PGE, PSU partner to create power engineering teaching lab
Portland’s biggest university and electrical company are teaming together to give power engineering education a boost. Portland General Electric recently awarded a $50,000 grant to Portland State University to help […]
PSU professors unveil green portable classroom
Last week during the Greenbuild 2012 conference in San Francisco, Portland State University architecture professors and married couple Sergio Palleroni and Margarette Leite unveiled a life-sized prototype of a new energy efficient and affordable portable classroom. The couple started working on the Green Schools of the Future project more than a year ago in conjunction with PSU’s Department of A[...]
Lauded architects to speak in PSU lecture series
Some of the most distinguished architects in the world will be traveling to Portland as part of a Portland State University lecture series.
Portland State University launches urban design initiative
A new PSU initiative, UrbanLAB::PDX, will encourage students to approach urban development and design problems in new and creative ways apart from a bureaucratic agenda.
The Bermuda Triangle of dorms could spell opportunity in Portland
The upcoming College Station building (read an in-depth story here) will add 978 beds to Portland State's on-campus population. It also means there will be three dorms in as many blocks.
Crews to break ground Thursday on shared university building
JE Dunn Construction will break ground Thursday on a 500,000-square-foot project that is moving from design to construction.
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- Multnomah County commits up to $101.6M for Moda Center
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- Pacific Northwest projects totaling $9.9 million in top bidders | Aug. 7, 2026
- Oregon opens infrastructure grant program
- Ex-TV host claps back at Detroit officials in blight case
- 31-unit multifamily project in Portland land use review intakes | Aug. 3, 2026
- $2.4 million office renovation in Portland building permits | Aug. 3, 2026
- Transportation commission weighs ODOT budget cuts
- Lam Research planning $1.7 billion investment in Tualatin
- Pacific Northwest projects totaling $10.6 million in top bidders | July 31, 2026
- Many Oregon counties struggling to maintain their fairgrounds
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