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Thomas Rhett to perform at Bryce Jordan Center on Sept. 27

6/11/18

Country artist Thomas Rhett will bring his “Life Changes” tour to Penn State’s Bryce Jordan Center at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 27. Rhett will be joined in concert by special guests Brett Young and Midland. Tickets go on sale to the general public at 10 a.m. June 15.

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Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts reveals 2018 poster design

6/11/18

The Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts has released its 2018 collectible poster, which features elements familiar to any festival-goer: musical notes, a paintbrush and the festival jester, arranged over a background of yellows, oranges and pinks. However, this year’s poster is notable in that the festival jester is depicted as a woman for the first time.

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Registration open for 7th annual Child Maltreatment Conference

6/11/18

Penn State’s Child Maltreatment Solutions Network will hold their seventh annual conference, “Strengthening Child Safety and Wellbeing through Integrated Data Solutions," Sept. 27 to 28, at the Nittany Lion Inn, University Park, Pennsylvania.

Eric Obeysekare interviews an entrepreneur in Rwanda.

IST doctoral student earns third place in wireless innovation competition

6/11/18

Doctoral student Eric Obeysekare recently helped a team of innovators place third in Vodafone Americas Foundation’s Wireless Innovation Project. His team created a mobile application that provides simplified bookkeeping and data collection tools for financially illiterate micro-entrepreneurs.

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Targeting strategy may open door to better cancer drug delivery

6/11/18

While bioengineers have long used chemical properties of a cell to deliver treatment drugs, a team of Penn State researchers suggest they can use the mechanical properties of diseased cells, such as metastatic cancer cells, to help improve delivery of drug treatments to the targeted cells. The mechanotargeting may one day lead to improved cancer treatments.

Forrest Briscoe

When the 'business of business' bleeds into politics

6/11/18

What does it mean for democracy when a company steps in where the government normally would? Forrest Briscoe, professor of management and organization in the Smeal College of Business, discusses the increasing intersections between business, government and civic life on the latest episode of the McCourtney Institute for Democracy’s Democracy Works podcast.

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Analysis of post-recession job trends suggests existence of 'two Pennsylvanias'

6/11/18

An analysis of employment change in the state since 2001 suggests the existence of "two Pennsylvanias" during the period from 2001 to 2017, according to economists in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences. The newly released report shows a sharp divide between southeastern Pennsylvania, with mainly job growth, and the rest of the state, with primarily job decline.

Leidos

Penn State World Campus, Leidos launch educational partnership

6/11/18

Penn State World Campus and Leidos, a global science and technology solutions leader, have partnered to help professionals and their families advance their careers. The educational partnership will provide a 5 percent tuition reduction to more than 31,000 Leidos employees and their spouses and legal dependents.

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Life-changing text alert puts Penn State student on path to success

6/11/18

Brian Davis found out that he was accepted to Penn State while practicing parallel parking in his hometown of Philadelphia. This spring he graduated with a bachelor's degree in African-American studies, with minors in international studies, sociology, and civic and community engagement. “Penn State has impacted my life in so many ways,” he said.

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