NEWS

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...

Pacific razor clams on beach

November 30th 2020

Even razor clams on sparsely populated Olympic Coast can't escape plastics, PSU study finds

Portland State University researchers and their collaborators at the Quinault...

Instructor and students pulling weeds from garden

November 16th 2020

PSU, NAYA collaboration seeks to advance Native student success

At Portland State, Native Americans make up just 1% of the student body,...

Assortment of colorful prescription drugs

November 13th 2020

Pharmacy dropboxes can help improve proper drug disposal, PSU study finds

Proper disposal of leftover medications can prevent overdoses and protect...

October 6th 2020

Water Sustainability

We are by the force of our increasing population changing the planet....

October 5th 2020

In defense of plants

The smell of mint and black pepper, orange, cinnamon, thyme. They're scents...

September 30th 2020

Conserving Oregon’s rich biodiversity

The Pacific Northwest is known for being a bastion of conservationism. Our...

Map of Portland Oregon

September 29th 2020

Mapping Portland to improve climate resiliency

That is how Portlanders might describe the nearly incessant stretch of above-average...

Two women talking

January 15th 2020

Oregon's water resources at center of revamped PSU, USGS partnership

From the impacts of the Eagle Creek fire on watersheds in the Columbia River...