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Edward L. Doheny II is president and CEO of Joy Global, Inc.

Joy Global CEO to speak April 25 on the future of mining

4/16/14

Edward L. Doheny II, president and CEO of Joy Global Inc., will be presenting this year’s Penn State G. Albert Shoemaker Lecture in Mineral Engineering on Friday, April 25. His lecture, titled “Our Vision for the Mine of the Future,” will focus on advances in mining technologies that could change mining in the future.

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Inhibited children become anxious adults

4/16/14

Koraly Pérez-Edgar's work over the years has demonstrated that extreme shyness observed in children is often a predictor of anxiety later in life. She says that the way shy children behave will evolve as they grow up, "but they can remain uncomfortable in their own skin in new social situations." Pérez-Edgar runs the University's Cognition, Affect, and Temperament Lab. She and her team of nearly 30 people work with children from 4 months old through young adulthood, using a variety of tools to aid their work in exploring anxiety. From clinical interviews and questionnaires to genetics and neuroimaging, Pérez-Edgar and company are trying to learn more about what their young subjects are experiencing, why, and how to help.

Arts and Architecture honors four faculty, staff members with Excellence Awards

4/15/14

The College of Arts and Architecture recently honored four faculty and staff with awards for excellence. Kirk Dimond, Stuckeman School academic advisor; Robin Thomas, assistant professor of art history; Tracey Accordino, administrative support assistant in the Department of Art History; and Bob Klotz, IT consultant in the School of Music, received their honors at the college’s annual awards ceremony on Friday, April 4.

Workshop to look at how photography can enhance teaching

4/15/14

The Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence will host Martin Springborg’s workshop on “Teaching and Learning through the Lens of Photography” from 9 to 10:15 a.m. Friday, April 25, in 308E Olmsted at Penn State Harrisburg and via Polycom.

MediaTech Expo showcases latest technology

4/15/14

This year’s Technology Expo will feature showcase what's new for 2014 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on May 9, in the President’s Hall, Penn Stater Conference Center, University Park campus.

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Libraries Dean Dewey honored for multicultural leadership

4/15/14

Barbara I. Dewey, dean of University Libraries and Scholarly Communications, recently received the Award for University Administration at the 2014 Way Pavers Award Luncheon, hosted by the Council of College Multicultural Leadership (CCML).

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Penn State awarded Mellon grant to study personal scholarly archiving

4/15/14

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded a grant of $440,000 to Penn State. The two-year project in collaboration with George Mason University will build upon the 2012-13 research led by Ellysa Stern Cahoy, education librarian, studying how faculty managed and archived their scholarly information collections. Over the next two years, Stern Cahoy, in collaboration with Sean Takats, associate professor of history at George Mason University and director of research projects at the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media, will direct software development to enhance how faculty organize and archive information, including their own scholarly publications.

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