Portland State University

Join scholars Dr. Lindsey Mantoan, author of It's All Happening: How Musical Theater Does High School (Oxford, 2026), and Dr. Daniel Pollack-Pelzner, author of Lin-Manuel Miranda: The Education of an Artist (Simon & Schuster, 2025) for a free conversation about high school on the musical theater stage. This evening will feature performances by PSU students from some favorite high school musicals--come to sing, chat, and cheer along!

Books will be available for purchase and signing.

Learn more about theTheater Arts program at PSU's School of Music & Theater.

Join us for a lecture by Jordan Schnitzer School of Art + Art History + Design faculty member Carmen Ripollés, Professor of Art History, for a talk on her book, Josefa de Óbidos, which explores the life and work of one of the most influential artists of the Portuguese Baroque.

Drawing on years of research, Ripollés reexamines Josefa de Óbidos' remarkable career, revealing how she achieved extraordinary artistic and professional success in the 17th century while challenging traditional assumptions about women artists. The talk will offer new perspectives on Baroque art, women's history, and the enduring legacy of an artist whose work continues to reshape our understanding of the early modern Iberian world.

Join the Transportation Research and Education Center (TREC) at Portland State University for the 2026 Ann Niles Active Transportation Lecture, featuring speakers Christof Spieler, David Copeland Loredo, and Mandi Chapa — authors of the new book, Transportation and the Shape of Cities. They'll discuss how each mode of urban transportation has inherent geometric properties that no amount of policy or design can change, and how understanding those properties is fundamental to good design in cities.

Free and open to the public.

Portland State University is proud to participate in Multnomah County Library’s annual Everybody Reads community reading initiative! Join the PSU Library and the College of Education during Community Hour for an interdisciplinary campus panel exploring Louise Erdrich’s novel, The Mighty Red.

Set against the backdrop of the 2008 financial crisis and the Red River Valley, the novel wrestles with climate change, deep time, community resilience, and economic upheaval. Our panel of PSU faculty and campus experts will bring their diverse disciplinary lenses to unpack the book's core themes.

Environmental Justice & Sustainability: Agriculture, land stewardship, and climate impacts.

Sustainability in Education: Learning and teaching for place-based resilience.

Mental Health & Community Care: Navigating survival guilt and economic stress from a therapist's perspective.

📖 Free Book Giveaway:

A limited number of free copies of The Mighty Red will be available for PSU students, faculty, and staff ahead of the event! Details coming soon.

Bring your lunch and join the conversation!