For weeks, Portland Community College and union workers have been negotiating a new contract agreement amid broad budget cuts expected to impact several programs.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — The Portland Housing Bureau is launching a yearlong pilot program aimed at expanding affordable housing options by encouraging homeowners to rent out spare rooms. Portland ...

If you’re reading this, you probably know the value of the Mercury’s news reporting, arts and culture coverage, event calendar, and the bevy of events we host throughout the year. The work we do helps ...

Proponents of Portland Community College's Music and Sonic Arts (MSA) program tell the Mercury they're planning to rally before a board meeting at the Sylvania campus in Southwest Portland, on ...

The Piedmont Community College (PCC) Foundation, Inc. has been awarded $1 million in funding from the Golden LEAF Foundation to expand and relocate PCC’s welding program to South Campus. The funding ...

Larry McIntire, founder of the Rice Department of Bioengineering, died on Jan. 23. Through decades of leadership, he helped make the bioengineering program into what it is today and is remembered as a ...

SAN DIEGO, Feb. 03, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nan McKay and Associates (NMA) and Park City Communities Housing Authority (PCC) announced today Park City Communities has been designated a High Performer ...

The University of Denver’s Ritchie School of Engineering and Computer Science will launch a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering in fall 2026. The new major, part of the DU Forward initiative ...

Jonathan Wosen is STAT’s West Coast biotech & life sciences reporter. You can reach Jonathan on Signal at jwosen.27. An aspiring bioengineer, Alex Sathler was walking through the streets of London ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was originally published in the fall 2025 issue of the UB Medicine alumni magazine. All the way back in the sixth grade, Trey Lewis participated in a college preparation ...

Many families are faced with the painful reality of watching a loved one’s memory slowly fade with age. Today, more than 7 million Americans live with Alzheimer’s disease, the most common cause of ...