Along with players on 16 teams from around the globe, the Little League Baseball World Series continues this week with the help of a team of students from the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications.
Wine lovers may appreciate a dry white, but a lack of steady rainfall brought on by a changing climate is threatening a centuries-old winemaking tradition in Italy, according to an international team of scientists.
The first year of a new college-high school partnership resulted in Penn State Abington awarding $30,000 in scholarships to six graduates of its hometown high school, Abington Senior High, at a ceremony at Penn State Abington this week.
Lannette Fetzer, quality improvement coordinator in the Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health, received the Medicare Beneficiary Quality Improvement Project Spirit Award at a national meeting in Bethesda, Maryland, convened by the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy.
A free public screening of the sports documentary “Running Home,” which tells the story of humanitarian, accomplished middle-distance runner and coach Tony Ruiz, will be conducted at 4:30 p.m. Aug. 30 in Carnegie Cinema.
Penn State Harrisburg is among four universities to receive state funding to implement a residency program to prepare future teachers. The college received funding last year to develop and plan an undergraduate residency program, and this year’s $300,000 in funding will support the full implementation of the program.
Civil engineering alumnus Andrew Kartalis and his wife, Katherine, have made a $2.5 million estate commitment to the College of Engineering’s planned facilities expansion.
The Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health — a joint partnership between the federal government, the commonwealth and Penn State — has been recognized as a national leader in quality performance by the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration.
Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus hosted “Partners in Education” on Aug. 1, a forum to engage high school administrators from nine school districts in a discussion about Penn State programs and resources available to regional high school students.
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The George A. and Tina K. Georges Scholarship, which benefits students minoring in poultry and avian science or in animal science, has been created in the Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences.
On July 11, Soundar Kumara, Allen E. Pearce and Allen M. Pearce Professor of Industrial Engineering at Penn State, spoke at a briefing hosted in Washington, D.C., by the House Manufacturing Caucus, co-chaired by U.S. Reps. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, and Tom Reed, R-N.Y.
A team of experts, led by faculty members at Penn State, is implementing an initiative to provide K-12 teachers with the materials and skills to teach students about the Holocaust, genocide, human rights violations and other difficult topics. Presentations at the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh on July 16 and July 30 were the initiative’s first activities.
Could soilborne fungi found nearly everywhere in North America be the kryptonite that can help control the spotted lanternfly? Studies underway in the Philadelphia region -- carried out by scientists from Penn State and Cornell University -- aim to answer that question, with early findings showing promise against what has been described as the worst invasive pest to hit the U.S. since the gypsy moth.
The idyllic wooded walkway that blankets Penn State Wilkes-Barre in lush greenery may not technically be an arboretum anymore, but it does date back to the campus’ roots as the home of a prominent outdoorsman while also displaying a rich diversity of Pennsylvania forestry.
Now in its 27th year, Huddle with the Faculty kicks off the morning of Aug. 31, the day of Penn State football’s season opener against the University of Idaho.
