Penn State National Championship
6/18/13
The Penn State Women's Rugby team plays the national championship against Norwich University.
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Student ticket sales begin June 24 for 2013 football season
6/18/13
The 2013 Penn State student football season ticket sale will begin on Monday, June 24, and run through Friday, June 28. The senior class again will kick off the annual sale on Monday, with the sale continuing through the graduate student ticket sale on Friday. Penn State students who want to be part of the passion and pride of the energetic student section should prepare for the sale this week to ensure the smoothest experience possible.
PCN's 'Discover PA Business' to feature Penn State June 23
6/18/13
Penn State will be spotlighted in a new Pennsylvania Cable Network series that profiles the state's economic engines at 8 p.m. Sunday, June 23. “Discover PA Business," a collaboration between PCN and the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry, began as a monthly series earlier this year.
Storytelling program helps change medical students' perspectives on dementia
6/18/13
Treating patients with dementia can be viewed as a difficult task for doctors, but Penn State College of Medicine researchers say that storytelling may be one way to improve medical students' perceptions of people affected by the condition. Participation in a creative storytelling program called TimeSlips creates a substantial improvement in student attitudes.
New Student Orientation off to a successful start
6/18/13
Students new to Penn State’s University Park campus this fall are participating this summer in a more in-depth orientation program, which is already getting positive reviews.
Student Stories: Learning nuts, bolts of sophisticated ag equipment
6/17/13
Modern farming machines are capable and complex. Zachary Stephens, who graduated from Penn State in May with a degree in biological engineering, learned that firsthand recently when he worked as a field test engineering intern at Case New Holland America.
University Park employees urged to curb energy use during one-hour test June 20
6/17/13
This Thursday (June 20) from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. Penn State will again test University Park’s capability to reduce its electricity load when called upon during national or regional power emergencies. The Office of Physical Plant (OPP) will be working behind the scenes to reduce the overall electrical load remotely during this one-hour test. However, all University employees and students are requested to turn off all unnecessary lighting, office equipment, coffee pots, dehumidifiers, and air conditioning. University offices should stay open and operate in a normal manner while reducing their consumption of electricity.
Record point total has Penn State firmly in Top 5 in Learfield standings
6/17/13
Boosted by four top 15 finishes in NCAA spring championships, Penn State firmly remains in the top five in the Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup standings, earning a school record point total.
Andrew Schulz appointed associate dean in the College of Arts and Architecture
6/14/13
Andrew Schulz, associate professor of 18th- and 19th-century art and former head of the Department of History of Art and Architecture at the University of Oregon, has been appointed associate dean for research in the Penn State College of Arts and Architecture, effective August 1. He replaces Bill Doan, who is returning to full-time faculty in the School of Theatre.
Smeal Alumni in Profile: Alumnus finds niche through hard work, commitment
6/14/13
Alumnus Jared Satkoff, a 2008 marketing graduate, says his time at the Penn State Smeal College of Business prepared him to work hard and pursue his career in more ways than he expected. Only five years out of school, he has worked his way up to senior district manager at ADP, a payroll services company with an office in Philadelphia.
Aeschbacher named to Distinguished Honors Faculty Program
6/14/13
Peter Aeschbacher, associate professor of landscape architecture and architecture at Penn State's H. Campbell and Eleanor R. Stuckeman School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, has been named Schreyer Honors College Distinguished Honors Faculty Program member 2013-15.
Science Seminars: June 17 to 23
6/14/13
Three Science Seminars are set for the week of June 17.
Two entrepreneurs win Ben Franklin TechCelerator’s Startup Boot Camp
6/14/13
The Ben Franklin TechCelerator@State College is pleased to announce the names of the two winners of its recent eight-week Boot Camp Program for budding tech entrepreneurs. Corey Dillon and Chris Houser, from Innovative Interseeding Technology, were awarded a $7,500 prize, while Lindsay Fairman from FairTech Labs took home a check for $2,500. The prize money was presented by Kevin Irick with SiliconScapes, a previous Boot Camp winner.
Columbia Gas identifies a potential on-campus pipeline route
6/14/13
Columbia Gas and Penn State are investigating the viability of a new, end-to-end on-campus route for a gas pipeline to serve the University’s West Campus Steam Plant. This is the latest development in a continuing discussion among various utilities, the University, PennDOT and the State College Borough over the past two years.
Public ticket sale begins June 17 for Penn State opener at MetLife Stadium
6/14/13
Nittany Lion fans who wish to sit in the Penn State sections for the season opener vs. Syracuse at MetLife Stadium can begin placing orders on Monday, June 17 at 10 a.m.
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Nuclear security program announces first graduates
6/7/13
An effort to meet the growing need for trained nuclear security professionals passed a milestone recently as the first graduates from a joint effort by the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Penn State, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Texas A&M were announced.
