PSU violin professor Tomás Cotik performs at Portland Winter Light Festival: video and Q and A

This year’s Portland Winter Light Festival features two performances by Tomás Cotik, assistant professor of violin at Portland State: a video projection of Ombra Musicia II (“musician’s shadow”) at PSU’s Urban Plaza on Feb. 3-4 and a performance of his Trio for Violin, Light and Shadow at the Lincoln Recital Hall on Feb. 11. Portland State’s Ruben Gil-Herrera spoke with Cotik about these performances, his … Continue reading PSU violin professor Tomás Cotik performs at Portland Winter Light Festival: video and Q and A

Moving Portland forward

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

Tips for Trouble-Free Transit Travel

 By Claire Golden One of the main reasons I chose PSU is because I could live at home and commute to college. I didn’t want to live away from my family for that long, and the dorms were too expensive, so commuting was the perfect solution. After three and a half years of taking the bus, I’m far from a master of public transportation, but … Continue reading Tips for Trouble-Free Transit Travel