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Axcelle Campana poses with award, with trees in backdrop

December 5th 2022

PSU student wins $100K environmental prize

A Portland State graduate student whose work focuses on the inequities in...

Illustration of PSU Science Building 1

November 11th 2022

Park Blocks: A Science Center that Represents PSU's Diverse Campus

A science center that reflects PSU's Diverse Campus The brutalist-style...

A closeup view of a 3D tactile map of the Portland State University campus, located in the lobby of PSU's SMSU student union. The raised buildings have English and Braille labels on their roofs, and all the roads, parking lots and grassy areas are demarcated by textures.

November 8th 2022

Navigating Urban Spaces: Indoor & Outdoor Wayfinding Technology for Vision-Impaired People

Navigating an unfamiliar place is uniquely challenging for people with disabilities....

three plates with meat, nuts and greens

November 7th 2022

Portland State study finds diet high in saturated fat can reprogram immune cells in mice

A new study by Portland State University researchers is the first to show...

colorful images showing climate model data

October 11th 2022

Climate models accurately simulate Pacific Northwest weather patterns, PSU study finds

Climate models are powerful tools that scientists use to study how the climate...

Elliott Gall shows student air quality data on a computer screen in his lab

September 22nd 2022

Ideas in Action: Keeping buildings healthy during wildfires

You already know to stay inside when wildfire smoke is in the air, but should...

Close up of person getting vaccine

August 26th 2022

Republicans and Blacks most hesitant to get COVID vaccine, PSU spatial analysis finds

Vaccine hesitancy remains a public health challenge that cuts across the...

Professor talking in front of classroom

August 26th 2022

PSU-led project to overhaul biology ed will impact thousands of undergrads, future faculty

A Portland State University researcher says an overhaul of biology education...

Vaping electronic cigarette

July 15th 2022

PSU study shows vaping cannabinoid acetate leads to formation of deadly gas

A new study by Portland State University’s Robert Strongin and doctoral...

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...

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...