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Vinton G. Cerf

'Internet Pioneer' to deliver IST commencement address

4/19/18

Vinton G. Cerf, widely known as one of the "fathers of the internet" and current vice president and chief internet evangelist at Google, will serve as the keynote speaker at the spring commencement ceremony for the College of Information Sciences and Technology on Saturday, May 5.

Dean Lee Kump

Academic excellence, service, and leadership of EMS faculty, students celebrated

4/19/18

The College of Earth and Mineral Sciences (EMS) celebrated exceptional students and faculty for their academic excellence, service and leadership during its annual Wilson Awards Banquet held Sunday, April 15. The awards banquet is the college’s annual celebration of faculty and student accomplishments and is named in honor of Matthew and Anne Wilson, major benefactors of the college.

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Erickson Discovery Grant showcases partnership between Education, IST

4/19/18

Seth Wilcox, a secondary education major with a passion for computer programming, was recently awarded a 2018 Erickson Discovery Grant. The grant will allow him to partner with a researcher in the College of Information Sciences and Technology to explore how artificial intelligence and crowdsourcing can be used to extract keyphrases from scientific publications.

Hospital building rendering during the daytime

Building a better health care environment

4/19/18

As part of the 2018 national Architectural Engineering Institute Student Design Competition, 10 Penn State architectural engineering undergraduate students worked to create a cohesive, adaptable, patient-focused, state-of-the-art children’s hospital located in Omaha, Nebraska. The team received honors in the construction, mechanical, structural, integration and innovation categories.

Ryan Sayler and Sarah Phillips win Dickinson Law’s 2018 1L mock trial competition

Sarah Phillips and Ryan Sayler win 1L mock trial competition

4/19/18

First-year law students Sarah Phillips and Ryan Sayler earned the win at Dickinson Law’s 1L mock trial competition on April 2 at the Old Cumberland County Courthouse in Carlisle. Twenty-two teams competed in the Law School’s largest 1L mock trial competition to date, which was co-chaired by third-year law students and National Trial Team members Joy Lee and Stephen Howard.

Schuylkill students show off the intersection between virtual reality and physics.

Penn State Schuylkill hosts regional conference for physics teachers

4/19/18

The American Association of Physics Teachers Central Pennsylvania Section held their 66th annual spring 2018 workshop at Penn State Schuylkill. And, no, you didn’t have to be a clone of Sheldon Cooper—a Ph.D. and Sc.D. degree-level scientist—from the TV series “Big Bang Theory” to comprehend the subject matter or engage in the learning process.

KPMG chair and CEO headlines speaker list at 2018 Powerful Women conference

4/18/18

The 2018 Powerful Women Paving the Way Conference, which is hosted by the Penn State Smeal College of Business and its student-run Women in Business Organization, will celebrate its 10th anniversary with a list of dynamic speakers. Headlining that list is Lynne Doughtie, KPMG chairman and CEO, who will be the dinner keynote speaker at 6 p.m. Thursday.

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