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**Update: Late on June 11, Gov. Kate Brown put all reopening applications on hold in Oregon for one week. Portland State's Phase 1 Return to Campus is on hold until further notice.** Multnomah County is expected to move into Phase 1 reopening this Friday, as outlined by Gov. Kate Brown’s...

Portland State University’s Homelessness Research & Action Collaborative will help launch six research studies this spring that address homelessness as part of its faculty grant program. The projects range from using predictive modeling...

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed people’s relationships with the outside world. Researchers from Portland State University and the University of Oregon have received a grant from the National Science Foundation to study how shopping strategies have changed as consumers quickly become more...

First the NBA cancelled its games. Then K-12 schools closed. And soon universities followed. Events around the country fell one by one as COVID-19 changed the way we lived almost on an hourly basis. With less than a week to go before...

To our campus community, We staff members from Diversity and Multicultural Student Services and Student Affairs are angry, heart-broken, grieving and demand meaningful change. We are grieving the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, and Ahmaud Arbery. We say their names...

Now in its 8th year, the PSU Cleantech Challenge hosted seven teams with inventions designed with the environment and sustainability in mind. But things looked a little different this year as the challenge got underway with more than 70 people gathered over Zoom to listen to the teams present...

Dear Campus Community, Our country has witnessed with horror the untimely deaths of George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery, black men whose deaths have come even as we struggle to absorb the disproportionate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on minoritized communities. All around us, people of color...

Colleagues, On May 20, the state Office of Economic Analysis released its first revenue forecast since the onset of the pandemic. As expected, the state is facing a record revenue shortfall which, if realized, means funding reductions in the current biennium and ongoing state cuts through...

Dear staff and faculty, I know the spring term has been a challenging time as we continue to respond to the COVID-19 crisis. Your commitment to Portland State under these difficult circumstances has been outstanding, and I want to thank all of you for the work you do to support our students,...

Deanna Cor, Ph.D., pioneers trans research. Photo courtesy of Deanna Cor. About 41% of Americans who identify as transgender — someone whose personal identity doesn’t align with their assigned biological sex — have attempted suicide....

The Portland State University Board of Trustees held a special meeting Wednesday and voted unanimously to appoint Stephen L. Percy as the 10th president of PSU. “Dr. Percy has served the last year as interim president and has led...

It’s an understatement to say that this term has been challenging for Portland State students, faculty and staff. But there have been bright spots, too. Whether it be through a surprise Zoom drop-in by alum Ian Karmel, a music video featuring 24 jazz musicians recording themselves from...