Academics

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.

Faculty, students to develop Maker Faire experience at Abington

6/17/13

About a dozen Penn State Abington students and three faculty members will embark on a multidisciplinary venture this fall, thanks to an award the trio received to support innovative teaching methods.

Team members gather around the Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, supermileage car

Behrend students revved up over International Supermileage Challenge victory

6/14/13

A student team from Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, won the International Supermileage Challenge on June 6 and 7. The team's car got 1,290 miles from a single gallon of gas.

Dr. Andrew Schulz Appointed Associate Dean in Arts and Architecture

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.

Assistant Professor of Economics Evelyn Wamboye

Campus faculty member tapped as expert for United Nations' efforts

6/14/13

The United Nations has taken notice of the work of Penn State DuBois' own assistant professor of economics Evelyn Wamboye. Officials in the U.N.'s Committee for Development Policy, who work to improve the lives of people living in undeveloped countries, have asked Wamboye to contribute her expertise to their efforts.

Richard Aquila, professor of history and American studies at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College

Historians select Penn State Behrend professor as distinguished lecturer

6/14/13

Richard Aquila, professor of history and American studies at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, has been named distinguished lecturer for the Organization of American Historians.

Penn State Video Learning Network honored for excellence in higher education

6/14/13

The Penn State Video Learning Network, a system of 28 identically equipped high-technology classrooms at campuses statewide, has won the Association for Continuing Higher Education’s (ACHE) Northeast Metropolitan 2013 Exceptional Program Award for excellence in credit programming.

Dr. Rober Light hoods master's degree candidate

Introductory events for Penn State MBA in Pittsburgh scheduled

6/14/13

Penn State Behrend’s Pittsburgh MBA degree program will hold two events this summer for prospective students.

Professor awarded $7.3 million grant to examine community health care reform

6/13/13

Dennis Scanlon, professor of health policy and administration in the Penn State College of Health and Human Development, has been awarded a $7.3 million renewal grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF).

Smeal professor to serve as editor-in-chief of new marketing journal

6/12/13

Min Ding, Smeal Professor of Marketing and Innovation in the Penn State Smeal College of Business, is the editor-in-chief of Customer Needs and Solutions, a new journal for scholarly research in the field of marketing. The journal aims to publish high-risk, high payoff work and seeks submissions with high impact while maintaining academic rigor.

Technology steers Penn State's EcoCAR team to victory

6/12/13

Recently, Penn State welcomed the Advanced Vehicle Team back from California after winning first place in year two of the EcoCAR 2 competition. Fueling their efforts was a blend of hard work, team spirit and the latest in computer and engineering technologies.

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.

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.

Penn State to offer human development and family studies degree online

4/8/13

For those interested in understanding human behavior, in learning how people relate to one another and about how to make a difference in their lives, Penn State’s new online bachelor of science in human development and family studies (HDFS) offers an excellent opportunity to prepare for a variety of rewarding careers. Offered by the Department of Human Development and Family Studies in the College of Health and Human Development, the HDFS program is delivered online through the World Campus.

$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.

Spend A Summer Day

Nittany Lion Mascot

10/29/12

Penn State's Nittany Lion Mascot

Move In Weekend: Fall Semester 2012

Preserving Pennsylvania's Plants

2011 Senior Class Gift: Lt. Michael P. Murphy/Penn State Veterans Plaza

University’s International Center for the Study of Terrorism to close

6/18/13

Coordinators of Penn State’s International Center for the Study of Terrorism (ICST) have announced that the program will close on June 30. Program director John Horgan and senior research associate Mia Bloom have announced that they will assume new positions at the Center for Terrorism and Security Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell, this summer, where they plan to continue their work.

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