Thousands of naked cyclists from all over the Pacific Northwest gathered at Fernhill Park in Northeast Portland for the 13th annual PDX World Naked Bike Ride on Saturday, June 24…
Monthly Harvest Share returns to Park Blocks with bounty
Over a hundred people turned out at the Portland State Park Blocks for the monthly Harvest Share on Monday, June 12. The Harvest Share is organized by the Committee for…
Alternatives to the ‘Melting Pot’
The final speaker of the University Studies Dialogue Series came to Portland State from Oregon State University on May 25. Dr. José-Antonio Orosco presented concepts from his recent book Toppling…
PSU engineering experiments head to space
Two experiments designed by Portland State graduate student Kyle Viestenz and PSU engineering professor Mark Weislogel were sent to the International Space Station via an unmanned SpaceX rocket on June…
Oregon students and legislators talk sex trafficking prevention
The sex trafficking prevention nonprofit Nest hosted a community panel event with Portland area high school students, teachers, and Oregon legislators on Wednesday, May 31, 2017. The panel discussed inhibitors…
More affordable housing options for Portland students
Portland area college students will soon have access to more affordable housing in the Goose Hollow Towers of Southwest Portland thanks to College Housing Northwest, a local nonprofit housing developer….
PSUnited against hate
The third victim in the May 26 stabbing incident at the Hollywood Transit Center has been identified as Portland State music student Micah David-Cole Fletcher, age 21. Fletcher’s injuries are…
Communities of color question Trimet priorities
A Trimet Board of Directors meeting to approve its new $1.2 billion budget on May 24 attracted a crowd of activists condemning an $11.5 million line item to build a…
Alive from Libya, it’s Wednesday at noon!
The Portland State University Studies program hosted a talk given by one of its mentors, Mohanad Elshieky, on May 17 in Smith Memorial Student Union. The local comedian presented a…
Panel presentation will offer sex trafficking prevention tips to students
On Wednesday, May 31, 2017, the sex trafficking prevention nonprofit Nest will host a panel presentation for high school participants in Nest’s prevention curriculum pilot to discuss child sexual exploitation…
Kate at sea
Recent Portland State micro- and molecular biology graduate Kathleen Kouba embarked on an oceanographic research project in an unusual part of the ocean this spring to collect samples of a…