Don Dillman, Regents Professor in the Department of Sociology and deputy director for research and development in the Social and Economic Sciences Research Center at Washington State University, will present the 2019 M.E. John Lecture on April 10, sponsored by the Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.
Caroline Hunter, a 1997 international politics alumna, works to safeguard citizens’ confidence in democracy and the election process as a member of the Federal Election Commission, the independent regulatory agency charged with administering and enforcing federal campaign finance law.
Jennifer Tennessen, a 2015 graduate of the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences' ecology graduate program, applies the lessons of her interdisciplinary research at Penn State to her professional work with killer whales in the Pacific Northwest.
Penn State's leadership on March 15 released a statement denouncing the terrorist attacks on mosques in New Zealand. "The tragic and senseless violence against Muslims in Christchurch, New Zealand, has captured the attention of our nation and the world. Penn State stands with the people of New Zealand in denouncing these horrific terrorist attacks and in offering our deepest condolences. We also offer our sympathy and support to our Muslim community here and abroad, who are so deeply impacted by the hatred and religious bigotry displayed by these acts. And finally, we express our strongest condemnation of those responsible; they are cowards who do not represent our vision of a diverse and caring, global community."
Read the full statement here.
Students from Penn State Greater Allegheny, along with other Commonwealth Campuses, went to Puerto Rico for an alternative spring break to help devastated communities. Students painted, cleared brush and more.
Hui Yang is an associate professor in the Penn State Harold and Inge Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. Through his expertise in complex system monitoring, modeling and control, Yang and his students discover new ways to optimize the design of various service industries through data-driven innovation.
The University community is invited to join the Penn State School of Music and the Penn State Alumni Association for the 13th annual President's Concert at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 20, at the Hershey Theatre in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
Over the last decade, College of Information Sciences and Technology students have been analyzing emerging global security issues — such as the disappearance of Malaysian Flight 370 and the examination of the information campaign that targeted the 2016 U.S. presidential election — without ever leaving campus.
Penn State Harrisburg faculty and staff will discuss their works, published during the past year, at the college’s annual Celebration of Book Publishing and Artistic Accomplishments on March 21 at 3 p.m. in the Olmsted Building Gallery Lounge.
An interdisciplinary team of faculty from the College of Education and the Smeal College of Business, hosted by Penn State Executive Programs, is sharing its collective expertise with 26 officials from 15 higher education institutions in India who are at University Park for a weeklong immersion program.
Lisa Iulo, associate professor of architecture and director of the Hamer Center for Community Design in the Stuckeman School, is the lead researcher on an interdisciplinary team that has received funding from Penn State to develop community-based solutions to river flooding in Pennsylvania under the University’s strategic plan seed grant program.
For its second alternative spring break volunteer service trip, Penn State Scranton students and staff traveled to a hurricane damaged area to help families whose homes and lives were devastated by Hurricane Florence last September.
McKenna Kimmel, a sophomore double-majoring in Chinese and finance, has found a way to successfully turn her passions for archery, sewing, business, the Chinese language and Penn State into two successful businesses.
Penn State's new graduate program in ecosystem management, offered online, brings together environmental science, management and leadership skills.
In November 2018, Penn State Harrisburg Student Government Association President Justin Jones developed “It’s Bigger Than You,” a student-led service initiative that challenges student clubs and organizations on Penn State campuses to perform at least one community service event every month for the remainder of the academic year.
