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Ronyelle Ricard

Alumna Ricard focuses career on HBCUs

7/29/14

Penn State College of Education alumna Ronyelle Ricard traces her dedication to helping historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) back to her days as a graduate student at University Park.

The 2014 BOSS participants outside E Y in Philadelphia, where they met with company employees and interns.

Summer business program for high schoolers forges diverse Penn State network

7/29/14

The Business Opportunities Summer Session (BOSS) Program, facilitated by the Penn State Smeal College of Business’ Diversity Enhancement Programs, connects underrepresented high school students with current Penn State students and alumni to provide an inside look at the business majors and beyond. Currently in its eighth year, the program is helping to create a powerful network as it continues to share the value of a Smeal education with a diverse population.

Advanced Manufacturing and Innovation Center

Penn State named an Innovation and Economic Prosperity University

7/24/14

The Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU) has named Penn State an Innovation and Economic Prosperity University in recognition of its strong commitment to economic engagement. Institutions that earn the designation of Innovation and Economic Prosperity Universities work with public and private sector partners in their states and regions to support economic development through a variety of activities, including innovation and entrepreneurship, technology transfer, talent and workforce development and community development.

Lauren Hartley, Shoba Wadhia and James Gilbert

Students draft practice advisory on Notices to Appear in immigration courts

7/21/14

Law students in Penn State's Center for Immigrants' Rights Clinic, in collaboration with the American Immigration Council and the American Bar Association Commission on Immigration, have created an innovative practice advisory for attorneys representing non-citizens in immigration proceedings.

Assistant professor of pediatrics Brian Allen

Clinical child psychologist joins Network on Child Protection and Well-Being

7/15/14

Brian Allen joined Penn State’s Network on Child Protection and Well-Being in June as the sixth of at least 12 new co-funded faculty hires. In addition to his work with the Harrisburg-based TLC Clinic and the Penn State Hershey Center for the Protection of Children, Allen serves as an assistant professor of pediatrics, specializing in researching child abuse and trauma.

Penn State’s Security and Risk Analysis program receives NSA designation

7/9/14

The Security and Risk Analysis (SRA) degree program at Penn State’s College of Information Sciences and Technology (IST) is designed to prepare students to join the front lines of cybersecurity. In recognition of the program’s strengths and accomplishments, Penn State has been designated by the Committee on Networked Systems Security (CNSS) – a parent organization of the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Department of Homeland Security – as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance/Cyber Defense Education for academic years 2014-2021.

MorningStar solar home photo

MorningStar solar home creating conversations, legacy

7/8/14

Built by more than 800 Penn State students for competition in the 2007 Solar Decathlon in Washington, D.C., the MorningStar solar house is a net-zero home, meaning it creates just as much (or more) energy as it consumes. It’s mobile, versatile, and above all else, sustainable.

The popular Penn State MOOC "Creativity, Innovation and Change" will be offered in Chinese when it launches July 14.

Penn State to offer first MOOC entirely in Chinese

7/2/14

The popular Penn State massive open online course "Creativity, Innovation and Change" will be available in Chinese when it is launched July 14. The course, which explores the science of creativity, is the first dual-language MOOC for Penn State.

Arboretum

Local gardens provide protection for threatened pollinators

6/28/14

With the arrival of summer comes the activity of pollinators -- birds, bees, butterflies and more -- which are threatened by habitat loss, pesticides, pollution and climate change. To help them, the Penn State Center for Pollinator Research, the Penn State Master Gardener Program and The Arboretum at Penn State are partnering to create a large network of public and private pollinator gardens throughout central Pennsylvania.

Ryan Patrick

2014 THON executive director gets national recognition

6/27/14

Ryan Patrick, the 2014 THON executive director, recently joined some elite company, receiving a prestigious national award dubbed the "Nobel Prize of public service." Patrick, a recent graduate, was moving home from Penn State with the help of his sister when he got a call to inform him that he was a nominee for the national Jefferson Award for Public Service.

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