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Security and the Autonomous Future symposium

April symposium to focus on the effects of autonomous systems on security

2/18/19

Registration is now open for Security and the Autonomous Future, an upcoming symposium sponsored jointly by the Penn State Center for Security Research and Education and the Penn State Journal of Law and International Affairs. The two-day event, taking place April 4-5, will bring together Penn State faculty and other national experts to explore how autonomous systems will affect our personal, national and global security.

We Are Weekend

Choose your own Penn State adventure at We Are Weekend

2/18/19

Find out what’s happening at University Park and start a new tradition this summer at We Are Weekend, which combines time-honored favorites and new advancements that Penn Staters are sure to love. The Penn State Alumni Association will host the premier summer event from May 31 to June 2 at University Park, with some events taking place nearby in downtown State College.

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Free bike touring 101 workshop to be held on March 13

2/18/19

Penn State students, faculty and staff, as well as local community members (ages 18 and older), are encouraged to attend a free bike touring 101 workshop on Wednesday, March 13 from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at 321 HUB-Robeson Center.

Jared Bunch, a junior studying mechanical engineering, presenting at the Leonhard Speaking Contest.

Mechanical engineering student shines in Leonhard Speaking Contest

2/18/19

Currently in its 19th year, the Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Education has challenged engineering undergraduates to hone their communications skills with a 10-minute presentation conveying an engineering solution to a societal problem.

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Volunteers sought for Penn State's Military Appreciation subcommittees

2/18/19

Penn State faculty, staff and students are invited to volunteer as subcommittee members on the University's 2019 Military Appreciation Committee. Volunteers will help plan and organize Penn State’s year-round military appreciation efforts, including events and programming for the eighth annual Military Appreciation Week in the fall. Since 2014, the committee has led an institution-wide effort to honor and recognize the service and sacrifice of currently serving and veteran military members and their families.

Penn State Today Quickcast: Feb. 18, 2019

2/17/19

This episode of the Quickcast looks at a major gift to the College of the Liberal Arts, a new deputy director of athletics and a World Campus student looks to qualify for the 2020 Olympics.

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Indigenous hunters have positive impacts on food webs in desert Australia

2/17/19

Australia has the highest rate of mammal extinction in the world. Resettlement of indigenous communities resulted in the spread of invasive species, the absence of human-set fires, and a general cascade in the interconnected food web that led to the largest mammalian extinction event ever recorded. In this case, the absence of direct human activity on the landscape may be the cause of the extinctions, according to a Penn State anthropologist.

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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.

A woman putting snack inside a cubboard in the Lartz Memorial Library.

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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