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Hacienda CDC's main office in Portland's Cully neighborhood (Courtesy of Hacienda CDC)

April 5th 2023

Teaming up for greater impact: Hacienda CDC and PSU

Since Ernesto Fonseca took the helm of Hacienda CDC in 2017, the Latino community...

Photo of Bell Street in Seattle, WA, taking by Dongho Chang. The street is a welcoming pedestrian space that allows people to use the street with various transportation modes, not only cars.

March 30th 2023

PSU Transportation Students Envision "Living Streets," Car-Free Corridors for Downtown Portland

In the 1970's, Portland had a dream: to create a "pleasurable human environment"...

Photo of the LiDAR sensor installed on a pole, overlooking a street in Texas. The sensor is a small white box mounted to the top of a gray metal pole and attached by a black cord.

March 10th 2023

New LiDAR System Pinpoints Pedestrian Behavior to Improve Efficiency and Safety at Intersections

Pedestrian safety is critical to improving walkability in cities. To that...

PDXPLORES Podcast, Season 2, Episode 17

March 9th 2023

The People’s Social Epi Project: PDX with Ryan Petteway

In this episode of PDXPLORES, Ryan J. Petteway, Associate Professor at...

Map showing high temperatures (red) across the western U.S. during the heatwave

March 8th 2023

PSU study: Everything was stronger in that deadly June 2021 PNW heatwave

What was different about the deadly, record-breaking heat wave in June 2...

Making mathematics equitable for all.

March 2nd 2023

Making Mathematics Accessible and Equitable For All Students

Defining mathematics is the motivation behind Professor Eva Thanheiser's...

hands of three students holding calculators

March 2nd 2023

Think you're good at math? PSU study shows it may be because you had equitable math teachers

A new study finds that high school students identify more with math if they...

PDXPLORES Podcast, Season 2, Episode 16

February 28th 2023

21st Century Learning Ecosystem Opportunities: Research and Findings with Kathy Harris

In this episode of PDXPLORES, Kathy Harris, the Director of the Literacy,...

digital drawing of a brown bat with its wings wide against a forested green background

February 23rd 2023

Portland State graduate student identifies new species of bat in Cameroon

Portland State graduate student Amanda Grunwald made an exciting discovery...

Fives lanes of automobile traffic on 122nd avenue in Portland, with cars crossing a marked crosswalk at a pedestrian refuge island.

February 23rd 2023

PSU Researchers Will Work With PBOT To Evaluate New 122nd Avenue BIL Project

Portland State University transportation researchers will work with the Portland...

2023 CERA Awards Announced

February 22nd 2023

PSU Announces Recipients of 2023 Community Engaged Research Awards

Portland State University recently announced Megan Horst, Staci Martin...

February 10th 2023

Understanding Backlash to Women's Rights Campaigns in Malawian Society with Lindsay Benstead

In this episode of PDXPLORES, Lindsay J. Benstead, Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the Middle East Studies Center (MESC) at Portland State University discusses her recent publication, Explaining Backlash: Social Hierarchy and Men’s Rejection of Women’s Rights...