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The automated bicycle counter on Portland's Tillikum Crossing bridge, showing how many bicycles have passed that day and that year.

July 14th 2022

National Study Offers New Bike Count Models: Combining Traditional Counters And Emerging GPS Data

In order to make sure bicyclists' needs are considered when improving a transportation...

Will Pittman, MA in Literature, PSU (2001)

July 14th 2022

Alumnus Will Pittman chosen for U.S. Department of State English Language Fellow Program

The U.S. Department of State has chosen Portland State University alumnus...

Photo of Melissa Pola at the School of Social Work

July 14th 2022

A Flexible Path to Change Community

Master of Social Work (MSW) student Melissa Pola enjoys the flexibility the...

July 12th 2022

Tozi Gutierrez Hired as MSW Program Director

I am happy to announce that Tozi Gutierrez (she, her, ella), Ph.D., has...

Photo of Shannon Blajeski

July 8th 2022

Shannon Blajeski Hired as Assistant Professor

Hello all, I am happy to announce that Shannon Blajeski has been hired...

Staff members Jon Garcia and Kristin O'Dell demonstrate the Child Welfare Partnership's simulation facility with an actor

July 7th 2022

Simulating Human Engagement

Having both the authority to take a child out of someone’s family and the...

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,...

People with clipboards taking down observations of nearby plants

July 6th 2022

Citizen scientists from 200 years ago and today help shed light on climate change trends

Nearly 200 years ago, a system of academies across New York set out to collect...

Figure showing atmospheric ridge

July 5th 2022

PSU, WSU researchers to study atmospheric ridges, a factor in Pacific Northwest's extreme weather events

Last year's record-breaking heatwave, recent droughts and the 2020 Labor...

Three members of the Map the System team holding a certificate next two judges

July 5th 2022

PSU students tackle America’s child care crisis in Map the System Global Final

For more than 50 years, the United States has failed to pass large scale...

A yellow umbrella shades a red and blue outdoor dining table and chairs on the sidewalk outside a restaurant in Forest Grove, Oregon; one of the study sites chosen to evaluate the economic impacts of bicycle and pedestrian street improvements.

June 30th 2022

Active Transportation Projects Offer Solid Returns on Investment, Economic Study Finds

Active transportation investments offer many types of benefits related to...

he MURP team Street Perspective presenting their work on June 3 in a PSU Friday Transportation Seminar. From left: Asif Haque, Meisha Whyte, Sean Doyle, Angie Martínez, Peter Domine, Nick Meusch.

June 30th 2022

PSU Planning Students Seek to Improve Safety for Houseless Pedestrians

In 2022, a PSU Master of Urban and Regional Planning (MURP) team made headlines...