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The 2014 BOSS participants outside E Y in Philadelphia, where they met with company employees and interns.

Summer business program for high schoolers forges diverse Penn State network

7/29/14

The Business Opportunities Summer Session (BOSS) Program, facilitated by the Penn State Smeal College of Business’ Diversity Enhancement Programs, connects underrepresented high school students with current Penn State students and alumni to provide an inside look at the business majors and beyond. Currently in its eighth year, the program is helping to create a powerful network as it continues to share the value of a Smeal education with a diverse population.

Study: Why aren't consumers buying remanufactured products?

7/28/14

Firms looking to increase market share of remanufactured consumer products will have to overcome a big barrier to do so, according to a recent study from the Penn State Smeal College of Business. Findings from faculty members Meg Meloy and V. Daniel R. Guide Jr., indicate that consumers perceive many categories of remanufactured products as dirty and disgusting.

Coral

Impact of Deepwater Horizon oil spill found on two additional coral communities

7/28/14

A new discovery of two additional coral communities showing signs of damage from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill expands the impact footprint of the 2010 spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The discovery was made by a team led by Charles Fisher, professor of biology at Penn State University. A paper describing this work and additional impacts of human activity on corals in the Gulf of Mexico will be published during the last week of July 2014 in the online Early Edition of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Hannah Bressi

Croke Park coverage to give students real-world international news experience

7/28/14

The John Curley Center for Sports Journalism in Penn State's College of Communications is sponsoring a group of students on a high-impact, engaged scholarship experience, as they will take the skills they're learning in the classroom and put them to use in Ireland this August to cover the Croke Park Classic football game in Dublin between Penn State and the University of Central Florida.

4-H

4-H event brings 500 youth to University Park campus

7/28/14

Drivers are urged to use caution while traveling near East Halls today (July 28) and Wednesday, as approximately 500 youth will be moving into East Halls today and departing on Wednesday afternoon as part of 4-H State Achievement Days.

Penn State Goalkeepers with Mack Brady patch

Dream of young boy turning Penn State into 'Goalkeeper U'

7/28/14

When Mack Brady, 8, died suddenly on New Year’s Eve 2012, his parents wanted to honor his dream of becoming a Penn State goalkeeper. Elizabeth and Christian Brady established the Mack Brady Soccer Fund benefitting Penn State Men’s soccer and the goalkeeper program in particular.

Cochran Fellowship Program participants

School of Hospitality Management lends expertise to Nigerian food service execs

7/28/14

Oluwatoyin Alabi, president and CEO of a catering company in Port-Harcourt, Nigeria, said one of the most valuable things he learned while studying with instructors in Penn State’s School of Hospitality Management (SHM) is how to maximize small spaces without compromising food safety. Now Alabi is determined to share what he’s learned with his team back home.

Penn State Athletic Director Sandy Barbour

Penn State’s new athletic director is a familiar face in the Pac-12

7/26/14

In a Saturday afternoon (July 26) press conference, Penn State President Eric Barron introduced the University’s new athletic director, Sandy Barbour — a 30-year veteran in leadership positions within athletics departments at several major institutions. Barbour will begin her tenure as AD on Aug. 18.

Libraries hire digital humanities research designer

7/25/14

James O'Sullivan will join Penn State’s University Libraries, on Aug. 1, in a newly formed position as the digital humanities research designer (DHRD), reporting to the Publishing and Curation Services Department.

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