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When all the dust had settled, the pitches made, and the prototypes demonstrated, a student team from University of Portland took home the top honors at the 2018 InventOR Collegiate Challenge last Friday for their specially designed silicone mat, called Produce Mate designed to extend the...

Dear campus community, I want to express my concern about the fatal officer-involved shooting early this morning. I know there are many questions about the incident, and we want to keep you informed as best we can. The Portland Police Bureau is responsible for investigating this incident,...

More than half of all accessory dwelling units (ADUs) in Portland cost less than the average rent of the city’s one-bedroom apartments, according to a Portland State University study. The study found that 58 percent of the owners of ADUs – (internal apartments, additions to home or...

Las Vegas, Nev. - In a unique project, the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Environmental Management Nevada Program is working with Nevada’s Desert Research Institute (DRI), Portland State University and members from 16 Native American tribes to restore native plants to an area of the...

Portland State University biologist Deborah Lutterschmidt won a $700,000 continuation grant from the National Science Foundation to study an essential choice all organisms make in using their limited resources: whether to produce young or feed and maintain themselves. “Despite the critical...

Portland State University is concerned that Tuesday's Supreme Court's 5-4 ruling to uphold the travel ban will have a chilling effect on international students coming to study at PSU and other U.S. universities. It is important to note that the third version of the travel ban will not have...

A new Portland State University study suggests that universities should do more to invest in training graduate students in 21st century teaching methods, and that doing so does not mean that they would be any less prepared for a career in research. ...

The Portland State University Board of Trustees on Thursday unanimously approved a $341 million operating budget for the 2018-19 academic year that balances revenues and expenses. The budget is a 3.4 percent increase over the current year primarily due to increases in employee pay and benefits....

Men in the United States tend to have more privilege, wealth and career success than women, yet they lead shorter and unhealthier lives. This reality is compounded for men of color and sexual minority men, who are among the unhealthiest people in America, partly due to systemic oppression...

Portland State University students studying Italian put their language skills to the test by translating parts of a documentary about Italy's gay community into English — with the hope that a wider audience would be able to enjoy the film. Students in Angela Zagarella's second- and third-year...

Education advocates and philanthropists Christine and David Vernier have donated $1 million to Portland State University’s Graduate School of Education to create a fully equipped STEM training classroom for PSU’s new 4th and Montgomery...

Fifty-four years after Jack Whitmore was first accepted to Portland State University, the 74-year-old is finally getting his degree. Whitmore will graduate from PSU's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences with a bachelor's in science...