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Shenango librarian to speak on supporting LGBT students in higher education

4/9/13

Penn State Shenango will conclude its 2012-13 Faculty Lecture Series with a lecture by Matthew P. Ciszek, assistant librarian and head of the Lartz Memorial Library, who will speak on supporting lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) students in higher education at 7 p.m. Monday, April 22. His lecture titled “The Rainbow Connection” will take place in Sharon Hall, Room 105, located on Penn Avenue in downtown Sharon, Pa.

Penn State Shenango to offer ‘Cyber Security for Everyman’ workshop

4/9/13

The Technology Council of Northwest PA will host a workshop titled "Cyber Security for Everyman" at Penn State Shenango via video conference from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, April 25, in its Lecture Hall, Room 321. The event is free to all Technology Council of NWPA members, as well at Penn State students, faculty and staff. Community members are invited to attend the workshop for a fee of $15 — checks should be made payable to the Technology Council of Northwest PA.

Sanford Levinson

Burke Lecture set for April 18

4/9/13

The 21st annual Kenneth Burke Lecture in Rhetoric will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 18, in 112 Kern Building.

Waynick Lecture to focus on 'Space Katrina'

4/9/13

William Murtagh, program coordinator with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Space Weather Prediction Center, will present "Space Weather Storms: Are We Ready for a 'Space Katrina'" at 8 p.m. on April 12, in 22 Deike Building on the University Park campus of Penn State.

Dan Vergano

Heard on Campus: Dan Vergano, senior USA Today science reporter

4/8/13

"There are only 12 environmental reporters at the top five newspapers in the country. The professionalism of the science-writing profession is being compromised because science reporters are being forced out of staff positions and into freelancing. How are we going to deliver science news if we don't have science reporters? Is it good enough if we just give people pictures of giant squid?"

-- Dan Vergano, senior science writer for USA Today and 1990 Penn State aerospace engineering alumnus, who gave the 2013 A. Dixon and Betty F. Johnson Lecture in Scientific Communication on April 6 in Thomas Building on Penn State's University Park Campus.

land-use planning meeting

Webinar to focus on effective citizen engagement in land-use planning

4/5/13

Penn State Extension will offer a Web-based seminar showing community leaders how to better engage local citizens in issues surrounding land-use planning.

To be presented at noon and 7 p.m. on April 17, "Developing More Effective Citizen Engagement: A How-To Guide for Community Leaders," will give participants thoughtful suggestions for dealing with and involving citizens in land-use decision making.

Speaker to address 'triple bottom line' of food and agriculture policy

4/5/13

Between rising costs, a sluggish economy and a changing climate, these are uncertain times for those involved with food, agriculture and health. David Wallinga will reveal the hidden opportunities in the midst of these challenges when he delivers a talk as part of the M.E. John Lecture Series. The event will take place at 2:30 p.m. April 19, in 101 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building on the University Park campus.

Science Seminars: April 8 to 14

4/4/13

MONDAY, APRIL 8

"Turning Over Tracks: Stochastic Dynamics of Actin Filaments in Living Plant Cells," Christopher Staiger, Purdue University, 12:10 p.m., 108 Wartik Laboratory, host: Ying Gu, Intercollege Graduate Degree Program in Plant Biology (814-867-3827).
“Proton Radius Puzzle,” Michael Eides, University of Kentucky, 3:30 p.m., 339 Davey Lab, Host: Kurt Gibble, Department of Physics (814-863-5343).

Lauren Reiter

Series discusses financial literacy for college students

4/3/13

As tuition costs increase and job opportunities become more selective, it is vital that college students have skills for personal financial planning. During Financial Literacy Month this April, Penn State's University Libraries are offering a series of programs geared to help students plan and understand the issues.

IST film screening to focus on cyber threats

4/3/13

In today’s interconnected society, cyber-attacks, identity theft and privacy invasion pose increasing threats to national and personal security. Students, faculty and staff at Penn State’s College of Information Sciences and Technology (IST) will gather next week to watch a new documentary film directed by a Penn State alumnus that explores the “wide-spanning socio-technical fallout caused by data collection and social networks.”

Dr. Notterman to present on personalized medicine

4/3/13

The next Penn State Hershey Research Quality Assurance Lunchtime Lecture Series is scheduled for noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, April 10, in Lecture Room A on the Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center campus.

Ron Tomalis is Pennsylvania's secretary of education.

Education Secretary Ron Tomalis to address higher education challenges

4/2/13

Pennsylvania Secretary of Education Ron Tomalis will be the keynote speaker at the 2013 Hendrick Best Practices for Adult Learners Conference, which will be held this year at Penn State Harrisburg on Thursday, May 9. Penn State administrators, faculty and staff will share and discuss their best practices for working with and improving the educational experiences of adult learners University-wide at the conference.

