Category: PSU Research
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Who helped Portland build an inclusive climate investment plan? Hint: PSU is involved
Portland is about to benefit from $750 million in funding focused on climate action and environmental justice, and the plan guiding the city’s investment was developed with insight from Portland State faculty and students. The Portland City Council unanimously approved the Portland Clean Energy Fund’s Climate Investment Plan on Sept. 27. Associate Professor of Urban…
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Exploring Fluid Mechanics in Space: Unlocking Secrets with Raúl Bayoán Cal
In the vast field of fluid mechanics, researchers strive to unravel the intricate dynamics and forces that govern the behavior of fluids. Raúl Bayoán Cal has dedicated his career to studying these physical phenomena, and recently in the context of space exploration.
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‘You just want to know these people’: PSU students archive historic Black family’s photo collection
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then the collection of historic family photos found beneath a stairwell in a Northeast Portland home speaks volumes.
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Faculty Feature: Laila Seewang & Todd Ferry—The School of Architecture
When is a table not just a table? When it is built by hand? Crafted using wood milled from a tree that was hand-selected for harvest, dragged to a solar-powered mill and kiln, processed and retained in the community? When it is designed with extraordinary intention, bringing together students, faculty, and community members around a…
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Want to help forgotten women scientists get their due? PSU has a course for that!Â
Portland State students in spring term’s Public History Lab: Women Scientists & Wikipedia will write Wikipedia articles for forgotten women scientists. The course is taught by Catherine McNeur, who is publishing a book about two forgotten scientist sisters this fall.
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Faculty Feature: Kiara Hill—Art History
Dr. Kiara Hill, Visiting Assistant Professor of Art History in the Art and Social Practice Program at Portland State, came to the art world in an indirect way. But that, she says, is maybe the point. Be sure to check out her current exhibit, in conjunction with KSMoCA, at the Littman Gallery in Smith Student Union…
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Faculty Feature: Caroline Miller—Sonic Arts and Music Production
Caroline Miller wants you to know that anyone can learn the skills it takes to create electronic music. Miller is an Assistant Professor in the Sonic Arts and Music Production (SAMP) Program at PSU. This unique program is oriented towards the creative side of the field, meaning that students collaborate, compose, and create electronic music – all while…
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Student studies how to clean indoor air during wildfires
Baorong Luo spent the summer in Elliott Gall’s Healthy Building Research Lab at PSU where she researched how to clean indoor air during wildfires.
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Join the effort to increase PSU’s collective impact for climate justice
The upcoming “Creating a Just Climate Future: Community Dialogue” event is an opportunity for PSU’s community members to consider ways to build better together in identifying opportunities for PSU’s future climate action.