Tag: feature
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Luke’s journey from the track to the classroom
“Luke has exceeded my expectations here at PSU. He has grown into a fine young man with a big heart. I would take a dozen Lukes on my team,” said David Hepburn, PSU’s head running coach.
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Want to help forgotten women scientists get their due? PSU has a course for that!
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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5th grader teams up with PSU prof to show us her ‘Happy Place’ in new exhibit
The exhibit, on display through March 17, is a curated collection from the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. School Museum of Contemporary Art (KSMoCA), a contemporary art museum inside the Northeast Portland pre-K-5 school
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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…
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9 courses to learn about Black history + present and future
Don’t limit Black History Month to a month. Here are nine courses offered in spring term that focus on African and Black life.
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Student research: Better design for the neurodiverse
PSU architecture students worked with Portland-based Relay Resources to study ways to improve design for neurodiverse individuals.
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From preschool to professor: Taravat Talepasand’s PSU journey comes full circle
Taravat Talepasand first came to PSU in the 1980s as a preschooler when her father was earning his master’s in engineering at Portland State. Now she’s back as a professor of art practice.
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PSU grad student helping forecast ‘rivers in the sky’
Where an atmospheric river lands and how intense it will be is something researchers are trying to better forecast by flying data-collecting missions into the storms — and Portland State grad student Emma Russell gets to be a part of the action.
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A home for Jewish students
Greater Portland Hillel offers activities and programs for Jewish students across the region and its executive director, Hannah Sherman, recently won a national award for her work. We took the opportunity to catch up with Hannah to talk about what’s coming up for Greater Portland Hillel and why it matters when celebrities speak up about…