, according to a new study co-authored by a Portland State University professor. In the study, published online Aug....

Karen Marrongelle, the dean of Portland State University's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, is stepping away from PSU at the end of September to take a top job with the National Science Foundation. Marrongelle will serve as head...

On the anniversary of last year’s total solar eclipse, a team of Portland State University engineering students and alumni released today a spectacular video and high-resolution photos showing the eclipse shadow as it moves across Oregon. The video is the only one of its kind to have...

It’s official: Portland has broken its all-time record, set in 2015, of 29 days over 90 degrees. Aug. 22 marked the 30th day over 90. July was the the second warmest on record at PDX, and August has been even warmer. The cause of this...

A new Portland State University study suggests that the disproportionate placement of racial minorities into special education for learning disabilities is largely because of social inequities outside of schools rather than racially biased educators. Some attribute the overplacement to...

The 9-meter geotechnical centrifuge at the University of California, Davis--part of the NSF Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure--can simulate the high pressures found deep in the ground within small-scale models while hydraulic...