NEWS

Student with pink hair playing flute
October 25th 2022

Music class in sync with higher math scores — but only at higher-income schools, PSU study finds

Music and arts classes are often first on the chopping block when schools...
Sky Hopinka in front of forested background
October 18th 2022

Portland State alumnus Sky Hopinka named a 2022 MacArthur Fellow

Portland State alumnus Sky Hopinka '12 has been named a 2022 MacArthur Fellow...
PSU's Oak Savanna
September 30th 2022

Renowned Australian architect to visit PSU, kicking off year-long project to design Indigenous center on campus oak savanna

A renowned Indigenous architect from Australia will be visiting Portland...
Students in ARCH High program work at desks in studio
September 1st 2022

Creating opportunities, lifting barriers in architecture

At Portland State University’s School of Architecture, faculty and students...
Mannequin wearing an angular cape, top and skirt made from natural fibers by Johanna Houska.
August 15th 2022

Meet the 2022 Arlene Schnitzer Visual Arts Prize Winners

The School of the Art + Design and the College of the Arts are pleased...
Pickathon 2022 Cherry Hill stage "Crossroads" towers. Photo by Michael Chan
August 5th 2022

PSU Architecture students design and build Pickathon stage using 175 giant cable spools

As the Pickathon music festival returns from its two-year hiatus, students...
Subito 2022 cover image of reel-to-reel audio tape
July 6th 2022

PSU Musicology program publishes spring 2022 edition of “Subito”

The spring 2022 edition of Subito, an annual academic journal of music written,...
Page from an album made for Prince Bahram Mirza, titled "Prince and Lady under Flowering Branch," from the early 16th century
June 24th 2022

Visiting Harvard scholar David Roxburgh to give lecture on 15th-century Timurid art

Harvard University professor David J. Roxburgh has been named the inaugural...
Nia Musiba
June 23rd 2022

2022 Deinum Prize recipient Nia Musiba seeks to celebrate Black artists in multimedia project

Portland State University School of Art + Design student Nia Musiba has been...
woman with dark hair and white jean jacket looks ahead with trees in the background
June 2nd 2022

Designing for accessibility

When Leeahnn Victorio was a first year student at Portland State, she accidentally...
Charlie Huxley
June 2nd 2022

Finding a future in history

As a child growing up in Gresham, Charlie Huxley loved cemeteries. They...
Ivory Fields
June 2nd 2022

Developing equity in publishing

Arriving at Portland State University was a matter of luck for Ivory Fields,...