Portland State Magazine, Spring 2021

- - SPRING 2021 // // 6 Spring 2021 // The magazine for alumni and friends of Portland State University contents CELEBRATE 75 YEARS FEATURES DEPARTMENTS Pieces of History 5 Faculty Voices Three experts tackle the question: 16 Arts A new program explores the intersection Take a fond and fascinating look at PSU’s past What have we learned from COVID 19? of costuming, sculpture and fashion. through 21 objects and artifacts. 20 6 Park Blocks Celebrating a big anniversary; 18 Athletics How three student athletes adjusted to PSU researchers rank among COVID 19’s new (ab)normal. Know Your Viks A simple game of trivia launched Portland State onto the national scene in 1965. Think you’ve got what it takes to continue the tradition? Test your knowledge of all things PSU. 12 world’s best; take a “Toon Tour” of campus. Research From extreme fires to vanishing glaciers, PSU scientists are tracking the Northwest’s transformation. 36 Alumni Life Four times alumni saved PSU from threats both existential and symbolic. IN EVERY ISSUE: 2 From the President 3 Inbox 34 39 Bookshelf 40 Looking Back ON THE COVER // Illustration by Jessica Hische 1