Tag: Portland State
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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!
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…
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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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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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We’re thankful for this PSU alum fighting gentrification in Portland
When Randal Wyatt ‘21 sees a need, he tries to fill it. In the wake of George Floyd’s murder, Randal turned to his community in search of a way to give back. He took inspiration from what he learned while pursuing a degree in Social Science at Portland State to found Taking Ownership PDX. Randal…