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An autistic researcher at Portland State University has received two federal grants totaling $467,000 to help other autistic people be more successful in the workforce. Dora Raymaker, assistant research professor in the School of Social...

Portland State University researchers have found potentially hazardous chemical compounds in the basic liquid used in e-cigarettes. These chemicals are in addition to the ones found in an e-cigarette’s nicotine and flavorings. The findings by PSU researchers David Peyton, Rob Strongin...

Hillary Rodham changed her name to Hillary Clinton after it was suggested her last name was one reason Bill lost his re-election bid for Arkansas governor in 1980. More than three decades later, does it still matter if married women keep...

Portland State University won a record 11 awards for excellence — including seven first-place winners — in communications and marketing at the annual Council for Advancement and Support of Education conference this month. The awards are judged...

The Space Cup, a zero-gravity coffee cup designed for NASA by PSU mechanical engineering professor Mark Weislogel and his colleagues, has won the 2016 Beazley Product Design of the Year prize from the Design Museum in London. “A coffee...

Chartwells Higher Education Dining Services, a New York-based food service management company focusing on locally-sourced, nutritious meals, was awarded the contract to manage all of PSU’s dining services starting with the 2017-18 fiscal year. Chartwells will take the place of Aramark,...

When PSU President Wim Wiewel read a story in The Oregonian about PSU exchange student Masoud AlMazrouei returning a stolen laptop to its rightful owner, he wanted to meet and thank him for his honesty. Wiewel surprised him this week...

January 28, 2017 Statement from Portland State University President Wim Wiewel We are dismayed about the impact of the executive order signed by the president denying entrance to the United States from seven predominantly Muslim nations. Portland State currently educates more than 1,9...

Portland State University has been committed since 2004 to achieving LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification through the U.S. Green Building Council for all new construction, with nine certified buildings and...

The work of six PSU Master of Architecture students was recognized at the 2016 AIA Northwest and Pacific Region Student Design Awards (AIA NW+PR) this fall. At the November 5 awards ceremony held in Fairbanks, Alaska, Nicolas Pectol (Master of Architecture '16) earned the Honor Award for...

Portland State University President Wim Wiewel has named Valerie Cleary the new Director of Athletics for the Vikings program. Cleary returns to Portland State after spending the past two years as AD at Willamette University in Salem. ...

Portland State University students took on a unique challenge this fall: design and build micro dwelling units, or “sleeping pods,” to keep Portland’s homeless safe and warm this winter. Their innovative housing units will be displayed...