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Percussionists to transform scientific data into music on Feb. 4

1/21/13

Renowned percussionists Robyn Schulkowsky and Joey Baron will present a concert, titled "Playing the Archive: Experiencing Data Through Visual and Sonic Immersion," in which they will translate scientific data and document archives generated by Penn State researchers into music. The event -- which is free and open to the public -- will take place at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 4, in the Ruth Pike Auditorium, 22 Biobehavioral Health Building on the University Park campus of Penn State.

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Endangered species, languages linked at high biodiversity regions

5/8/12

Biodiversity hot spots -- the world's biologically richest and most threatened locations on Earth -- and high biodiversity wilderness areas -- biologically rich but less threatened -- are some of the most linguistically diverse regions on our planet, according to a team of conservationists.

Architectural engineering department wins AIA BIM award

5/7/12

Penn State's Department of Architectural Engineering has won an award for teaching building information model (BIM) technology. The department will receive the Academic Program/Curriculum Development Award for its interdisciplinary collaborative BIM studio at the American Institute of Architects' (AIA) national convention later this month.

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Student honored for essay on Tanzania Study Abroad experience

12/18/11

Penn State's University Office of Global Programs (UOGP) awarded Landscape Architecture student Kellie Waksmunski with the First Place Study Abroad Essay as part of International Education Week, a joint initiative of the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education celebrating the benefits of international education and exchange worldwide.

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Lecture to focus on sustainable landscape architecture sites

11/10/11

Meg Calkins, an associate professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture at Ball State University, will give a talk titled "Sustainable in a Material World" at 6 p.m. Nov. 15 at the Palmer Lipcon Auditorium in the Penn State Palmer Museum of Art, on the University Park campus. A reception will follow.

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Penn State summer camps spark creativity for kids

6/2/11

As summer sets in and the end of the school year approaches, now is the perfect time to prepare for learning and fun at Penn State's Summer Youth Camps. Starting in June, Penn State faculty, staff and graduate students will lead several camps on the University Park campus that can help children make new friends, discover exciting things and develop their skills in a structured environment.

Penn State wins Autodesk BIM Experience Award

12/14/10

Penn State's Department of Architectural Engineering and Stuckeman School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture have won the Autodesk Building Information Modeling (BIM) Experience Award. The programs were honored by the manufacturer of three-dimensional design, engineering and entertainment software for incorporating BIM in the architecture, landscape architecture and architectural engineering curricula.

Penn State's landscape architecture highly ranked in survey

12/10/10

Penn State's Department of Landscape Architecture, part of the H. Campbell and Eleanor R. Stuckeman School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, has once again been named the "most admired" undergraduate landscape architecture program in the United States in the DesignIntelligence survey of landscape architecture deans and department heads. The department is recognized for "its integration of ecology and design, its new facilities and cutting-edge technologies." The program received the same honor last year, the first year of the survey.

Landscape architecture faculty lead service-learning project in Africa

6/23/10

For the past six weeks, 11 Penn State students and two faculty members have been working, studying and conducting research in Tanzania as part of a study abroad and service-learning initiative established by the H. Campbell and Eleanor R. Stuckeman School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. The interdisciplinary program, developed by Brian Orland, professor of landscape architecture, and Larry Gorenflo, associate professor of landscape architecture, has taken students to the most remote parts of the East African country, where they are addressing issues of population growth versus environmental conservation.

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Student video highlights campus landscaping

5/7/10

It's that time of year. Tulips are in bloom all across campus. The mall trees are coming back to life. The ducks have returned to bring entertainment to the usually quiet pond outside the Alumni Center. All signs point to the arrival of spring in Happy Valley. But what is behind every perfectly placed flower? Who is responsible for ensuring our ducks have a pleasant body of water and surroundings to come back to every April? That would be none other than a special team at Penn State known as the Office of Physical Plant's Division of Campus Planning and Design. To learn more, watch a video on the topic at http://live.psu.edu/youtube/MqwuNzgv0uQ online.

Nov. 5 Bowers Lecture to center on design creativity

11/4/08

John Gero, research professor at George Mason University, will present "Recent Developments in Design Computing: Increasing Design Creativity" at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 5, at the Palmer Museum of Art's Palmer Lipcon Auditorium. The event is part of the Raymond A. Bowers Distinguished Lecture Series. Gero will speak about computation in the design process and new approaches to understand and foster the growth of design creativity.

Nature on Display

5/1/01

"What are you finding up there?" a student asks Daniel Laughlin. "Lady's-slippers," he replies. "Pink lady's-slippers. Just pink but there could be yellow ones too."

"Can you take me up there sometime?"

