Portland State Magazine Fall 2014

6 PORTLAND STATE MAGAZINE FALL 2014 PA R K B L O C K S Fearless you “WHEN WE ARE FEARLESS , knowledge has no limits—and neither do our hopes and dreams.” This is the anthem for the University’s new Fearless Campaign to recruit students, increase fundraising, and build PSU’s reputation. The University is featuring faculty and students in the new campaign, but at its core are fearless alumni, such as Julius Thomas ’10, tight end for the Denver Broncos; Mike Richardson ’77, founder of Dark Horse Comics; and Jill Kuehler MEd ’06, executive director of Zenger Farm. Read about them at pdx.edu/fearless. $3 million to fight malaria MORE THAN 600,000 children die from malaria every year. But a new approach to a drug once considered a miracle treatment and now reimagined by chemistry professor David Peyton could change that. Peyton, pictured here far left with student Rob Jensen, has been working on malaria treatments for more than 15 years. Chloroquine was once the main drug in treating malaria until the disease developed a resistance to it. The National Institutes of Health granted Peyton’s company, DesignMedix, located in PSU’s Business Accelerator, $3 million to use the professor’s technology to develop and manufacture a hybrid chloroquine treatment that reverses the resistance process in malaria. Fearless_streetlightbanner_oncampus_TOPRINTER.indd 10 4/23/14 8:37AM Fearless_streetlightbanner_oncampus_TOPRINTER.indd 8 4/23/14 8:37AM Fearless_streetlightbanner_oncampus_TOPRINTER.indd 3 4/23/14 8:36AM