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Erica Frankenberg

Frankenberg again among RHSU Edu-Scholar Public Influencers

1/22/19

Erica Frankenberg, associate professor of education (educational leadership) and demography at Penn State, and an associate in the University's Population Research Institute, once again is included among the 2019 RHSU Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings.

Barbara R. Palmer

Penn State mourns passing of philanthropist and arts patron Barbara Palmer

1/21/19

Barbara Palmer, whose lifetime of philanthropy is evident across Penn State and the Centre region, died peacefully on Sunday, Jan. 20. She was 93. Recognized by the University as an honorary alumna in 1987, Palmer was deeply engaged as a donor and a volunteer at the institution and in many organizations throughout the region.

Paul Markowski (right) with Roger Wakimoto

Markowski elected Fellow of the American Meteorological Society

1/21/19

Penn State faculty member and alumnus Paul Markowski, a leading expert on the formation and forecasting of supercell thunderstorms and tornadoes, has been elected a 2019 Fellow of the American Meteorological Society (AMS). He is one of 27 new Fellows who were honored at the 99th AMS annual meeting held Jan. 6-10 in Phoenix.

Alan Wagner, assistant professor of aerospace engineering, and graduate student Sagar Lakhmani adjust a pair of Braccio robotic arms on the latest generation of emergency evacuation robots.

Safety in numbers: Mobile robots could save lives during emergency evacuations

1/17/19

To address the unique challenges that emergency evacuation scenarios present, Alan Wagner, assistant professor of aerospace engineering, and a team of researchers propose to use a coordinated collection of mobile robots as authority figures to direct evacuees for rapid, orderly and safe evacuations, thanks to a $1.5M National Science Foundation grant.

Center for Global Studies lecture series

Center for Global Studies to host spring lecture series

1/16/19

The Center for Global Studies will continue to host the Brown Bag Lecture Series this spring on select Wednesdays from 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. in 157 Burrowes Building on the University Park campus of Penn State. The lectures highlight faculty and graduate interdisciplinary research of global studies. All are welcome to attend and enjoy complimentary cookies and coffee.

Kathryn Jablokow, professor of engineering design and mechanical engineering and associate chief academic officer at Penn State Great Valley, with Justin Schwartz, Harold and Inge Marcus Dean in the College of Engineering

Jablokow recognized as 'World-Class Engineer' for innovativeness, collaboration

1/16/19

Kathryn Jablokow, professor of engineering design and mechanical engineering and associate chief academic officer at Penn State Great Valley, was the recent recipient of the 2018 Penn State Engineering Alumni Society World-Class Engineering Faculty Award in recognition of her teaching, research, and service.

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Kasdorf, Rubin to discuss 'Shale Play' book project on Jan. 24

1/15/19

Julia Spicher Kasdorf and Steven Rubin will discuss their collaborative book project, ”Shale Play: Poems and Photographs from the Fracking Fields,” at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 24, in Paterno Library’s Foster Auditorium on the University Park campus of Penn State.

Ning, LaJeunesse, and Wham pose for the camera

LaJeunesse and colleagues receive 2017 Tyge Christiansen Prize

1/15/19

Three Penn Staters, including Associate Professor of Biology Todd LaJeunesse, his former graduate student Drew Wham, and Director of the Microscopy Facility Gang Ning, have been awarded the 2017 Tyge Christiansen Prize by the International Phycological Society, an organization dedicated to the study of algae.

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Air Force funds polymer materials research for light-speed computing

1/14/19

Robert Hickey, assistant professor of materials science and engineering, will use a $450,000 grant from the United States Air Force to research nanostructured polymer materials for applications in integrated optical circuits, which could allow computers to process information at light-speed.

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