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Penn State tops all American squads at international military skills competition

5/9/13

Penn State's nine-member ROTC Ranger Challenge Team finished as the top American squad at the Sandhurst Military Stakes Competition held recently at West Point, N.Y.

The Penn State Army ROTC Ranger Challenge Team

Penn State ROTC victorious at Sandhurst competition

5/9/13

Penn State Army ROTC Sandhurst Team beat all the American teams at the Sandhurst Military Stakes Competition on April 19 and 20 at West Point, N.Y.

Van Saun receives 2013 Excellence in Academic Advising Award

5/9/13

Robert Van Saun, professor of veterinary science in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, has been selected to receive the college's 2013 Excellence in Academic Advising Award.

Penn State professor finding new ways to repair nerve injuries

5/9/13

Nerve injury is a major health problem, with 12,000 new injuries occurring in the U.S. each year. Recovery can be difficult or impossible, which is why Dr. Mohammad Reza Abidian—a Penn State assistant professor of bioengineering, materials science and engineering—is focusing his research on special materials called “conducting polymers,” which could one day offer a solution to these injuries.

Science Seminars: May 13 to 19

5/9/13

MONDAY, MAY 13
"An Analytical Approach for Sustainable Transportation Network Design," Ke han, Penn State, 10 a.m., 106 McAllister Building, Adviser: Alberto Bressan, Department of Mathematics (814-865-7527).

Penn State Educational Office Professionals honor three with awards

5/9/13

The Penn State Educational Office Professionals (PSEOP) recognized three exceptional staff members at their annual banquet and recognition ceremony May 8 at The Nittany Lion Inn.

Penn State Meteorology wins second straight national forecasting title

5/9/13

For the second consecutive year, a team of Penn State students captured first place in the Weather Challenge, a North American collegiate weather forecasting competition. Penn State's forecasters bested teams from more than 50 universities.

Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts achieves national ranking

Art event at Penn State ranked as 5th best summer festival

5/9/13

When the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts takes place this year from July 11 to 14, it will kick off with a new honor -- as the fifth-best summer festival in the nation, according to livability.com's rankings. The festival, held in the Borough of State College and on Penn State's University Park campus, brings more than 125,000 visitors to the area each year.

Obese students' childbearing risk varies with high school obesity rates

5/9/13

For young women in high school, the risk of childbearing may depend on the prevalence of obesity in their schools, according to sociologists, who found that as the prevalence of obesity rises in a school, so do the odds of obese high school students bearing children.

Penn State women's lacrosse attacker Maggie McCormick

Women's lacrosse hosts Canisius Friday in NCAA First Round

5/9/13

The seventh-seeded Penn State women's lacrosse team will begin its quest for its sixth national championship and third NCAA crown when it welcomes Canisius to the Penn State Lacrosse Field Friday, May 10 for the first round of the NCAA tournament. Opening draw is set at 4 p.m.

Coach Robin Petrini congratulates Cassidy Bell as she rounds third base

Bell named first-team All-Big Ten

5/9/13

After a tremendous record-breaking senior campaign, outfielder Cassidy Bell earned first-team All-Big Ten honors, the conference announced Wednesday (May 8) morning. Bell also found her way on the All-Defensive list while picking up the team’s sportsmanship award.

Penn State programs strong in QS World University Rankings by Subject

5/8/13

Penn State ranks in the top 50 in eight subject areas in the recently released QS World University Rankings by Subject. Out of 30 subjects evaluated, Penn State ranks among the top 200 institutions in 29 subjects, placing the University in the top tier of institutions.

Student organization hones consulting skills for nonprofit clients

5/8/13

Nonprofit organization ACES North America was presented with a new marketing campaign recently thanks to some consulting from a Penn State Smeal College of Business student group. Students Consulting for Nonprofit Organizations (SCNO), a group that provides free consulting to local nonprofit organizations, also worked with the Children’s Aid Society and the Child Protection and Safety Collaboration.

Webinar to examine environmentally sustainable stormwater management

5/8/13

Penn State Extension will offer a Web-based seminar focusing on low-impact development, a stormwater-management strategy designed to mitigate the impacts of increased runoff and resulting pollution.