Probing Question: Do women dominate the field of forensic science?
5/7/13
Exhuming corpses, analyzing bloodstained clothing, collecting "crime scene insects" (yes, maggots)...these are some of the grittier realities of life as a forensic scientist. Yet defying the stereotype that females tend to be squeamish about such things, an entire generation of young women have become entranced by the profession. In fact, they've pursued this career in such numbers that—unlike almost every other scientific discipline—one could argue that the booming field of forensic science is a female domain.
Video: Curators give talk, tour at Palmer Museum of Art
4/3/13
At a recent Research Unplugged program at Penn State's Palmer Museum of Art, curators Joyce Robinson and Dana Carlisle Kletchka presented a talk and tour, "Behind the Scenes at the Museum: What Do Curators Do?"
Robinson, curator of art and affiliate associate professor of art history, is a specialist in modern American and European art, and teaches courses primarily on African American art.
Webinar to look at shale gas role in reviving petrochemical industry
6/7/13
How byproducts obtained from Marcellus Shale and Utica Shale natural-gas development can revitalize the Northeast's petrochemical industry will be the topic of a free, Web-based seminar offered by Penn State Extension.
Edmondson appointed to Undergraduate Education post
5/20/13
Jacqueline Edmondson has been appointed associate vice president and associate dean for Undergraduate Education, effective June 1. In this capacity, Edmondson will join the leadership team in Office of Undergraduate Education, which provides collaborative direction and coordination for University-wide programs and initiatives in support of undergraduate teaching, learning, and enrollments at Penn State, such as the University-wide conversation on the student experience, involving aspects such as the curriculum, access, diversity, academic advising, engaged scholarship and new models for learning.
Loxsom named Big Ten Track Athlete of the Week
4/25/13
After posting a season-best and conference-leading performance in the 800 meters last weekend, senior Casimir Loxsom (New Haven, Conn.) has been named Big Ten Track Athlete of the Week. Loxsom is the fifth Nittany Lion to earn the honor this spring.
Graduate student team wins $10,000 for sustainability research
12/6/12
A diverse team of judges has recognized an interdisciplinary team of graduate students as the grand prize winner of $10,000 in the Dow Sustainability Innovation Student Challenge Award (SISCA) at Penn State. Roland Cusick , ciivil and environmental engineering; Marta Hatzell, civil and environmental engineering; Michael Parks, sociology; and Emily Smith-Greenaway, sociology; developed a solution titled "Sustainable Improvement of Drinking-water and Sanitation in African Slums using Microbial Electrochemical Technologies and Attention to Self-efficacy within Local Communities." The faculty adviser for the team was Bruce Logan, Evan Pugh Chair of Environmental Engineering.
The second place team of Yuexiao Shen, chemical engineering; Patrick Saboe, chemical engineering; Bryan Ferlez, biochemistry, microbiology, and molecular biology; Mustafa Erbakan, bioengineering; and Manuel Escotet will be awarded $2,500 for their entry: "Solar Energy Based Biomimetic Water Desalination and Purification."
New kind of antibiotic may be more effective against tuberculosis, anthrax
6/3/13
Diseases such as tuberculosis, anthrax, and shigellosis -- a severe food-borne illness -- eventually could be treated with an entirely new and more-effective kind of antibiotic, thanks to a team of scientists led by Kenneth Keiler, an associate professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at Penn State. The team describes 46 previously untested molecules that target and disrupt an important step in the process of protein synthesis in bacteria, thereby making the bacteria incapable of replicating. This important step, known as "trans-translation," is a quality-control mechanism that is found in all species of bacteria. More information is online at science.psu.edu/news-and-events/2013-news/Keiler5-2013.
Ozone masks plant's volatiles, plant-eating insects confused
4/2/13
Increases in ground-level ozone, especially in rural areas, may interfere not only with predator insects finding host plants, but also with pollinators finding flowers, according to researchers from Penn State and the University of Virginia.
$1 million Lucas gift endows industrial engineering professorship
2/27/13
A $1 million gift from Tom Lucas, an industrial engineering alumnus, and his wife, Nicki, will create the Lucas Professorship in Industrial Engineering. "This generous endowment from Tom and Nicki gives us the opportunity to attract a pre-eminent faculty member to our department," said Paul Griffin, Peter and Angela Dal Pezzo Department Head Chair.
Foley named dean of College of IST
11/2/06
Henry C. "Hank" Foley, associate vice president for research and director of strategic initiatives, has been appointed dean of the College of Information Sciences and Technology (IST), pending approval of the Board of Trustees during their meeting at University Park on Nov. 17. Foley's appointment was announced today (Nov. 2) by Rod Erickson, executive vice president and provost.
