NEWS BRIEFS

Life sciences building project  moves forward

Portland State, Oregon Health & Science University and Oregon State learned last week that they will have the money required to begin construction of the Collaborative Life Science Building, according to an article published by The Oregonian on May 4.

The planned 250,000-square-foot building, which will be built on the South Waterfront, will house PSU’s chemistry and biology departments, OSU’s pharmacy school, OHSU’s medical and dental education programs and a cancer research center.

According to The Oregonian, the project sold $110 million in bonds, and the three universities involved will contribute $190 million. In addition, an anonymous donor on OHSU’s side gave $40 million, and OHSU will invest $30 million for the cancer research center.

TriMet will also contribute $10 million to construct a new light-rail station on the campus, according to the article.

The building is scheduled to open by fall of 2013.

ONPA awards the Vanguard first place for general excellence

The Oregon Newspaper Publisher’s Association awarded Portland State’s Vanguard first place in the “General Excellence” category at its annual collegiate awards last Friday.

The University of Oregon’s Daily Emerald and Oregon State University’s Daily Barometer took home second place and honorable mention in the category, respectively.

In addition, the Vanguard won four other first-place awards, seven second-place awards and five honorable mentions.

First place:

General Excellence, staff

Best Special Section, staff

Best Headline Writing, Joshua Hunt

Best Review, Andrea Vedder

Best Columnist, Richard D. Oxley

Second place:

Best Special Section, staff

Best Headline Writing, Nicholas Kula

Best Writing, Richard D. Oxley

Best News Story, Alison Barnwell

Best Series, Alison Barnwell and Vinh Tran

Best Website, Adiana Lizarraga

Honorable mention:

Best Special Section, Vanguard staff

Best Writing, Kevin Fong

Best Feature Story, Alison Barnwell

Best Sports Story, Nilesh Tendolkar

Best Spot News Photo, Adam Wickham

PSU to host Civic Engagement  Awards today

Portland State’s Center for Academic Excellence is set to host its 2011 Civic Engagement Awards

Celebration today in 238 Smith Memorial Student Union. Author Paul Rogat Loeb, who recently

published a book about civic engagement, will deliver the keynote speech.

The awards will honor PSU’s faculty and community partners for their community engagement research, scholarship and teaching, according to the PSU website.

The event will begin at 3 p.m. and is free and open to the public. To register for the reception ceremony, contact the event’s coordinator at [email protected] or 503-725-5642. ?