A $250 million capital construction budget request for 2009-11 has been approved by the Oregon State Board of Higher Education to finance the proposed Life Sciences building on Portland's South Waterfront.

By Ted Sickinger, The Oregonian, Portland, Ore. Jul.

By Joe Rojas-Burke and Ted Sickinge, The Oregonian, Portland, Ore. Jan. 19--Budget problems at Oregon Health & Science University are hitting hard, from inner-city Portland to the distant town of Union, population 1,970.

By Ted Sickinger, The Oregonian, Portland, Ore. Dec. 14--Oregon Health & Science University is planning another major expansion of its profitable hospital and targeting budget cuts and changes in its research and education in hopes of bolstering its finances during the next five years.

By Andy Dworkin, The Oregonian, Portland, Ore. Oct. 18--Portlanders disagree about many parts of the new aerial tram.