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Female firefighter rests on rock in forest

March 26th 2021

Creating a More Resilient, Just Future

Sasha Burchuk was working as a freelancer and running her own furniture design...

sustainability round table update

March 17th 2021

PSU Leads and Participates in Regional Discussions about Environmental and Social Justice

Every year the WOHESC conference is an opportunity for sustainability staff...

SGI: Reference SGI on Campus. A: Flow-Through planter (FMH), B: Ecoroof (ASRC), C: Flow-Through planter (KMC), D: Bioswale (Central Park Food Carts), and E: Pervious pavers (ASRC).

March 16th 2021

PSU graduate students examine current stormwater practices & future implementation at PSU with the uncertainty of climate change

Being situated in downtown Portland, stormwater management is an important...

Background is cream with a green state of Oregon. Reads season in yellow letters on a green box. Reads plant based eating in green letters. Fruit and peaches are on the seasonal text.

March 11th 2021

Seasonal Plant Based Eating

I recall fondly the beginnings of last summer as the isolation felt from...

Alpine tundra and valleys of temperate rainforests in Australia

March 9th 2021

Study warns of global ecosystem collapse

A new study co-authored by a Portland State researcher is sounding the alarm...

mussels in a river

March 2nd 2021

Study explores link between forestry management practices and pesticides in aquatic species

March 2, 2021 — Pesticides used in forestry may threaten species in downstream...

masked researcher waving from a boat

February 8th 2021

USGS Oregon Water Science Center (ORWSC) research during a pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has shifted how research has been conducted. Many field...

External shot of the PSU Bike Hub

January 28th 2021

PSU Bike Hub Goes Electric, With Support From Portland General Electric

The Portland State University Bike Hub has received funding to purchase 25...

January 4th 2021

New Water Science Grantees Announced by the USGS-PSU Partnership (UPP)

Andrés Holz, PSU (top left), Tess Harden (bottom left), Jennifer Morace, USGS (top right), Olyssa Starry (bottom right). The USGS-PSU Partnership (UPP) has announced two research funding awards for the 2020 Seed Grant Program. These...

oak with brown leaves at sw montgomery

December 15th 2020

Street trees along SW Broadway begin transformation through Broadway Arboretum vision

For years, there have been conversations about what to do with the Norway...

Smoke and fire billowing in the sky and burned trees

December 14th 2020

Oregon's Western Cascades watershed to experience larger, more frequent fires, PSU study finds

The Clackamas Basin rarely experiences the intense fire activity that burned...

Inmates sewing garments at sewing machines.

December 3rd 2020

Mass incarceration results in significant increases in industrial emissions, PSU study finds

Mass incarceration is as much an environmental problem as it is a social...