Portland State’s World Languages and Literatures Department offers undergraduate courses in 20 languages, with degree programs for: Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Modern Hebrew, Persian, Russian, Spanish and Turkish….
Get to know your new provost
Exactly five weeks ago, Portland State welcomed its new Provost Dr. Susan Jeffords. Before PSU, Jeffords was at the University of Washington. She chaired the Women’s Studies Dept., was dean…
The Age of Information
In today’s age of information, it’s hard to get facts you can trust. Discrediting information that contrasts with personal worldviews has never been easier thanks to the rise of social…
Anxiety, meet magic
From time to time, everyone experiences increased heart rate, racing thoughts and an anxious stomach. It’s a primitive part of our brain working in overdrive, with some stimuli in the…
Harnessing PSU Innovation
It’s not hard to miss the PSU Innovation signs in Urban Plaza. For the past three years, Portland State has made it in the top most innovative universities in the…
Serving those who serve the city
There are more than 4,000 employees working at Portland State, over one-sixth of whom are students themselves. Professors, coaches, police officers and administrators are all common sights around campus, but…
Portland Polonia
The 25th Annual Polish Festival “Portland Polonia” was held Sept. 22 and 23 next to the historic Polish Library and St. Stanislaus Church in north Portland. The festival featured several…
Music venues in and around PSU
Portland is a great city for music, and at the heart of the city, Portland State is close to it all. Here are some ways to experience live music at…
Vikings fall to Bobcats in home opener
The Vikings went into their Big Sky Conference opener against the Montana State University Bobcats with a certain level of uncertainty. For one, the team is incredibly young. Over 60…
Work it out by working out
College—for most of us—is not exactly what we envisioned, for better or worse. You surely benefit from exposure to new people, new ideas and, for some, a new city. You…
Killer babies, Aztec death gods, and evil marshmallow whip
Today, dear readers, I’m taking you to school. We’re here to learn about Larry Cohen, the enigmatic New York cult filmmaker responsible for giving astute audiences movies about killer babies,…