Couple gives $2.2 million to establish faculty chair in geosciences

5/8/13

Two anonymous donors have made a $2.2 million gift to the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences' Department of Geosciences to create a faculty chair. Both hold doctorates and have an intimate understanding of the need for faculty support. The couple is remembering Penn State through a bequest that will leave a lasting legacy and support work in geochemistry.

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Students commissioned as officers at ROTC ceremonies

5/10/13

Penn State's Navy, Air Force and Army ROTC programs commissioned students as officers May 10 during ceremonies around campus.

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.

Men's lacrosse players Steven Bogert and Austin Kaut on the field

Men's lacrosse sweeps CAA season awards

5/2/13

Penn State men's lacrosse swept the 2013 Colonial Athletic Association season awards on Thursday (May 2), taking each individual honor and placing six Nittany Lions on the All-CAA First Team.

The Nittany Lion Battalion: Commissioning Ceremony

5/10/13

Images from Penn State's Army ROTC commissioning ceremony held May 10 on the University Park campus.

Roland Akame, Wilfried Tchangoue and Dave Damreville return to the Lewis Katz Building to celebrate.

2013 Penn State Law Commencement

5/13/13

The Law School celebrated 198 J.D. and 43 LL.M. graduates on Saturday, May 11. Commencement activities included ceremonies in University Park and Carlisle, Pa.

Students' diet and physical activity improve with parent communications

5/16/13

College students eat more fruits and vegetables and exercise more on days when they communicate more with their parents, according to researchers at Penn State.

"Only a third of college students consumes a diet that is consistent with national recommendations," said Meg Small, research associate in the Prevention Research Center for the Promotion of Human Development.

Literary scholar contributes to new 'Gatsby' film

4/23/13

A Penn State literary scholar, James L. W. West III, the Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of English, has played a key behind-the-scenes role as a consultant to the director and cast of the upcoming Warner Brothers film "The Great Gatsby." West is general editor of the Cambridge Edition of the Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald, and published Trimalchio: An Early Version of "The Great Gatsby" in 2000.

Penn Staters join in for United Way Day of Caring

10/6/11

Penn State faculty, staff and students joined with volunteers from around the region for the 18th annual Centre County United Way Day of Caring on Oct. 6.
Visit http://live.psu.edu/flickrset/72157627832995012 to view photos from the Centre County United Way Day of Caring.

Lizabeth Zlatkus delivered the spring 2013 commencement speech at the Smeal College of Business ceremony on May 5

Smeal commencement speaker urges students to work with integrity

5/9/13

More than 1,100 students received their baccalaureate degrees at the Penn State Smeal College of Business commencement ceremony May 5. Commencement speaker Lizabeth Zlatkus, retired executive vice president and chief risk officer at The Hartford, spoke about seizing career opportunities and learning to love what you choose to do.

Bonding with your virtual self may alter your actual perceptions

5/2/13

When people create and modify their virtual reality avatars, the hardships faced by their alter egos can influence how they perceive virtual environments, according to researchers presenting their findings at 2013 Annual Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems in Paris today (May 2).

ADT President Gursahaney to give engineering commencement address

4/29/13

Naren Gursahaney, president and CEO of ADT Corporation, will give the commencement address at the College of Engineering's baccalaureate degrees ceremony at 8 p.m. on May 3, in the Bryce Jordan Center.

Student, 'Educate: 20/20' founder, sees education as more than means to a job

4/25/13

Rachel Thor, a fifth-year senior from State College, Pa., says her goal upon entering college was to be "fully alive" the whole time. Her senior project in the bachelor of philosophy intercollege program culminated in a monthlong road tour with other education entrepreneurs searching to change the narrative around education.

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.

Laetiporus Sulphureus: A Medicinal Mushroom from Ethiopia

2/27/13

Penn State Food Science visiting scholar Ashagrie Zewdu will present "Laetiporus Sulphureus: a Medicinal Mushroom from Ethiopia" from noon to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, March 13, in Foster Auditorium, first floor, Paterno Library on the University Park campus of Penn State.

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