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Avi Unnikrishnan and a picture of the outside of the building of the Maseeh college

May 26th 2021

Avi Unnikrishnan of Civil & Environmental Engineering Promoted to Professor

Congratulations to Avinash Unnikrishnan of Portland State University's Department...

Walter Kramer sits in an easy chair in front a window. He has white hair and beard, and wears a tan jacket. A garden is visible outside the window behind him.

May 26th 2021

Honoring Walter Kramer, Founder of the Center for Transportation Studies at PSU

Transportation research and education has had a long, rich history at Portland...

Teacher writing on whiteboard and two students in foreground

May 25th 2021

PSU professors win $1M grant to connect math teaching to real-world issues

"When will I ever use this in real life?" It's an age-old question that...

Francisco Ibarra with his family smile at the camera. Behind them is a river with bridges.

May 21st 2021

MURP student Francisco Ibarra Interns at Oregon Department of Transportation

Francisco Ibarra, a Toll Program planning intern, is currently attending...

Photograph of Dr. Staci B. Martin with School of Social Work and Fulbright logos

May 21st 2021

Dr. Staci B. Martin Receives Fulbright Scholarship 2021–2022

The Fulbright Program is the most widely recognized and prestigious international...

Person walking on trail surrounded by large trees on either side

May 20th 2021

PSU-The Nature Conservancy partnership taps trees to address regional climate change

For the past two and a half years, Rose Graves has had one foot at Portland...

Cars driving on flooded street

May 14th 2021

PSU's Climate Science Lab gets NASA grant to better simulate extreme precipitation

How well can a climate model simulate an extreme precipitation event and...

Photographs of Dora M. Raymaker and Amie Thurber

May 11th 2021

Congratulations to Dora M. Raymaker and Amie Thurber, Recipients of Portland State University Research Awards

Two faculty at the School of Social Work have been recognized by Portland...

May 11th 2021

What are transformative partnerships and what do they do? An interview with Fletcher Beaudoin, Director of the Institute for Sustainable Solutions at PSU

MBK: What are transformative partnerships and how do they differ from “regular” partnerships? FB: Transformative partnerships for sustainability overcome historic and structural barriers to center a sustainability transformation, or change. These partnerships are designed in a way that...

Portland STreetcar passes in front of a bike signal and the MAX train passing overhead

May 5th 2021

Introducing New NITC Funding Opportunities for 2021

With the extension of the FAST Act, the National Institute for Transportation...

Greyscale photo of police officers carrying zip ties and a light in the background

May 3rd 2021

PSU’S Kimberly Kahn weighs in as part of a international commission on police violence

A commission of researchers released a timely report late last month that...

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April 28th 2021

The Cleantech Challenge: Crossing Disciplines in Service of the Greater Good

As another April Earth Day rolls by, it is a reminder that there is still...