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Sarah Heinike, PSU Dir. Planning & Sustainability
May 19th 2025

PSU Names Alum New Director of Planning & Sustainability

Portland State University has named Sarah Heinicke, the new Director of its...
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January 21st 2025

Portland State releases new statewide homelessness report for 2024

In Oregon, sheltered homelessness increased 24% between January 2023 and...
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December 3rd 2024

Celebrating Student Success, Fall 2024

Wafi Albalawi, Institute on Aging and School of Public Health graduate student,...
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November 20th 2024

PSU gets $1.8M to bolster career pathways for Native communities

Portland State has been awarded $1.8 million for two workforce development...
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November 15th 2024

Currently Accolades: Presented for November 18, 2024

Paula Carder, Institute on Aging faculty, co-presented at the symposium “Memory...
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November 14th 2024

Shelter model improves outcomes for people experiencing homelessness

In the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Oregon legislature funded 19...
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October 16th 2024

Currently Accolades: People for October 21, 2024

Gerry Sussman, Urban Studies & Planning faculty emeritus, was interviewed...
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October 9th 2024

Currently Accolades: Presented for October 14, 2024

Brian Michael Bendis, Susan Kirtley, Jon Holt, David Walker, and Douglas...
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October 2nd 2024

Currently Accolades: Published/Exhibited for October 7, 2024

Jack Corbett, Public Administration faculty, published "One Project, Two...
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September 26th 2024

Subsidized housing tenants face eviction at higher rates, PSU report finds

Once a tenant can secure subsidized housing, they should be able to enjoy...
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September 26th 2024

Currently Accolades: Published/Exhibited for September 30, 2024

Talya Bauer, Business faculty, published “Onboarding during transformational...
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September 24th 2024

New grant will train PSU students to support community resilience in the face of extreme events

In a world where extreme weather events and natural hazards are becoming...