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Helping emergency responders predict where ash from exploding volcanoes will fall and how heavy it will accumulate is the focus of new $624,000 National Science Foundation-funded project that involves researchers from Portland State University. Portland State Engineering Professor Raul...

The leader of the Portland State University Business Accelerator has won the first-ever tech champion award from the Technology Association of Oregon. Angela Jackson, co-founder and managing director of the PSU Business Accelerator, was...

A recent experiment conducted by a Portland State University psychologist with college students at UCLA confirms and expands upon existing research on racial stereotypes and their influence on “shooter bias.” The results show that not just race but also the clothes a victim wears and...

U.S. News & World Report ranked one graduate program at Portland State University 38th in the nation, and ranked two others in the top 130 in its newest list of best graduate schools, which was released Tuesday. With its 38th place ranking, PSU’s School of Social Work is in the top 2...

Yohlunda Mosley, a 20-year veteran of student recruitment and multicultural outreach at universities and schools throughout the Midwest, has been named Assistant Vice President for Enrollment at Portland State University. She will begin...

Finalists will make their pitches at TechFest NW in April, top two teams will advance to InventOR Five student teams have been selected to compete in the 2018 Portland State University (PSU) Cleantech Challenge, presented by Daimler Trucks North America. The teams will spend the coming...

The National Science Foundation has awarded Portland State University a three-year, $300,000 grant to help undergraduate student researchers use big data to guide growth in the Portland metropolitan region. PSU's "Computational Modeling Serving the City" project will bring eight college...

In the face of rising personnel and retirement costs, Portland State University projects a 3.4 percent budget shortfall in the 2018-19 academic year likely to be filled by budget cuts and a modest student tuition increase this fall. Vice President for Finance & Administration Kevin Reynolds...

Nearly 20 years after it was built, PSU’s Urban Center Building has been certified by LEED – Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design – under a program that recognizes efforts to reduce environmental impacts of existing buildings. The program, LEED O+M, assesses and rates the...

Students handle brains in a NW Noggin session. The brain is a lot to wrap your mind around. The 3-pound mass of fatty tissue is the most complex structure known to humankind, but thanks to the NW Noggin program run by two Portland...

Portland State University Interim Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Margaret Everett is departing PSU to become provost at Lesley University in Massachusetts. “Leaving PSU and the opportunity to work with this community...

The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program remains unresolved nationally, despite a deadline set for today. Federal court action will allow renewal application to the program, but provides no long term solution. For the DACA students at Portland State University -- our Dreamers...