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A teacher gesturing while standing next to a whiteboard filled with math equations in a classroom.
November 9th 2026

How good is AI at guiding student thinking? $2M grant helps PSU researchers find out

Generative AI systems can solve math problems in seconds, but for students...
Researcher collecting samples in the hunt for cruciviruses
October 27th 2026

Catching virus evolution in the act: PSU's Extreme Virus Lab secures $1M NSF grant

Much remains unknown about the origin of viruses and how they evolve —...
Ken Stedman collecting samples in Lassen Volcanic National Park in California.
October 21st 2026

PSU virologist Ken Stedman named Collen-Francqui Professor in Belgium

Most people around Portland State already know Ken Stedman, or at least know...
PSU researcher Nacho de la Higuera collecting samples from Boiling Springs Lake in Lassen Volcanic National Park
September 23rd 2026

PSU virologists help discover record-breaking organism at Lassen Volcanic National Park

For more than 20 years, Portland State virologist Ken Stedman has led his...
Steam rises during a 2024 circulation test at the DOE-funded Utah FORGE site, an underground field laboratory for research in geothermal energy.
August 17th 2026

How do you bet millions on heat you cannot measure?

Imagine being asked to spend millions of dollars drilling a well, based on...
Aerial view of Portland's Lents neighborhood and I-205
August 13th 2026

East Portland's lower-income, more diverse neighborhoods a hotspot for hazards, PSU study finds

When it comes to compounding natural hazards like landslides, wildfires,...
Portland State biologist Anne Thompson in her lab
July 31st 2026

The hunt for what eats the ocean's most abundant life

In a lab on Portland State's campus, Anne Thompson keeps two microbes alive...
Student presents research at Portland State's PhD Day
July 6th 2026

PSU launching new graduate pathway in Indigenous sciences with Sloan grant

Portland State has been on a path to become nationally known as a university...
Map of daytime high temperatures across the western United States on June 23-28, 2021
May 28th 2026

What makes a heat dome? PSU experts explain

The summer of 2021 was one for the record books as the now-infamous "heat...
An Anopheles gambiae mosquito on the skin surface of its host
May 12th 2026

PSU-led team develops promising drug candidate for control, elimination of malaria

A Portland State University-led research team has developed a novel chemical...
Exhibitor showing something to visitor at Archaeology Roadshow
April 24th 2026

14th annnual Archaeology Roadshow returns to East Portland’s Gateway Discovery Park May 30

Celebrate the archaeology and history of our region at the Archaeology Roadshow...
Researchers from Portland State and Southern Oregon universities stand/sit in a circle in a forested area during a joint workshop.
April 24th 2026

PSU, SOU building climate coalition around research, teaching

Students and faculty from Portland State and Southern Oregon universities...