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New minor in sustainability delivers green education

5/20/13

A new minor available to all Penn State DuBois bachelor’s degree students will provide them with the tools to be a champion for the environment, while also making them more appealing to future employers. The minor in sustainability leadership allows students in any four-year major to incorporate sustainability as a significant theme in their undergraduate degree program. Through a combination of coursework and immersive experiences in sustainability, students develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes required to become sustainability leaders in their respective fields.

Fallen tree causes disruption of traffic flow on Atherton Street

5/16/13

A fallen tree has caused disrupted traffic on Atherton Street between Park Avenue and Curtin Road in State College. Motorists should avoid the area and plan alternate routes; authorities expect the disruption to last for most of the day today (May 16).

Tesla Nittany Lion

Car wars: Alternative vehicle public expo on Saturday, May 18

5/14/13

The 21st Century Automotive Challenge will give visitors a chance to check out vehicles powered by a number of alternative energy sources, including electricity, compressed natural gas and biodiesel. Vehicles will be on display from 10 to 2 on Saturday, May 18, at the MorningStar Solar Home.

Belt diversion

Road research center receives environmental quality award

5/14/13

The Thomas D. Larson Pennsylvania Transportation Institute's Center for Dirt and Gravel Road Studies at Penn State was selected by the Pennsylvania Association of Environmental Professionals (PAEP) to receive the 2013 Karl Mason Environmental Stewardship Award. The award was presented at the PAEP award banquet on May 9, at the Toftrees Golf Resort and Conference Center in State College, Pa.

GridSTAR Net Zero Energy Demonstration Project underway at The Navy Yard

GridSTAR Net Zero Energy Demonstration Project under way at The Navy Yard

5/13/13

A powerful collaboration of researchers, manufacturers and economic development officials are embarking on a groundbreaking demonstration project for smart-grid, net zero energy buildings called the GridSTAR Center — a Smart Energy Campus initiative at The Navy Yard in Philadelphia. Spearheaded by Penn State with support from the U.S. Department of Energy, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation (PIDC), the GridSTAR Net Zero Energy Demonstration Structure is the first phase of the GridSTAR Center.

Prescribed burn at Arboretum set for Monday

5/10/13

Beginning at 9:30 a.m. Monday, May 13, Penn State and The Nature Conservancy will be executing a prescribed burn at The Arboretum at Penn State, weather permitting.

Commission for Women report reviews status of women at Penn State

5/10/13

In the past 10 years, women at Penn State have not made progress or have lost ground in several key areas, according to the Status of Women at Penn State, 2001-11 report, issued by Penn State’s Commission for Women (CFW). This report provides a decade-long trend of growth and declines in the numbers of women trustees, administrators, faculty, staff, technical service employees and students at the University during this period.

Tapia heads to Costa Rican jungle to join discussion on sustainability

5/10/13

Sustainability research, which examines the complex interactions between humans and the rest of nature, has the potential to bring economic and social benefits to the developing world and tropical countries such as Costa Rica. However, sustainability research in the tropics has been slow to develop. Andrea Tapia, an associate professor in Penn State’s College of Information Sciences and Technology (IST), is one of about 30 people worldwide who have been invited to participate in a consortium that will hold its first planning meeting in June in the jungle of Southern Costa Rica, where they will discuss issues of sustainability and biodiversity conservation in the tropics.

Smeal College of Business recognizes outstanding student organizations

5/9/13

At an annual Penn State Smeal College of Business student organization awards dinner last month, seven groups were recognized for leadership, outreach, corporate partnerships and more. The event also featured keynote speaker Anthony Buzzelli, a 1971 Smeal accounting graduate.

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.

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.

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Tesla Nittany Lion

Car wars: Alternative vehicle public expo on Saturday, May 18

5/14/13

The 21st Century Automotive Challenge will give visitors a chance to check out vehicles powered by a number of alternative energy sources, including electricity, compressed natural gas and biodiesel. Vehicles will be on display from 10 to 2 on Saturday, May 18, at the MorningStar Solar Home.

A youth camper works on a clay sculpture at the Lehigh Valley campus

Lehigh Valley offers creative and academic summer youth camps

3/26/13

Penn State Lehigh Valley is offering two-week, half-day youth camps from July 8-19. Camps are available in writing, visual arts, math and engineering and are geared toward students entering grades one through twelve. Camps are offered in the morning (9 a.m.-noon) or the afternoon (1-4 p.m.).

