NEWS

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...

A yellow highway speed limit sign in Oregon showing 45 MPH. The image comes from the cover of ODOT's Safety Investigations Manual.

June 30th 2022

Updating ODOT's Safety Investigation Manual

Researchers at Portland State University and Oregon State University have...

June 30th 2022

Chris Monsere Wins Branford Price Millar Award for Faculty Excellence

Dr. Chris Monsere, PH.D., P.E. of Portland State University has been awarded...

PSU student Gabby Abou-Zeid (right) stands in front of her research poster at the 2022 TRB conference. On the left is PSU professor Kelly Clifton. They both wear protective face masks. The title of the poster is "It's complicated: Exploring the relationship status of in-store and online grocery shopping during the COVID-19 pandemic."

June 30th 2022

PSU Graduate Gabby Abou Zeid Explores Implications of E-Grocery Shopping during the COVID-19 Pandemic

In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic drastically impacted travel for in-person...

Drawing of people waiting to cross a busy intersection. Caption: I've been stranded at this intersection for what feels like forever with no safe or easy way to cross. What happened to people? Why is it all about cars? TITLE: All About The Car

June 16th 2022

Communicating Research through Comics: Transportation and Land Development

Incorporating transportation into the land development process is a big undertaking,...

June 15th 2022

Film faculty member Dr. Jungmin Kwon honored for research in the arts

Jungmin Kwon, Ph.D., associate professor in the School of Film, has received...

Man on laptop in front of high-performance computing cluster

June 9th 2022

PSU secures $2.1M grant to expand data-driven research, training

As employers clamor for more data scientists and industrial and government...

dead trees in foreground with live trees behind

June 9th 2022

Portland State study shows how ‘green islands’ help forests regenerate after fire

Thanks to climate change, high-elevation forests in the Central Cascade mountains...

man with black beanie hat and beard looks pensive with a hand on his chin

June 2nd 2022

Engineering for cleaner air

When Brett Stinson graduates from Portland State next month, he’ll already...

Professor Ken Stedman

May 24th 2022

PSU professor honored for broader impacts of research activities

The Center for Advancing Research Impact in Society (ARIS) has selected...