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This year's THON dancers

Campus THON dancers will make campus history

1/18/19

For the first time in Penn State Scranton's history, three students will travel to University Park to take part in THON. Dana Beecroft, Alex Squatrito and Katie Walsh were announced as the 2019 THON dancers during a special celebration at the campus on Friday.

Green plants grow in raised beds in campus garden.

Strategic Plan seed grant helping gardens to grow at Beaver, Behrend campuses

1/18/19

With the University implementing a funding model to develop projects that align with Penn State’s 2016-2020 Strategic Plan, and following the success of the Sustainable Food Systems Program at University Park, a two-year, $158,000 seed grant was awarded in 2017 to pilot agriculture and food systems initiatives at the Beaver and Behrend campuses, in support of the plan’s priority to transform education.

Jocelyn Bell Burnell will present the SAGF Lecture Jan. 25

Astrophysicist Jocelyn Bell Burnell to speak Jan. 25

1/18/19

Astrophysicist Jocelyn Bell Burnell, winner of the 2018 Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, will present the spring 2019 Science Achievement Graduate Fellows Lecture at Penn State, on Jan. 25.

Student and parent talking to housing fair vendor

University Park spring housing fair to be held on Jan. 26

1/18/19

The Spring 2019 Housing Fair will take place from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 26, in Alumni Hall, located in the HUB-Robeson Center. Information about on- and off-campus housing options for students at University Park will be available.

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.

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1/17/19

Watch the quintet perform a cover of “Take on Me” by A-ha.

Assistant Professor of Engineering Joseph Ranalli, James Dotzel, Steven Principe, Cassandra Kelly, Justin Shimko and Assistant Professor of Engineering William Yourey stand in front of Bellefonte's historic Big Spring.

Penn State Hazleton students work on engineering project for Bellefonte

1/17/19

A group of engineering students at Penn State Hazleton is already getting the opportunity to put their knowledge and skills to use on a real-world project. They are working on designing a drinking water protection system for the borough of Bellefonte on its historic Big Spring, which provides water for about 9,000 customers.

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