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January 9, 2024

MURP workshop project wins first CUTC award granted to a student group

“Nixyáawii Watikš,” a MURP workshop project spotlighted on the TSUSP blog last…
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December 13, 2023

McKinney awarded Precipice Fund grant

In November, Dr. Kacy McKinney and research assistant Olivia DelGandio were…
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November 20, 2023

MURP alumni awarded for exceptional planning project

This summer, six MURP students (now alumni) published “Nixyáawii Watikš,” a…
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November 8, 2023

Golub to lead creation of research roadmap for equity in transportation

TSUSP professor Dr. Aaron Golub and his team have been awarded $250,000 by the…
Ahlam Osman stands by a persimmon tree at her home in Northeast Portland.
November 1, 2023

CD student featured in the Oregonian

Community Development student Ahlam Osman was featured on the front page of last…
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October 16, 2023

Toulan School professor and alum help Portland take steps toward climate goal

For the past year, Dr. Megan Horst (associate professor of Urban Studies and Planning…
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October 11, 2023

Toulan School Faculty and Student Reports and Publications - Q3 2023 (July-September)

Corbin, CNE. (2023) "Rendering Gentrification and Erasing Race." In The Black…
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August 29, 2023

McKinney awarded Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation grant

This summer, TSUSP’s Dr. Kacy McKinney received a $10,000 grant from the Marie Lamfrom…
Amy Ly smiles with a stole around her shoulders.
August 15, 2023

MURP graduate awarded fellowship opportunity at Yale

Amy Ly, a Spring 2023 graduate of the MURP program, was selected to be a part of the…
Cars drive on a street in Portland, Oregon that also has a bus-only lane and a bike lane. A van crosses the bike lane ahead in order to make a right turn.
July 15, 2023

Toulan School Faculty and Student Reports and Publications - Q2 2023

Reports and publications by Toulan School faculty and students from April 2023 - June…
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June 10, 2023

Junia Howell gives 2023 Bill Gray lecture

On June 9, 2023, Junia Howell visited PSU from the University of Illinois to give her…
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May 15, 2023

Zapata leads research project on encampments along transportation routes

Dr. Marisa Zapata, Toulan School Associate Professor and Director of the PSU…