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Science Seminars: May 20 to 26

5/17/13

MONDAY, May 20
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TUESDAY, May 21
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WEDNESDAY, May 22
"Decomposition of Fine Root Organic Matter Among Temperate Tree Species," Marc Goebel, Penn State, 9 a.m., 519 Wartik Laboratory, Intercollege Graduate Program in Ecology (814-867-0371).

Seminar discusses fraud and scams and how to avoid identity theft

5/13/13

"Fraud, Scams and ID Theft," a seminar by Amy Shuey, will be presented on Tuesday, June 18, 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m., in Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library. The free seminar intended for Penn State students, faculty and staff will cover identity theft prevention tips and the newest fraud schemes and will discuss how to avoid being scammed.

Sir John Daniel

Sir John Daniel puts MOOCs into context

5/13/13

The public is invited to join Sir John Daniel, a world-renowned researcher and theorist in the field of online and distance education, for a presentation, “Making sense of MOOCs and other emerging models in higher education,” from 3 to 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 13, in Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library on the University Park campus of Penn State. The talk also is available on MediaSite Live at http://live.libraries.psu.edu/Mediasite/Catalog/Full/9516b47f3e5d447d930...

Igniting Innovation Lunchtime Workshop

Lunchtime workshop focuses on creative process, innovation

5/10/13

As part of a continuing series of lunchtime workshops, Penn State Great Valley and the Chester County Economic Development Council present "The 3 C's of Innovation: Create, Communicate, Commercialize," from 11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m., Friday, June 7, in the Conference Center, 30 E. Swedesford Road, Malvern.

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).

The changing face of pathology is focus of visiting professor lecture in Hershey

5/8/13

Dr. Brian Smith, chair, Department of Laboratory Medicine at Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Conn., will present the Department of Pathology Visiting Professor Lecture Series talk at 8 a.m. Tuesday, May 14, in the Pathology Conference Room, C7702, on the Penn State Hershey campus. He will present "Pathology Training and Practice in the 21st Century: Not Your Grandfather’s Pathologist Anymore."

Loughran to deliver Spring Dean’s Lecture on May 14

5/8/13

Dr. Thomas P. Loughran Jr., professor of medicine and director of Penn State Hershey Cancer Institute, will present the Spring 2013 Dean’s Lecture at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and Penn State College of Medicine at 4 p.m. Tuesday, May 14, in the Junker Auditorium.

Science Seminars: May 6 to 12

5/2/13

MONDAY, MAY 6

"Poisson Limit Theorem for Gibbs-Markov Systems," Xuan Zhang, adviser: Manfred Denker, Penn State, 10 a.m., 106 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (814-865-7527).
“My Protein Folds Faster than Yours: Using Protein-folding Rates to Test Protein-folding Theories,” Kevin Plaxco, University of California at Santa Barbara, 4 p.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Scott Selleck, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (814-867-4373).

Science Seminars: April 29 to May 5

4/24/13

Monday, April 29

(title to be announced), Vadim Kaloshin, University of Maryland, 3:35 p.m., 114 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (814-865-7527).

Stream in Loyalsock State Forest

Webinar to examine gas development in Loyalsock State Forest

4/22/13

Possible shale-gas development in the Loyalsock State Forest in Lycoming County will be the focus of a free, Web-based seminar sponsored by Penn State Extension. To be offered at 1 p.m. Thursday, April 25, "Information on Potential Loyalsock State Forest Natural Gas Development" is a special presentation recently added to a monthly series of one-hour webinars.

Majora Carter, urban revitalization strategist

Green jobs pioneer to speak today as part of Penn State's Earth Day events

4/22/13

Majora Carter, urban revitalization strategist, green jobs pioneer and Macarthur “Genius” Award winner, will speak at at 5:30 p.m. today (April 22), in Room 100 of the Thomas Building. Her talk, titled "Home (town) Security," will be held as part of Penn State's ninth annual Colloquium on the Environment speaker series. The event is free and open to the public.

2013 G. Albert Shoemaker Lecture, April 26, 2013

G. Albert Shoemaker Lecture to focus on Marcellus Shale development

4/19/13

William Fustos, the former chief operating officer at East Resources, will be giving a lecture on "The Marcellus Shale: Economic Boom for Pennsylvania, Energy Security for the U.S.," as Penn State's 2013 G. Albert Shoemaker Lecturer in Mineral Engineering. The event begins at 3:30 p.m. Friday, April 26, with a reception in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences Museum Gallery on the ground floor of Deike Building. The lecture begins promptly at 4 p.m., in Room 22 Deike Building.