by Currently November 17th 2021 Share Facebook Twitter Jonathan Fink, geology faculty, leads PSU’s Digital City Testbed Center, which received a $150,000 grant from the National Science Foundation’s “Smart and Connected Communities” program to explore why diverse communities — including people with disabilities, people with low income and BIPOC communities — are often hesitant to make use of digital technologies that could better prepare them for negative impacts of climate change. Read the article. Christa McDermott leads Portland State University’s Community Environmental Services unit, which was awarded a grant from the Environmental Protection Agency to pilot a project in partnership with the nonprofits Trash for Peace and The Portland Fruit Tree Project that aims to reduce food waste while increasing access to fresh produce for residents of East Portland’s Rockwood Station multifamily housing site. Read the article. Currently grants Return to all news