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Professor expands scope of data science techniques in new book

9/21/18

John Harlim’s "Data-Driven Computational Methods: Parameter and Operator Estimations" describes data science from the classic mathematical perspective and provides rigorous understanding of many existing new techniques that have been successfully used to analyze data.

Mark Guiltinan

Plant science faculty member named Styer Professor

9/21/18

Mark Guiltinan, professor of plant molecular biology in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, recently was named the J. Franklin Styer Professor of Horticultural Botany. The Styer Professorship is intended to supplement departmental support for outstanding faculty and further the scholar's contributions to teaching, research and service.

The Hunt for Tyrannus Arachnis, The Earth’s Largest Ancient Spider”

Penn State Scranton science lecturer pens book on Earth’s largest ancient spider

9/20/18

Tom Eveland, an adjunct lecturer in science at Penn State Scranton, recently published “The Hunt for Tyrannus Arachnis, The Earth’s Largest Ancient Spider.” The 50-page, seven-chapter science tome was designed as a supplemental guide for science classes from high school through college and aims to show students how science and scientists work.

Dr. John Champagne

Penn State Laureate to present 'Art and Politics' on Sept. 25

9/20/18

John Champagne, Penn State Laureate, will visit Penn State Schuylkill to deliver a presentation regarding artists' role during times of political distress. Champagne uses the contradictory relationship between Italian artist Corrado Cagli and the fascist government that supported him as a starting point for engaging his audience in a discussion of the responsibility of the artist in times of political unrest.

Andrew Read

Andrew Read named director of the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences

9/20/18

Andrew Read has been appointed director of the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences at Penn State effective Jan. 1, 2019. Read is an Evan Pugh University Professor of Biology and Entomology, Eberly Professor of Biotechnology and director of the Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics.

Bearded Ladies Project

'The Bearded Lady Project,' documentary screening, discussion on Sept. 23

9/19/18

"The Bearded Lady Project: Challenging the Face of Science" is a documentary and photographic project about women working in the male-dominated field of paleontology. The College of Earth and Mineral Sciences will host a screening of the 22-minute documentary and presentation, followed by a panel discussion, question and answer session and reception from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Sept. 23 in 22 Deike Building on the University Park campus.

Comparative Literature Luncheon series presents Robert Caserio Sept. 24

9/19/18

Robert Caserio, emeritus professor of English, comparative literature, and women’s, gender, and sexuality studies at Penn State, will present “A Modernist Queer Shakespeare: Wyndham Lewis’s 'The Lion and the Fox'" (1927) at 12:15 p.m. Sept. 24, in Room 102 of the Kern Building as part of the weekly Comparative Literature Luncheon lecture series.

Tak-Sing Wong, assistant professor of mechanical and biomedical engineering

Wong honored with ASME's 2018 Sia Nemat-Nasser Early Career Award

9/18/18

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers has recognized Penn State engineer Tak-Sing Wong for “the development of novel biologically inspired materials for applications in liquid-repellent coatings, anti-fouling surfaces, and ultra-sensitive molecular sensors,” among other research accomplishments.

Steven Hicks

Clinical and Translational Science Institute program welcomes new scholar

9/18/18

Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute has welcomed a new scholar in its program that invests in early-career faculty. Dr. Steven Hicks, assistant professor of pediatrics, was named into the institute’s KL2 Training Program, which gives researchers establishing themselves in their fields dedicated time to help their findings benefit human health more quickly while becoming successful, independent translational scientists.

Pam Soule graduates from a FEMA academy

Emergency management coordinator graduates from FEMA academy

9/18/18

Pamela Soule, emergency management coordinator at Penn State, recently graduated from FEMA’s National Emergency Management Advanced Academy following the completion of an in-residence program that provides strategic training and skills needed for emergency management programs.

Engineering faculty at Penn State Great Valley

Four new faculty members join Penn State Great Valley engineering division

9/13/18

Four new faculty members have joined Penn State Great Valley’s engineering division this year: Youakim Badr, associate professor of data analytics; Parhum Delgoshaei, assistant teaching professor of systems engineering; Everton Guimaraes, assistant professor of software engineering; and Partha Mukherjee, assistant professor of data analytics.

Photo of Brad Ricca in front of a book case.

Author of ‘Mrs. Sherlock Holmes’ to present at campus lecture series Sept. 26

9/13/18

Penn State Shenango will continue its 2018-19 Lecture Series with a presentation by special guest and author Brad Ricca, who will talk about his most recent book Mrs. Sherlock Holmes—the shocking and amazing true story of Grace Humiston, lawyer, detective, and first woman U.S. District Attorney, who took on the well-known missing persons case of 18-year-old Ruth Cruger. The event, which is free and open to the public, will begin at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 26 in Lecture Hall 223/Art Gallery.

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