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Librarians converge at Penn State for statewide information literacy summit

7/25/13

The University Libraries recently hosted the first PA Forward Information Literacy Summit, organized by the Pennsylvania Information Literacy Learning Community, an online group of librarians from K-12 schools, higher education and public libraries, who share strategies, experiences and best practices in the field of information literacy instruction.

College Building at APD

Informative presentations await Ag Progress Days visitors

7/25/13

A series of informative, authoritative presentations about agricultural topics will be offered in the College of Agricultural Sciences Exhibits Building theatre during the 2013 edition of Penn State's Ag Progress Days, Aug. 13-15.

Nationwide Foundation grant supports leadership training program

7/24/13

A $20,000 grant from the Nationwide Insurance Foundation will support a leadership-education program in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences. The Pennsylvania Rural-Urban Leadership program, known as RULE, is a two-year leadership development initiative administered within the Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education.

child in play area surrounded by multiple colors of plastic balls

National Autism Conference aims to fight misconceptions, broaden knowledge

7/17/13

The abundance of information online is both a virtue and a vice when it comes to understanding autism and how the public perceives the disorder. Mike Miklos, an educational consultant at the Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Network (PaTTAN), believes that there are fewer misconceptions about autism but says many still remain among the general public. Penn State and PaTTAN have collaborated on the conference for the past 17 years.

PennTAP Colteryahn Dairy

PennTAP provided high-impact services to businesses in 2012

7/16/13

PennTAP provided 272 cases of technical assistance to clients across the commonwealth in 2012. Clients have reported more than $9.6 million in economic impact and 156 jobs created or retained, according to its annual report. Also, Penn State students provided more than 4,100 hours of assistance to businesses to improve operations and processes.

A portrait of Jim Kurre, professor of economics at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College

2013 ERIE conference to focus on early childhood education

7/16/13

The value of early childhood education is typically measured by school readiness: reading level, language skills and mathematical ability. The 2013 ERIE conference at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, will approach the debate from an economist's perspective, with one basic question: Is there a measurable economic benefit to these programs?

A boy tries to encase himself in a giant bubble at the ExpERIEnce Children's Museum

Square bubbles bring fun to ExpERIEnce Children's Museum

7/15/13

Want to blow a better bubble? Try making it a different shape. Engineering students at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, designed and built a new bubble machine for the ExpERIEnce Children's Museum. They discovered that bubbles are better when they are square.

A student turns away as her lab partner begins to dissect a frog.

Frog-gut science inspires young biologists

7/15/13

Paul Semrau calls his new class "Frog Guts: Adventures in Biology." He designed it for students in the College for Kids program at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College. Semrau wrote up a seven-page dissection checklist. Then he bought a bucket full of bullfrogs.

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