NEWS

Like many schools across the country, Portland State University will celebrate the accomplishments of its 6,000 graduates in a virtual way with online commencement events scheduled for June 14. But a message to students last week from PSU’s student government and the vice president for...

“It was like winning the lottery.” “I don’t even know what I was going to do.” “I can finally sleep at night.” Thousands of students expressed sentiments like these last week as funding from the federal Coronavirus Aid,...

Senior Capstone courses at Portland State get students out of the classroom and into the field, allowing them to apply the skills and knowledge they’ve gained in their undergraduate courses for the benefit of community partners. But what happens when a global pandemic makes getting into...

A new study by Portland State University’s Center for Public Service, conducted in partnership with NW Natural, finds that the regional natural gas system could provide a transportation sector backup that would be helpful for post-disaster...

Three earthquakes in the Monterey Bay Area, occurring in 1838, 1890 and 1906, happened without a doubt on the San Andreas Fault, according to a new paper by a Portland State University researcher. The paper, “New Insights into Paleoseismic Age Models on the Northern San Andreas Fault:...

The SAGE Classroom, the sustainable, affordable modular learning environment designed by Portland State University School of Architecture students and faculty, recently received the first place Award of Distinction in the “Green Building” category from the Modular Building Institute in...

Members of the Portland State University Executive and Audit Committee met last week and unanimously recommended that the full Board of Trustees appoint Interim President Stephen Percy as president of PSU. Trustees on the committee reviewed Percy’s performance as interim president over...

Oregon MESA is hosting a week of virtual events May 11-14 for middle school and high school students to explore college pathways, STEM careers and science activities related to healthcare, engineering and entrepreneurship. Oregon MESA (Mathematics, Engineering, Science, Achievement) is...

What happens to slime in space? Portland State Professor Mark Weislogel and graduate student Rihana Mungin teamed up with NASA to answer that question, conducting experiments in the cosmos on the green slime iconic to the children’s cable channel...

On Wednesday, May 6, the U.S. Department of Education released the revised regulations regarding Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972. These regulations require colleges and universities that receive federal funding, including PSU, to follow new procedures in handling sexual harassment,...

Although the PSU Food Pantry has temporarily relocated, Bobby Smallwood...

Portland State University is pleased to announce the hiring of Dr. Ame Lambert as Vice President for Global Diversity and Inclusion. Lambert will begin in late August. Lambert joins PSU from Roger Williams University in Rhode Island, where...