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NASA has awarded a four-year, $283,000 grant to Portland State University engineering professor Ed Zaron to continue his research on tides and sub-surface ocean waves using satellite data. The work is particularly important to climate scientists in their efforts to measure sea level rise,...

People of color and low-income residents of major cities are far less likely to use municipal bike sharing systems than their white and higher-income counterparts. But researchers at Portland State University say that situation could change...

PSU Board of Trustees unanimously approved today a $329.5 million education and general operating budget for the fiscal year that starts July 1 based on the prospect of no additional state support beyond what the governor and lawmakers proposed months ago. Board member Christine Vernier...

Dear PSU Students, Colleagues and Friends: Today, Lewis & Clark College will announce that they have appointed me as their 25th president. I will be starting on October 1. This is a change from my original plan, which was to take a year-long sabbatical and then return as a part-time faculty...

Two students and two faculty members at Portland State University have been awarded federal Fulbright grants to study, teach and conduct research overseas in 2017-18. The Fulbright program, sponsored by the U.S. Government, offers grants to study, teach and conduct research in more than...

Portland State University announced Thursday that businessman and philanthropist...

Two experiments designed by a Portland State University graduate student and a faculty member are slated to be performed on the International Space Station (ISS) this summer. A SpaceX rocket, set to launch June 3 will deliver the experiment equipment to astronauts aboard ISS. The experiments...

Weeks after Portland and Multnomah County committed to transition to 100 percent renewable energy by 2050, six teams of PSU researchers and city representatives reported on their own efforts to reduce carbon emissions and prepare for climate change at the 2017 Portland Climate Action...

Dear PSU Community, We are relieved to hear that Portland State music student Micah Fletcher continues to recover from his knife wounds from the savage attack on Friday on the MAX train in Portland. As you have heard, Micah was one of three brave men who responded to a man verbally assaulting...

Portland State’s 10th Annual Sustainability Celebration drew more than 250 attendees to the Smith Ballroom yesterday, marking another year of accomplishments in sustainability research, teaching, and operations at PSU. Over 45 student,...

The Portland State community came together Thursday to honor more than 25 faculty, staff and students who received the 2017 President’s Diversity Awards for their advocacy, engagement, support and other accomplishments. Samuel Henry, associate professor in the Graduate School of Education,...

The Portland State University Board of Trustees voted unanimously Tuesday to reduce a planned tuition increase next fall if the Legislature and governor agree to increase state funding for higher education for the next two years. The board held a special meeting to formalize a promise made...