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Percussionists to transform scientific data into music on Feb. 4

1/21/13

Renowned percussionists Robyn Schulkowsky and Joey Baron will present a concert, titled "Playing the Archive: Experiencing Data Through Visual and Sonic Immersion," in which they will translate scientific data and document archives generated by Penn State researchers into music. The event -- which is free and open to the public -- will take place at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 4, in the Ruth Pike Auditorium, 22 Biobehavioral Health Building on the University Park campus of Penn State.

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Endangered species, languages linked at high biodiversity regions

5/8/12

Biodiversity hot spots -- the world's biologically richest and most threatened locations on Earth -- and high biodiversity wilderness areas -- biologically rich but less threatened -- are some of the most linguistically diverse regions on our planet, according to a team of conservationists.

Architectural engineering department wins AIA BIM award

5/7/12

Penn State's Department of Architectural Engineering has won an award for teaching building information model (BIM) technology. The department will receive the Academic Program/Curriculum Development Award for its interdisciplinary collaborative BIM studio at the American Institute of Architects' (AIA) national convention later this month.

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Student honored for essay on Tanzania Study Abroad experience

12/18/11

Penn State's University Office of Global Programs (UOGP) awarded Landscape Architecture student Kellie Waksmunski with the First Place Study Abroad Essay as part of International Education Week, a joint initiative of the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education celebrating the benefits of international education and exchange worldwide.

Untitled

Lecture to focus on sustainable landscape architecture sites

11/10/11

Meg Calkins, an associate professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture at Ball State University, will give a talk titled "Sustainable in a Material World" at 6 p.m. Nov. 15 at the Palmer Lipcon Auditorium in the Penn State Palmer Museum of Art, on the University Park campus. A reception will follow.

Outreach_Outreach blue

Penn State summer camps spark creativity for kids

6/2/11

As summer sets in and the end of the school year approaches, now is the perfect time to prepare for learning and fun at Penn State's Summer Youth Camps. Starting in June, Penn State faculty, staff and graduate students will lead several camps on the University Park campus that can help children make new friends, discover exciting things and develop their skills in a structured environment.

Penn State wins Autodesk BIM Experience Award

12/14/10

Penn State's Department of Architectural Engineering and Stuckeman School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture have won the Autodesk Building Information Modeling (BIM) Experience Award. The programs were honored by the manufacturer of three-dimensional design, engineering and entertainment software for incorporating BIM in the architecture, landscape architecture and architectural engineering curricula.

Penn State's landscape architecture highly ranked in survey

12/10/10

Penn State's Department of Landscape Architecture, part of the H. Campbell and Eleanor R. Stuckeman School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, has once again been named the "most admired" undergraduate landscape architecture program in the United States in the DesignIntelligence survey of landscape architecture deans and department heads. The department is recognized for "its integration of ecology and design, its new facilities and cutting-edge technologies." The program received the same honor last year, the first year of the survey.

Landscape architecture faculty lead service-learning project in Africa

6/23/10

For the past six weeks, 11 Penn State students and two faculty members have been working, studying and conducting research in Tanzania as part of a study abroad and service-learning initiative established by the H. Campbell and Eleanor R. Stuckeman School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. The interdisciplinary program, developed by Brian Orland, professor of landscape architecture, and Larry Gorenflo, associate professor of landscape architecture, has taken students to the most remote parts of the East African country, where they are addressing issues of population growth versus environmental conservation.

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Student video highlights campus landscaping

5/7/10

It's that time of year. Tulips are in bloom all across campus. The mall trees are coming back to life. The ducks have returned to bring entertainment to the usually quiet pond outside the Alumni Center. All signs point to the arrival of spring in Happy Valley. But what is behind every perfectly placed flower? Who is responsible for ensuring our ducks have a pleasant body of water and surroundings to come back to every April? That would be none other than a special team at Penn State known as the Office of Physical Plant's Division of Campus Planning and Design. To learn more, watch a video on the topic at http://live.psu.edu/youtube/MqwuNzgv0uQ online.

Nov. 5 Bowers Lecture to center on design creativity

11/4/08

John Gero, research professor at George Mason University, will present "Recent Developments in Design Computing: Increasing Design Creativity" at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 5, at the Palmer Museum of Art's Palmer Lipcon Auditorium. The event is part of the Raymond A. Bowers Distinguished Lecture Series. Gero will speak about computation in the design process and new approaches to understand and foster the growth of design creativity.

Nature on Display

5/1/01

"What are you finding up there?" a student asks Daniel Laughlin. "Lady's-slippers," he replies. "Pink lady's-slippers. Just pink but there could be yellow ones too."

"Can you take me up there sometime?"