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Transportation conference will draw industry experts, debut new technologies

12/5/13

The 19th annual Transportation Engineering and Safety Conference will be held from Dec. 11 to 13 at The Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel on the University Park campus. Sponsored by the Thomas D. Larson Pennsylvania Transportation Institute, the event includes seminars facilitated by leading experts, opportunities for discussion among participants and a variety of topic-specific workshops.

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Penn State launches new website for current, prospective adult students

12/5/13

Adults age 25 and older are returning to school in growing numbers, according to the National Center for Education Statistics, which projects these enrollments will rise 20 percent to 10.7 million through 2020. To help current and prospective students successfully pursue their education, Penn State is launching a new enhanced website.

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Heard on Campus: David Ferriero at the Penn State Forum

12/4/13

"One of the nicest things about being the archivist is sitting as the chair of the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, which is a granting agency within the National Archives. So for the first time in my professional career, I'm giving away money instead of begging for it."

— David Ferriero, archivist of the United States, at the Penn State Forum, held today (Dec. 4) at the Nittany Lion Inn on the University Park campus.

Science Seminars: Dec. 9 to 13

12/4/13

Monday, Dec. 9

“Integrative Genome-wide Studies to Elucidate Regulation of Lineage Choice in Hematopoiesis”
Tejaswini Mishra, Penn State
10:00 to 11:00 a.m., W-257 Millenium Science Complex
Contact: Ross Hardison, 814-863-0113

“Using Competing Magnetic Interactions and Structrual Instabilities to Control Macroscopic Behavior”
Philip Ryan, Argonne National Laboratory
12:00 to 1:00 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory
Contact: Denise Patton, 814-863-0007

Ten Thousand Villages holiday sale to benefit THON

12/4/13

Springfield FTK, a THON special interest organization, will be partnering with the fair trade company Ten Thousand Villages to bring fair trade products to the HUB-Robeson Center Dec. 2 to Dec. 6.

New service will assist with Recommended Academic Plan conversions

12/4/13

Beginning in January, the Division of Undergraduate Studies (DUS), with approval from the Office of Undergraduate Education, will provide a single Recommended Academic Plan (RAP) template to assist units across Penn State in meeting the University’s AD-69 Web accessibility mandate.

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Probing Question: Is outsourcing of health care services bad?

12/4/13

"If you've had an X-ray taken at a hospital in the past decade, the chance that it was read by a radiologist elsewhere in the world is pretty high," says Jonathan Clark, assistant professor of health policy and administration. "That's because around 90 percent of hospitals in the United States now outsource some portion of their radiology services."

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In the case of wholesale food distributors, it's all about location

12/4/13

In all but the shortest supply chains, food travels through wholesale distribution centers on its way from farm to consumer, and the location of these distributors can have a big impact on the efficiency of a food system. Now, a new mathematical model can help business owners and policy makers determine the optimal locations for such distributors, thanks to a research team led by an engineer in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.

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Hackenberg selected Big Ten Freshman of the Year

12/3/13

Penn State quarterback Christian Hackenberg (Palmyra, Va.) has been named the Big Ten Conference’s Thompson-Randel El Freshman of the Year, giving the Nittany Lions consecutive winners of the honor.

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