The Appalachian communities that enjoyed persistent economic growth following the 2008 Great Recession have a number of factors in common, according to researchers who analyzed all 420 counties in the Appalachian region. Their findings will help guide future economic development strategies across Appalachia.
On Wednesday, March 27, Penn State and State College-area leaders will facilitate “Welcoming the Other,” an event aimed at building bridges within the community, opening up dialogue around negative rhetoric and violence against immigrants and refugees, and examining the meaning of our national motto, "E pluribus unum" — From many, one.
While fitness trackers and other satellite data-enabled devices might be great for health and fitness, these and other technologies that use information from private and government satellites may cause huge problems for people and policymakers, according to Penn State researchers.
A record 186 companies attended Penn State Behrend's Spring Career and Internship Fair, held March 20 in the college’s Junker Center. Nearly 750 students attended the event, which was sponsored by the Academic and Career Planning Center.
The Penn State Facilities Engineering Institute invites facility professionals to register for its upcoming facilities management course — Fundamentals of High Performance Buildings (FHPB). Scheduled for April 23 to 25 at the Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center in State College, the FHPB course previously has only been offered to General Service Administration personnel.
In December 2018, a team of five Penn State students from the College of Arts and Architecture, the Eberly College of Science, the College of Engineering, and the College of Information Sciences and Technology joined forces to earn the top spot in the international Kaggle University Hackathon, the first-ever university hackathon of its kind.
Faculty members from the Stuckeman School and the Penn State College of Medicine have come together to organize the Wearing the Future Workshop from 9:30 a.m.to 4 p.m. on Monday, March 25, at the Hilton Garden Inn Hershey, located at 550 E. Main St. in Hummelstown, Pennsylvania.
Penn State Altoona offers scores and results from varsity athletics for March 12-22.
Jean Brenchley, professor emeritus of microbiology and biotechnology at Penn State, has committed to establish the Dr. Jean E. Brenchley Endowment for WPSU-FM through an estate gift. Brenchley’s preference is for the funds to be used to ensure the continuation of “Morning Edition” and “Science Friday,” two programs produced by NPR, that she said are her longtime companions in daily life.
Presentations on 3D animation, virtual reality and augmented reality, as well as musical performances and a slow-motion video booth, will all be offered March 25-26 during the fourth-annual Digital Media Festival at Penn State Behrend.
From “honeycombs” made with bright yellow boxes of Bisquick pancake mix and Lipton tea to a “castle” created with boxes of crackers and cereal, Penn State Brandywine students were up to the challenge to design and build structures along a sustainability theme in this year’s Un-Canny Competition.
Pennsylvania College of Technology’s radiography program was granted another eight years of accreditation – the maximum duration that may be awarded — by the Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology.
Wanting to make a career change often means needing to earn a second degree. The accelerated nursing program at Penn State Altoona is a popular choice for many returning to college.
Penn State civil engineering senior Nicole Dato was named one of the 10 American Society of Civil Engineers 2019 New Faces of Civil Engineering in the college category.
Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Humanities will welcome Gloria Kondrup to campus on Thursday, March 28 at 7 p.m. in Room 103 of the Educational Activities Building for a Society of Design presentation. "FEMINAE, Typographic Voices: of Women, by Women," is a presentation of political posters from the archives of the Center for the Study of Political Graphics.
