Tag: Portland State
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A Postcard from Costa Rica: From the PSU Women’s Basketball Team with Love
This September, the student athletes from the Viking Women’s Basketball Team traveled to Costa Rica for the program’s first international trip. The trip served as a bonding experience and the team got to play two games with the Costa Rican National Team in addition to working with a nonprofit that serves developmentally challenged children and…
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What are Viking Days?
Each year, Portland State University celebrates the start of fall term with Viking Days, a series of events and activities welcoming incoming students to PSU’s urban campus. New students just beginning their college journey, transfer students joining a new campus community, and returning students to PSU are all sure to learn more about PSU and…
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Ship Talk Episode 9: Academic Advising
Episode 9 of Ship Talk is out today! Stacey and Kanani talk to Becki Ingersoll, Associate Director of Advising & Career Services, all about academic advising. What is it? How can it help students? And what are some requirements students will need to complete in order to graduate? Becki answers those questions and more and…
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6 PSU Outdoor Study Spots: Ranked
When the sun is shining, it can be hard to study indoors. Here are six places, ranked, to study when you want some fresh air. #6 The Collaborative Life Science Building (CLSB) has a 3rd floor rooftop where you can enjoy the view of the Willamette. There are also some benches by the Max stop.…
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Flying high: PSU math student lands full-ride scholarship, Air Force job
Portland State grad student Rebecca Bryant is carrying on her family’s legacy in the U.S. Air Force — but blazing her own path as a math researcher, thanks to a scholarship from the Department of Defense.
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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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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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From Hina Dolls to The Walk of Heroines: Here Are Ways To Celebrate Women’s History Month
Student author Audria Oakes has ideas for ways to mark Women’s History Month at PSU — plus some history about why it exists!
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PSU student ‘living his dream’ with USGS internship
Never in his wildest dreams did Pascal Caraccioli Salinas imagine that he would be working with the U.S. Geological Survey as an undergrad, let alone an internship exploring geothermal resources — his dream career. “I thought I wasn’t going to be able to do this until after grad school,” Caraccioli Salinas said. For the internship…