PORTLAND, Oregon, April 24 -- Oregon Health and Science University issued the following news: * * * Breakthrough T1D Awards $2.8 Million in Funding to Expand Center of Excellence at University of Michigan and Oregon Health & Science University to Accelerate Type 1 Diabetes Research The Breakthrough T1D U-M-OHSU Cardiorenal Center of Excellence to focus on heart and kidney disease in type 1 diabetes Breakthrough T1D, formerly JDRF, the leading global type 1 diabetes (T1D) research and advocac  more

SALEM, Oregon, April 23 -- The Democratic Party of Oregon issued the following statement on April 22, 2025, by Chair Matt West: * * * Earth Day 2025: A Call to Climate Action This Earth Day, we celebrate Oregon's continued commitment to a sustainable future. We uplift recent accomplishments in the fight for our planet's future. We must also take a clear-eyed look at the challenges we face, and make an urgent call to action to meet them. It's hard to imagine a more anti-climate presidential a  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, April 22 -- Lewis and Clark College issued the following news: * * * Poet Joins Elite Ranks of Guggenheim Fellows Corey Van Landingham BA '08 has been named a 2025 Guggenheim Fellow, one of the nation's most prestigious awards for creative and intellectual achievement. The fellowship will underwrite a yearlong poetry project that explores how isolation can sharpen both perception and imagination. Corey Van Landingham BA '08 has joined the 2025 class of Guggenheim Fellows--o  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, April 26 -- Lewis and Clark College issued the following news: * * * A Quantum Leap for Physics Students Ben Olsen, assistant professor of physics, is establishing Lewis & Clark's first Quantum Information Science and Engineering lab to probe how unusual types of matter behave at the subatomic level. But first he and his students have to build "The Apparatus." The steel structure occupying one end of a long table in Ben Olsen's lab consists of two tower-like structures and   more

PORTLAND, Oregon, April 24 -- Lewis and Clark College issued the following news: * * * Voices of Vietnamese Portland Nhan Han BA '27 and Thoan Nguyen BA '27, with project manager Zoe Maughan BA '19, curated a 15-panel, bilingual traveling exhibit highlighting stories from Vietnamese Portland: Memory, History, Community, an archive documenting experiences of Vietnamese Portlanders. On April 30, 1975, the war that pitted North versus South Vietnam ended with the fall of Saigon, what was then t  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, April 26 -- Oregon Health and Science University issued the following news: * * * OHSU highlights future of research and changes happening at Knight Cancer Institute Board of directors hears from chief research officer on innovative scientific discoveries By Angela Yeager Oregon Health & Science University's research mission, which exceeded $580 million during the 2024 fiscal year, continues to deliver life-saving scientific discoveries, the university's board of directors  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, April 22 -- Oregon Health and Science University issued the following news: * * * OHSU is first in Oregon to offer new prostate cancer treatment option Robotic-assisted high-frequency focused ultrasound targets cancerous tissue while minimizing side effects By Erik Robinson Men with prostate cancer in Oregon have a new option for treatment that destroys the cancerous tissue while minimizing side effects. On March 27, Oregon Health & Science University was the first hospit  more

SALEM, Oregon, April 25 -- Gov. Tina Kotek, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on April 24, 2025: * * * Governor Kotek Announces Collaboration and Investment to Foster AI Workforce and Economic Development Collaboration with NVIDIA announced alongside $10 million investment Today, Governor Tina Kotek announced a $10 million investment in artificial intelligence (AI) workforce development alongside a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the State of Oregon and NVIDIA to expa  more

CORVALLIS, Oregon, April 23 -- Oregon State University issued the following news release: * * * Researchers find new species of electricity-conducting organism, name it after Tribe CORVALLIS, Ore. - Scientists have identified a novel species of bacteria that acts as electrical wiring, potentially ushering in a new era of bioelectronic devices for use in medicine, industry, food safety, and environmental monitoring and cleanup. The researchers who discovered the new cable bacteria species in   more

PORTLAND, Oregon, April 24 -- Portland State University issued the following news release: * * * Microscopy reveals signs of life in earth's extremes, boosting search for alien life By Katy Swordfisk New research from Portland State University successfully identified signs of life in extreme environments on Earth using a technique that could be used to search for life on other planets. "These environments are considered analogs for extraterrestrial settings, such as those found on other pla  more