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Continuing Education offers SafeGulf/SafeLand orientation course

5/18/13

The Penn State Beaver Office of Continuing Education has partnered with the Shale Training and Education Center (ShaleTEC) at Penn College to offer the PEC Basic SafeGulf/SafeLand Orientation course at 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Thursday, June 17, or Thursday, June 27.

Car wars: Alternative vehicle public expo on Saturday, May 18

5/14/13

The 21st Century Automotive Challenge will give visitors a chance to check out vehicles powered by a number of alternative energy sources, including electricity, compressed natural gas and biodiesel. Vehicles will be on display from 10 to 2 on Saturday, May 18, at the MorningStar Solar Home.

Steve and Nancy Sheetz present major gift to Penn State Altoona

5/14/13

Altoona residents Stephen G. and Nancy L. Sheetz have made a leadership gift commitment to Penn State Altoona to create a Trustee Scholarship and scholarship endowment in support of the Sheetz Fellows program. The commitment is the couple’s second to the campus during For the Future: The Campaign For Penn State Students.

IST grads, students explore San Francisco start-up scene

5/14/13

The second annual Start-up Week, which was held at Penn State’s College of Information Sciences and Technology (IST) March 18-23, 2013, featured more than 25 entrepreneurs from trailblazing companies such as Weebly, Reddit and Songsplit, who networked with students and dispensed advice on starting and growing innovative technology-based companies. Several IST students decided to foster the connections established with the entrepreneurs and educate themselves about the field of entrepreneurship by embarking on a trip to San Francisco, Calif.

Smeal Alumni in Profile: Management alumna founds nonprofit organization

5/14/13

A 2006 Penn State Smeal College of Business alumna, Bernice Innocent, is using her skills in leadership and talent development not only in her senior human resources position at Lockheed Martin, but also as the founder and CEO of nonprofit organization, the Berrette Family Foundation, Inc.

Road research center receives environmental quality award

5/14/13

The Thomas D. Larson Pennsylvania Transportation Institute's Center for Dirt and Gravel Road Studies at Penn State was selected by the Pennsylvania Association of Environmental Professionals (PAEP) to receive the 2013 Karl Mason Environmental Stewardship Award. The award was presented at the PAEP award banquet on May 9, at the Toftrees Golf Resort and Conference Center in State College, Pa.

Sir John Daniel puts MOOCs into context

5/13/13

The public is invited to join Sir John Daniel, a world-renowned researcher and theorist in the field of online and distance education, for a presentation, “Making sense of MOOCs and other emerging models in higher education,” from 3 to 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 13, in Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library on the University Park campus of Penn State. The talk also is available on MediaSite Live at http://live.libraries.psu.edu/Mediasite/Catalog/Full/9516b47f3e5d447d930...

Libraries complete digitization of Lancaster Farming newspaper through 2003

5/13/13

"Lancaster Farming," the leading Northeast and Mid-Atlantic farm newspaper is one of Pennsylvania's most popular farming newspapers. Published weekly since November 4, 1955, issues are now available in digital format through December 27, 2003, by Penn State's University Libraries at http://digitalnewspapers.libraries.psu.edu/Default/Skins/lancasterfarmin...

GridSTAR Net Zero Energy Demonstration Project under way at The Navy Yard

5/13/13

A powerful collaboration of researchers, manufacturers and economic development officials are embarking on a groundbreaking demonstration project for smart-grid, net zero energy buildings called the GridSTAR Center — a Smart Energy Campus initiative at The Navy Yard in Philadelphia. Spearheaded by Penn State with support from the U.S. Department of Energy, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation (PIDC), the GridSTAR Net Zero Energy Demonstration Structure is the first phase of the GridSTAR Center.

Navy rear admiral appointed to direct new center on weather risk solutions

5/13/13

Rear Adm. David W. Titley has been appointed as a faculty member in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences at Penn State, beginning July 1. Titley will serve as senior scientist and director of a new center being formed on weather and climate risk solutions in the Department of Meteorology.

Penn State President Rod Erickson and alumni stand by as Professor of Risk and Management Jim Thomas presents a new scholarship

Penn State Real Estate Advisory Board event hosted by Silverstein Properties

5/13/13

Two new gifts to the Penn State Smeal College of Business Department of Risk Management were announced last month at a landmark event for alumni in New York City.

College of Communications wins Hearst Award

College of Communications repeats as national champion

5/13/13

The College of Communications has captured back-to-back national championships in the overall intercollegiate standings in the William R. Hearst Foundation’s Journalism Awards Program. The annual competition -- known as "the Pulitzers of college journalism" -- is open to students from the country’s 106 nationally accredited undergraduate mass communication programs.

Ben Franklin's Shale Gas center announces Innovation Contest winners

5/10/13

On May 7, the Ben Franklin Shale Gas Innovation & Commercialization Center, an initiative that identifies and helps commercialize technologies that enhance responsible stewardship of the environment while creating jobs in the Commonwealth, announced the three $25,000 winners of their Innovation Contest.

A revolution in three dimensions, maybe four: Penn State explores 3-D printing

5/10/13

Penn State faculty and a growing group of students are fully engaged in research and practical experiments in the new world of 3-D printing.

Heavy equipment for shale gas exploration

Webinar to examine effect of shale-gas development on rural roads

5/10/13

The impact that natural-gas development in deep shale formations has on rural Pennsylvania roads will be the focus of a free, Web-based seminar offered by Penn State Extension.

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photo of Regis Becker, director of University ethics and compliance, Penn State

Becker named as first director of University ethics and compliance

3/7/13

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Following a national search, Penn State has named Regis W. Becker as its first director of University ethics and compliance.

Car wars: Alternative vehicle public expo on Saturday, May 18

5/14/13

Agricultural museum namesake and associate dean emeritus dies at 97

4/5/13

Jerome K. Pasto, associate dean emeritus in the College of Agricultural Sciences and founder and namesake of the Pasto Agricultural Museum, died March 17 at the age of 97.

A student reads a book during the College of Education's Summer Reading Camp.

Summer Reading Camp Fun

3/20/13

Each year, the Penn State College of Education invites elementary students from across the region to participate in Summer Reading Camp where children can discover the wonders of reading and writing as well as art, poetry, and much more.

Non-Traditional Classrooms Offer Amazing Opportunities

4/18/13

Teachers, instructors and administrators work in a number of different settings, but they all have a common goal: educating people and improving society. That is what the instructors at Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology (CPI) work to do each day.

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