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September 28th 2020

The science of conserving our cultural heritage

Acclaimed artist Heather Becker once noted: “Conservation is a meeting...
A man stands at a podium in front of a wall with images of fragments of male faces projected onto it. A neon sign that says "no means no?" is on the floor at the base of the wall.
July 20th 2020

Meet the 2020 Arlene Schnitzer Visual Arts Prize Winners

The School of the Art + Design and the College of the Arts is pleased to...
April 27th 2020

The Arts: Unflinchingly Opera

MUSIC PROFESSOR and acclaimed jazz musician Darrell Grant’s first opera, “Sanctuaries,” combines elements of jazz, spoken word and theater to explore the effects of Portland’s gentrification and the experience of displaced residents of color in...
November 15th 2019

PSU students translated Italian play now being performed in London

An Italian play will be performed in London this month — thanks to a group of Portland State University students who translated the work into English. "Variations on Kraepelin's Model," a play by Italian playwright Davide Carnevali, will be performed Nov. 18 in London's Theatre503 as...
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May 16th 2019

LEED-ing Green Initiatives

Full story printed in Campus Rec Magazine on May 16, 2019 Constructed in...
Opera star Audrey Luna moves elegantly in a long, flowing red dress in front of a gray backdrop
February 1st 2019

On a high note

It’s not every day that a PSU alum is the “question” on Jeopardy and...
Leonard Kimbrell
October 25th 2018

Art scholarship honors couple devoted to each other and education

The School of Art and Design is excited to announce a new endowed scholarship....
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September 28th 2018

New Gift Offers Art Students the Opportunity to Study Abroad

The School of Art + Design has a new scholarship for students thanks to a...
June 19th 2018

Gained in translation: PSU Italian classes create English subtitles for documentary

Portland State University students studying Italian put their language skills to the test by translating parts of a documentary about Italy's gay community into English — with the hope that a wider audience would be able to enjoy the film. Students in Angela Zagarella's second- and third-year...
April 10th 2018

PSU professor receives National Endowment for the Humanities grant to work on Soviet literature

Cassio de Oliveira (right), a Portland State University assistant professor of Russian, World Languages and Literatures, will receive a $6,000 stipend from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to fund his research this summer...
March 6th 2018

The art and science of the brain: NW Noggin makes neuroscience fun

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...
October 6th 2017

PSU receives $1 million grant to use science to study and conserve artwork

The skillful coupling of chemistry and art by Portland State University professor Tami Lasseter Clare has helped save valuable pieces of artwork from being lost to peeling, flaking, fading and cracking. Clare’s use of cutting-edge conservation science to preserve fine art recently led...