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Portland State University announced today it has named Maryanna G. Ramirez as Director of the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at Portland State University (JSMA @ PSU). Ramirez will join PSU on November 30, bringing two decades of experience...

It’s not every day that a PSU alum is the “question” on Jeopardy and...

Portland State University students studying Italian put their language skills to the test by translating parts of a documentary about Italy's gay community into English — with the hope that a wider audience would be able to enjoy the film. Students in Angela Zagarella's second- and third-year...

Cassio de Oliveira (right), a Portland State University assistant professor of Russian, World Languages and Literatures, will receive a $6,000 stipend from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to fund his research this summer...

Students handle brains in a NW Noggin session. The brain is a lot to wrap your mind around. The 3-pound mass of fatty tissue is the most complex structure known to humankind, but thanks to the NW Noggin program run by two Portland...

The skillful coupling of chemistry and art by Portland State University professor Tami Lasseter Clare has helped save valuable pieces of artwork from being lost to peeling, flaking, fading and cracking. Clare’s use of cutting-edge conservation science to preserve fine art recently led...