Despite the buzz in recent years about other invasive insects that pose an even larger threat to agriculture and trees — such as the spotted lanternfly, the stink bug and the emerald ash borer — Penn State researchers have continued to study another damaging pest, the Asian longhorned beetle.
Alana Iturralde was awarded the residency as part of Gasworks’ partnership with the Caribbean Art Initiative, which was established to highlight and further-develop Caribbean artists.
"Research to Action: The Science of Drawdown," which takes place from Sept. 16–18 at The Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center, will feature climate solutions experts from around the globe, including 15 members of the conference's steering committee.
Two new associate professors have joined the Department of Political Science in the College of the Liberal Arts as part of the college's African American and African Diaspora Life and Culture Cluster hire.
When people overuse electronic devices, it could lead to weaker activity in areas of the brain that are key to understanding scientific texts, according to a team of researchers.
Nineteen Nittany Lion student-athletes were approved to participate in summer 2019 commencement ceremonies on the University Park campus. Penn State Athletics saw a record number of graduates, 188, for the 2018-19 academic year.
The Penn State Smeal College of Business has named Evan Cohen, a 2007 accounting graduate and a director at PwC, as the newest member of the college’s Institute for Real Estate Studies Advisory Board Executive Committee.
Elected officials and leaders of government agencies will use the opportunity afforded by Penn State's Ag Progress Days, set for Aug.13-15, to inform — and get feedback from — the public and industry stakeholders about agricultural programs and policy priorities at the state and federal levels.
Bryce Patterson has been selected as the College of Arts and Architecture’s student marshal for the summer 2019 commencement ceremony. Patterson is graduating with a bachelor of landscape architecture degree.
Patrick Begg, who will graduate summa cum laude Aug. 10 with a 3.97 GPA, has been selected as the Penn State Smeal College of Business summer 2019 student marshal. The State College native maximized his 10 semesters at Smeal through the Integrated MAcc Program, earning a master’s in accounting, as well as bachelor’s degrees in finance and accounting.
A team of astronomers has announced the likely discovery of a highly obscured black hole existing only 850 million years after the Big Bang, using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. This is the first evidence for a cloaked black hole at such an early time.
For Penn State Shenango alumna Erica Meszaros, an internship at Sharon Regional Medical Center — combined with dual degrees in human development and family studies and from the occupational therapy assistant program — opened the door to a rewarding position with Sharon Regional Medical Center’s behavioral health inpatient unit upon graduation.
Lora G. Weiss, interim senior vice president of the Georgia Institute of Technology and interim director of the Georgia Tech Research Institute, has been named senior vice president for research at Penn State. Weiss, who will begin her new role on Sept. 16, is an accomplished scientist and educator with more than 30 years of experience in higher education.
Research from Penn State suggests that “freedom songs” could have also helped empower black women to lead others when formal leadership positions were unavailable.
The unique teaching methods and studio culture created by the late artist and educator Robert Reed inspired thousands of students during his 50 years in higher education. One of his former students, who is now a faculty member in Penn State's Stuckeman School’s Department of Architecture, was so moved by Reed’s passion and approach to teaching, she has set out to share his life, his work and his pedagogy with a whole new generation of students.
