What started as a Portland State University capstone project has turned into a new way of moving traffic along the Portland waterfront. Gwen Shaw, who graduated from PSU in 2015 with a degree in civil engineering, describes the project, Better Naito, as a transformative part of her life journey as well as an opportunity to create a shared space in the city for pedestrians and … Continue reading Moving Portland forward
Ashlynn Crisp is one of just 33 doctoral students in the country to land a Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship. Continue reading PSU grad student wins Department of Energy fellowship
A new book, A Voice for Equity, contains lessons in leadership from Barbara Roberts, Oregon’s first female governor and former PSU student and director of leadership. Continue reading ‘Anyone can be a leader’: 5 lessons on leadership from Barbara Roberts, former governor and PSU student
Portland State alumnus Ryan Carpenter, Oregon’s youngest superintendent and the coauthor of two books, has been named a top Superintendent in the U.S. to Watch. Continue reading PSU alum named a Top Superintendent to Watch
President Joe Biden appointed Rudy Soto ‘11 the USDA State Director for Rural Development for Idaho in January. Soto was born and raised in Nampa, Idaho and is a member of the Shoshone Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation and a veteran of the United States Army National Guard. He received his bachelor’s degree from Portland State where he attended as a First Generation … Continue reading PSU alum Rudy Soto appointed to USDA leadership by Biden
Picture this: an escape from the typical rainy winter evening in downtown Portland, combined with an entertaining and insightful student performance. I found this (and more) in the PSU School of Music and Theater’s performance of Richard & Jane & Dick & Sally, a play exploring the adult lives of the “Dick and Jane” characters of our childhoods, with themes of coping with grief, learning … Continue reading A night with PSU’s School of Music and Theater
Chandra Robinson ’98, a licensed architect — one of only four Black architects in the state of Oregon — and principal at LEVER Architecture, has been named a 2022 Women of Influence honoree by Portland Business Journal. Continue reading Alum named 2022 Women of Influence honoree
