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Penn State Professor of Architectural Engineering and Lyralux founder, Kevin Houser

Lyralux lights the way for its Dim to Vivid commercial lighting technology

9/20/18

Have you ever noticed that colors start to fade and blend together at lower light levels? Due to how our eyes process color, the dimmer the light source, the less vivid a color appears. This can be a particular challenge for people trying to distinguish colors in low lighting environments like museums and restaurants. Fortunately, Penn State Professor of Architectural Engineering Kevin Houser has developed a technology at Penn State and formed a startup, called Lyralux, to solve this problem.

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How winning friends may influence adolescent behaviors

9/20/18

Researchers tend to believe that either people select their friends based on shared behaviors, or that they make friends who then shape their behaviors. A team of Penn State researchers say both friend selection and friend influence may be at work for students. They add that gender can also play a role in how friends influence each other. The findings may lead to better prevention and intervention programs for risky behaviors such as smoking and deliquency.

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'The Bearded Lady Project,' documentary screening, discussion on Sept. 23

9/19/18

"The Bearded Lady Project: Challenging the Face of Science" is a documentary and photographic project about women working in the male-dominated field of paleontology. The College of Earth and Mineral Sciences will host a screening of the 22-minute documentary and presentation, followed by a panel discussion, question and answer session and reception from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Sept. 23 in 22 Deike Building on the University Park campus.

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Medical marijuana program to be offered in St. Marys

9/19/18

If you own or manage a business or manufacturing center with a zero-tolerance drug policy, or just have concerns about what impact Pennsylvania’s new medicinal marijuana law will have on your workplace, join Penn State DuBois on Nov. 16 for an educational program to learn the facts.

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'I Am Woman' -- Libby Larsen

9/19/18

Libby Larsen is a Grammy Award-winning composer of more than 500 works, including opera, chamber and choral pieces. On Sept. 25, the Center for the Performing Arts will host the world premiere of “You.” The Center for the Performing Arts co-commissioned the four-movement choral piece, written for performance by the men’s chorus Cantus, through its membership in the consortium Music Accord.

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Penn State Horse Barn Open House welcomes football fans Oct. 13

9/19/18

The sixth annual Penn State Horse Barn Open House, hosted by the Collegiate Horseman's Association at Penn State and the Penn State Equine Research Team, will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 13, prior to the football game against Michigan State. The open house complements Celebrate Ag Day at Beaver Stadium, an event designed for Penn Staters to honor the agricultural roots and history of the University.

Comparative Literature Luncheon series presents Robert Caserio Sept. 24

9/19/18

Robert Caserio, emeritus professor of English, comparative literature, and women’s, gender, and sexuality studies at Penn State, will present “A Modernist Queer Shakespeare: Wyndham Lewis’s 'The Lion and the Fox'" (1927) at 12:15 p.m. Sept. 24, in Room 102 of the Kern Building as part of the weekly Comparative Literature Luncheon lecture series.

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Free screening, panel discussion of 'Shock and Awe' set Oct. 18

9/19/18

A free public screening — with a panel discussion to follow — of “Shock and Awe,” the new Rob Reiner film that recounts how journalists revealed the faulty "weapons of mass destruction" intelligence used by the Bush administration to justify the 2003 invasion of Iraq, will be offered at 6 p.m. Oct. 18 at the State Theatre in State College.

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