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October 13th 2022

35 PORTLAND STATE FACULTY MEMBERS RANKED AMONG THE HIGHEST CITED RESEARCHERS IN THE WORLD IN 2021

New data published on Elsevier's website highlights the impact of research...
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October 4th 2022

Currently Accolades: Grants for October 10, 2022

1. Paula Carder, OHSU-PSU School of Public Health faculty and Institute on...
October 3rd 2022

Inaugural Hatfield Cyber Fellows Engage with Leaders in the Field

Our inaugural Hatfield Cyber Fellows Summer 2022 learning about the IT/OT Interface of Cybersecurity at PGE (Courtesy of Portland General Electric) It is not every day that we have the opportunity to engage with top leaders in our chosen field and understand the inner workings of their...
Students in the study abroad program gather around a table with a miniature city to listen to a presentation on transportation. To the left and right of this photo are street photos showing biking and walking infrastructure.
September 29th 2022

Transportation Students Get Firsthand Look at Multimodal Travel in Denmark and Sweden

A group of nine transportation students traveled to Denmark and Sweden this...
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September 20th 2022

PSU researchers identify inequities in access to primary care

It is hard for anyone to find a doctor these days, but studies by Portland...
2022 TURF fellows Taj Ali, Liam Anthony, Adri DeGuzman, Jason Grajales, Taylor Ward and Matthew Prak pose for a group photo at the Lovejoy Fountain on the Portland State University campus.
August 26th 2022

Transportation Undergraduate Research Fellows Advance Multimodal Travel

The Transportation Undergraduate Research Fellowship (TURF) program at Portland...
STEP students pose in front of the "TRB" sign inside the lobby of the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. at the TRB annual meeting.
August 26th 2022

Portland State University Transportation Student Group Wins ITE Momentum Award

We're proud to announce that the Institute for Transportation Engineers (ITE)...
Cargo e-bike rider with a purple helmet bikes with child
August 2nd 2022

Can greater access to e-bikes get more people biking?

Replacing more car trips with bike trips can be a great way to reduce carbon...
Photo shows a TriMet HOP card station with a person scanning their transit card. In the background is a TriMet MAX train.
July 28th 2022

Equity And Exclusion Issues In Cashless Fare Payment Systems For Public Transportation

Researchers Aaron Golub, John MacArthur and Sangwan Lee of Portland State...
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July 27th 2022

Currently Accolades: People for August 1, 2022

Joshua Bass, sociology faculty, received the PSU College of Liberal Arts...
Text reads: NITC Student Spotlight: Nicholas Puczkowskyj, Portland State University. Photo shows Nicholas Puczkowskyj seated at a table wearing a blue T-shirt with the Portland Lumberjacks logo. He has brown hair and mustache, and sits with his hands clasped on the table.
July 14th 2022

Student Spotlight: Nicholas Puczkowskyj, Portland State University

Nick Puczkowskyj is a graduate research and teaching assistant at Portland...
The automated bicycle counter on Portland's Tillikum Crossing bridge, showing how many bicycles have passed that day and that year.
July 14th 2022

National Study Offers New Bike Count Models: Combining Traditional Counters And Emerging GPS Data

In order to make sure bicyclists' needs are considered when improving a transportation...