Rendering of planned phase 1 renovations and expansion to Intramural Building

Students endorse funding for Intramural Building addition and renovations

3/15/13

Penn State students have endorsed funding for the second phase of expansion of the Intramural (IM) Building at University Park. The addition supported by the Student Facility Fee Committee includes three basketball courts, extension of the running track on the mezzanine level and conversion of the existing main gym into a multi-activity court.

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New process cleanly extracts oil from tar sands and fouled beaches

3/17/11

A new, more environmentally friendly method of separating oil from tar sands has been developed by a team of researchers at Penn State. This method, which utilizes ionic liquids to separate the heavy viscous oil from sand, also is capable of cleaning oil spills from beaches and separating oil from drill cuttings, the solid particles that must be removed from drilling fluids in oil and gas wells. To watch a video about the research, visit http://bit.ly/dKMca9 online.

Town-gown partnership seeks 'alcohol-free' downtown on State Patty's Day

2/19/13

A town-gown partnership that for more than a decade has been united against high-risk drinking is employing new tactics to keep downtown State College alcohol-free on what has become known as "State Patty's Day."

An agreement has been reached with downtown State College taverns and restaurants to halt the sale of alcohol on Feb. 23, the date set for this year's State Patty’s Day, an event created by students six years ago. Establishments will still offer food and non-alcoholic drinks, maintaining downtown’s appeal for responsible visitors.

New minor in sustainability delivers green education

5/20/13

A new minor available to all Penn State DuBois bachelor’s degree students will provide them with the tools to be a champion for the environment, while also making them more appealing to future employers. The minor in sustainability leadership allows students in any four-year major to incorporate sustainability as a significant theme in their undergraduate degree program. Through a combination of coursework and immersive experiences in sustainability, students develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes required to become sustainability leaders in their respective fields.

Fallen tree causes disruption of traffic flow on Atherton Street

5/16/13

A fallen tree has caused disrupted traffic on Atherton Street between Park Avenue and Curtin Road in State College. Motorists should avoid the area and plan alternate routes; authorities expect the disruption to last for most of the day today (May 16).

Belt diversion

Road research center receives environmental quality award

5/14/13

The Thomas D. Larson Pennsylvania Transportation Institute's Center for Dirt and Gravel Road Studies at Penn State was selected by the Pennsylvania Association of Environmental Professionals (PAEP) to receive the 2013 Karl Mason Environmental Stewardship Award. The award was presented at the PAEP award banquet on May 9, at the Toftrees Golf Resort and Conference Center in State College, Pa.

GridSTAR Net Zero Energy Demonstration Project underway at The Navy Yard

GridSTAR Net Zero Energy Demonstration Project under way at The Navy Yard

5/13/13

A powerful collaboration of researchers, manufacturers and economic development officials are embarking on a groundbreaking demonstration project for smart-grid, net zero energy buildings called the GridSTAR Center — a Smart Energy Campus initiative at The Navy Yard in Philadelphia. Spearheaded by Penn State with support from the U.S. Department of Energy, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation (PIDC), the GridSTAR Net Zero Energy Demonstration Structure is the first phase of the GridSTAR Center.

Prescribed burn at Arboretum set for Monday

5/10/13

Beginning at 9:30 a.m. Monday, May 13, Penn State and The Nature Conservancy will be executing a prescribed burn at The Arboretum at Penn State, weather permitting.

Commission for Women report reviews status of women at Penn State

5/10/13

In the past 10 years, women at Penn State have not made progress or have lost ground in several key areas, according to the Status of Women at Penn State, 2001-11 report, issued by Penn State’s Commission for Women (CFW). This report provides a decade-long trend of growth and declines in the numbers of women trustees, administrators, faculty, staff, technical service employees and students at the University during this period.

Tapia heads to Costa Rican jungle to join discussion on sustainability

5/10/13

Sustainability research, which examines the complex interactions between humans and the rest of nature, has the potential to bring economic and social benefits to the developing world and tropical countries such as Costa Rica. However, sustainability research in the tropics has been slow to develop. Andrea Tapia, an associate professor in Penn State’s College of Information Sciences and Technology (IST), is one of about 30 people worldwide who have been invited to participate in a consortium that will hold its first planning meeting in June in the jungle of Southern Costa Rica, where they will discuss issues of sustainability and biodiversity conservation in the tropics.