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August 6th 2019

PSU study: mentally ill juvenile school shooters punished unconstitutionally in adult criminal justice system

A number of juvenile school shooters in the U.S, including those suffering from serious mental illness, have been sentenced to life without the possibility of parole. Regardless of their age- and mental-health- related competencies, these...
August 2nd 2019

PSU professor awarded $300K grant to study longer-term impacts of Nepal's devastating 2015 earthquake

More than four years since a massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake devastated Nepal, killing nearly 9,000 and destroying hundreds of thousands of homes and buildings, much of the world's attention has moved on. But a Portland State University professor is returning to the Himalayan nation for...
July 26th 2019

Workplace safety can worsen under bullying bosses, PSU study finds

A new Portland State University study suggests that bullying bosses aren't just bad for employee morale and well-being — they can also be bad for workplace safety. Liu-Qin Yang, an associate professor of industrial-organizational psychology in PSU's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences,...
July 24th 2019

PSU professor gets $1.25M grant to study effect of Western diet on immune system

A Portland State University biology professor will continue her research into the effect of the Western diet on the immune system and disease outcomes, thanks to a $1.25 million grant from the National Institutes of Health. Brooke Napier, an assistant biology professor in PSU's College...
July 22nd 2019

PSU biology professor awarded $600K grant to investigate unique virus' structure

Researchers from Portland State University and the University of Texas Medical Branch have been awarded a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation to generate a clearer and more detailed structure of Sulfolobus spindle-shaped virus 1, a virus that thrives in high-temperature...
July 12th 2019

Shifts to renewable energy can drive up energy poverty, PSU study finds

Efforts to shift away from fossil fuels and replace oil and coal with renewable energy sources can help reduce carbon emissions but do so at the expense of increased inequality, according to a new Portland State University study. Julius...
July 11th 2019

PSU researchers push for better policies around toxic chemicals

From high levels of lead found in school drinking water to industry sites releasing toxic heavy metals into the air, over 40 years of regulations in the United States have failed to protect human and environmental health from toxic chemicals. In a new paper published in BioScience, Portland...
July 2nd 2019

Portland State researchers receive $3.15M grant to develop drug to cure malaria

PSU chemistry professor Kevin Reynolds (center), Jane Kelly and Papireddy Kancharla. A team of Portland State University researchers who have discovered a possible one-pill cure for malaria has received a $3.15 million grant from the...
May 28th 2019

A student's disability status depends on where they go to school, PSU study finds

A new Portland State University study suggests that the likelihood of a child being classified with an educational disability depends on the characteristics of their school and how distinctive they are from their peers. The study, published in the journal Society and Mental Health, found...
May 8th 2019

PSU researchers helping develop HIV prevention app for transgender women

Two Portland State University researchers have received federal funding to help develop a mobile app aimed at reducing HIV among transgender women, a group whose HIV rates are much higher than other high-risk groups. Charles Klein, an associate professor of anthropology in PSU's College...
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April 29th 2019

PSU study shows green roofs have minimal effect in improving indoor ozone pollution

Despite popular belief that green roofs – roofs that are planted with...
April 25th 2019

Archaeologists discover that ancient Native American village survived five tsunamis

Archaeologists analyzing the remains uncovered from an ancient Native American village in present-day Port Angeles, Washington, found evidence that the village was hit by as many as five tsunamis. A team of researchers from Portland State University, Western Washington University and the...

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