Student profile: Samira Rezaei

Portland State is known for being a school of nontraditional students—those that come from all walks of life to discover their place in Portland.

New website compares book prices

Still need to purchase books before spring term gets into full swing? With a new website called Book Supply Co., 60 seconds is more than enough time to find the best last-minute deals on required textbooks.

Tim Wise to visit PSU

Portland State will host a lecture by Tim Wise, a prominent anti-racism writer and educator, on Wednesday at 6 p.m. in the Stott Center gymnasium.

PSU professor leads breakthrough water rights agreement

A Portland State professor is leading a project that bridges the chasm between water conservation groups and Eastern Oregon farmers.
Steve Greenwood, deputy director of Oregon programs for the National Policy Consensus Center in PSU’s Mark O. Hatfield School of Government, was asked by Gov. John Kitzhaber to lead the implementation of a breakthrough agreement that grants increased irrigation water to Eastern Oregon’s Umatilla Basin.

Suspicious incidents hit Broadway dorm

Two suspicious incidents have occurred in the Broadway Housing Building during the month of March. Because the incidents have some similarities, the PSU Campus Public Safety Office is urging students to take extra safety precautions.

Professor profile: Leslie Hammer

Students often have a hard time imagining their professors outside of the classroom, and many assume that teaching is their only gig. But the truth is, a lot of professors are engaged in a variety of pursuits beyond the classes they teach.

St. Mary’s Academy eyes expansion

St. Mary’s Academy, a close neighbor to Portland State, announced on Thursday possible plans to expand their campus through the purchase of the city block recently vacated by the U.S. Postal Service. Located on Southwest Fifth Avenue between Mill and Market streets, St. Mary’s is the oldest continuously operating secondary school in Oregon. Founded by 12 Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary in 1859, the school is a Roman Catholic high school for young women.

The business of doing good

Can business strategies be used to create positive social change? Portland State Impact Entrepreneurs is offering new opportunities to explore how market-based innovation can be used to create social change at the Elevating Impact Summit in June.