PORTLAND, Oregon, May 28 -- Oregon Health and Science University issued the following news: * * * Center for Women's Health Circle of Giving awards $250,000 to OHSU scientists Funded studies focus on changes in brain function during menopause, why a specific gene predisposes women to Alzheimer's By Leslie Constans The Oregon Health & Science University Center for Women's Health Circle of Giving, a group of philanthropists who give to support innovative women's health research at OHSU, have   more

PORTLAND, Oregon, May 29 -- Portland State University issued the following news release: * * * Exploring Molecular Genomics at PSU and Providence At ten o'clock in the morning, Pat Clouser feeds the fish in the Podrabsky Laboratory at Portland State University (PSU). They are a species of small killifish, Austrofundulus limnaeus, that he's spending almost all his time thinking about while working on his doctorate. He is attempting to analyze their genome and isolate the drivers of one specif  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, May 29 -- Oregon Health and Science University issued the following news: * * * OHSU earns $7 million to study treatments for inflammatory sinus disease National Institutes of Health grant will fund randomized clinical trial for treatments By Angela Yeager Oregon Health & Science University will use $7 million in new federal research funding to study new medical treatments for chronic sinusitis with nasal polyps, a disease historically treated with steroids or surgery. Pe  more

SALEM, Oregon, May 28 -- The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news release on May 27, 2025: * * * DEQ issues three penalties in April for environmental violations The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality issued three penalties totaling $19,208 in April for various environmental violations. A detailed list of violations and resulting penalties is at https://ordeq.org/enforcement. Fines ranged from $4,200 to $8,633. Alleged violations included a wastewater   more

CORVALLIS, Oregon, May 30 (TNSjou) -- Oregon State University issued the following news release: * * * Wildlife researchers train AI to better identify animal species in trail camera photos CORVALLIS, Ore. - Oregon State University scientists have improved artificial intelligence's ability to identify wildlife species in photos taken by motion-activated cameras. Their study, which introduces a less-is-more approach to the data on which an AI model is trained, opens the door to wildlife image  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, May 20 -- Portland General Electric, an electric utility company, issued the following news release: * * * PGE's Parks and Re-creation Photo Contest: Travel back in time to snap the winning shot PGE Parks celebrates 75-years with a summer-long photo contest for park and campground guests Calling all outdoor enthusiasts! PGE's Parks and Re-creation Photo Contest invites participants to travel back in time for a chance to win a free stay at a PGE park or campground and celebr  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, May 28 (TNSjou) -- Portland State University issued the following news release: * * * Slowly dying trees impact forest recovery post-wildfires, PSU study of 2020 fires finds By Cristina Rojas Across the western U.S., wildfires are becoming larger and more severe -- and even trees that initially survive are dying in subsequent years, making it harder for forests to regenerate, according to new research from Portland State University. Building on previous research exploring   more

ASHLAND, Oregon, May 30 -- Southern Oregon University issued the following news release: * * * SOU and faculty union agree to extend contract (Ashland, Ore.) -- Southern Oregon University and its faculty union have signed an agreement that will postpone bargaining on a new contract for 18 months, allowing the university to better navigate fiscal uncertainties at the state and federal levels. The current collective bargaining agreement with the Association of Professors of Southern Oregon Uni  more