NEWS

Miniature shoebox classrooms and colorful teacher cutouts line the back of a PSU classroom.

October 27th 2025

PSU Elementary Education Teacher Candidates Design Classrooms, Curriculum and Community through Stories

In a classroom alive with color, laughter and collaboration, teacher candidates...

Alumni Spotlight Banner featuring photo of Samara Carranza holding an award in front of OSCA backdrop.

October 24th 2025

‘PSU set me up for this’: Alumna Samara Carranza named Oregon School Counselor of the Year

College of Education alum Samara Carranza, MA ‘13, was named Oregon School...

October 8th 2025

Connecting Classroom Learning to Career Readiness

As educators, we know that the skills students develop in our courses—critical...

People inside the first floor lobby of Vernier Science Center

October 2nd 2025

Vernier Science Center marks first year of providing spaces that foster connections

On a recent Monday, more than 150 new and returning graduate students filled...

Two adults wearing blindfolds and reflective vests walk with canes down a garden path.

September 8th 2025

Four Weeks Under Blindfold with PSU Orientation and Mobility Students

For people with visual impairments — including deafblindness — the path...

A group photo of backpackers posed on the shore of Timothy Lake.

August 28th 2025

How Adventure Therapy Training is Transforming Future Counselors

At PSU, future counselors trade the classroom for the wilderness in Adventure...

August 28th 2025

From Campus to Orbit: AscendArc and PSU Forge a Path for Portland's Aerospace Future

Recently, spacetech company AscendArc, visited the Portland State Aerospace...

August 20th 2025

Transportation Alumni Highlight: Jamie Arnau, Class of 2023

Jamie Arnau graduated from Portland State University (PSU) in 2023 with a...

Transportation summer camp students on tours of the Willamette and the Robertson Tunnel

August 20th 2025

82nd Avenue and Beyond: PSU Summer Camp Helps Teens Imagine Portland’s Transportation Future

The 2025 Transportation Summer Camp for high school students at Portland...

Photo of Hang Jones

August 12th 2025

PSU Master of Social Work Alum, Hang Jones, Receives the OnPoint Gold Star Educator of the Year Award 2025!

Congratulations to Hang Jones, a Portland State University Master of Social...

Professor sifts through dirt while excavating World War II crash site

July 31st 2025

PSU-led mission helping bring closure, connection at WWII crash site

More than 80 years after a U.S. bomber was shot down in western Germany,...

Avery Kageyama and Noah Rappaport

July 22nd 2025

Graduate Students Earn International Recognition at Oxford’s Map the System Final

Two business graduate students—Avery Kageyama and Noah Rappaport—recently...