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Tiny fibers create unseen plastic pollution

2/16/19

While the polyester leisure suit was a 1970s mistake, polyester and other synthetic fibers like nylon are still around and are a major contributor to the microplastics load in the environment, according to a Penn State materials scientist, who suggests switching to biosynthetic fibers to solve this problem.

Comparative Literature Luncheon lecture presents Carla Nappi Feb. 18

2/15/19

Carla Nappi, Mellon Chair in History at the University of Pittsburgh, will present “Revisiting History,” at 12:15 p.m. Feb. 18, in Room 102 of the Kern Building. Nappi's research focuses on the history of bodies and their translations and transformations in the early modern world, largely based in work with Chinese and Manchu texts.

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Shenango Staff Advisory Committee continues to provide students a helping hand

2/15/19

The Penn State Shenango Staff Advisory Committee (SAC) has once again come up with a strategy to help students in need. This spring, SAC’s Student Focus Subcommittee established “The Nittany Nook,” a grab-and-go type food pantry located in two areas on campus: Sharon Hall room 207 and the Lartz Memorial Library. The Nook provides students with instant meals and snacks while they are on campus. In addition to addressing students’ hunger needs, the subcommittee is also providing information on community resources.

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Urban Bush Women to tell ‘Hair & Other Stories’

2/15/19

Urban Bush Women, a dance-theater company that gives expression to the vitality and boldness of African-American women, will perform “Hair & Other Stories” at 7:30 p.m. March 14 in Eisenhower Auditorium. The multidisciplinary work addresses race, gender identity and economic inequality in the lives of women of color.

Landscape architecture students engage with the community at the Feb. 7 meeting.

Landscape architecture plays central role in University’s MG2V project

2/15/19

In December, Penn State President Eric Barron announced that the University has partnered with ClearWater Conservancy to explore environmentally responsible land use options for the roughly 365 acres it owns between Whitehall Road and Rothrock State Forest at Musser Gap.

Barron was also eager to engage students in this project as a real-world learning opportunity. At the request of the Office of the President, the Department of Landscape Architecture took the reins of the design project and Eliza Pennypacker, professor and head of the department, jumped at the opportunity to lead this important effort.

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Penn State Scranton hosts talk by researcher on sex work and human trafficking

2/15/19

Human trafficking is not just about sex trafficking, it also includes labor trafficking, said Sunny Sinha, associate professor and chair of the Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention Committee at Marywood University. Sinha was the first speaker for a new Education Awareness Luncheon series organized and hosted by Penn State Scranton’s Human Development and Family Studies Community Club.

Jennifer Miller, winner of the 2018 I AM STEM competition, delivers her keynote address to attendees of the annual ENVISION: STEM Career Day for Young Women event in January 2019.

I AM STEM empowers students to inspire the next generation of scientists

2/15/19

The "I AM STEM" competition, founded in 2017 by the Eberly College of Science's Office of Science Outreach, is a way to provide science students with the opportunity to develop their speaking skills and gain confidence in their ability to inspire the next generation of scientists.

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