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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.

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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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.

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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.

Zakiya Alsadah

Global Connections offers interactive, intercultural, educational events

6/8/18

Members of the international community, as well as globally-minded Americans and immigration advocates, will have many opportunities to expand their knowledge through free summer Global Connections events. Workshops and discussion panels will focus on topics such as immigrants’ rights while interacting with law enforcement; culture shock and reverse culture shock; and traditions and beliefs related to death and dying across three unique cultures.

Spend a Summer Day

Prospective students invited to attend summer information sessions

6/8/18

High school juniors, seniors and their families are invited to Spend a Summer Evening or Day at the Penn State Mont Alto campus. During the events, students and their parents will have the opportunity to learn about Penn State and the college admissions process.

The Factory for Advanced Manufacturing Education Lab

Researchers receive grant to manufacture metal parts for naval applications

6/8/18

Penn State researchers have received approximately $535,000 to install a state-of-the-art, “super-finishing lab” for 3D-printed metal parts. The new lab will complement the existing subtractive processing technology in the Factory for Advanced Manufacturing Education Lab within the Harold and Inge Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering.

Work on Atherton Street continues

6/7/18

With construction and utility work continuing, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) is issuing an update for its North Atherton Street project in State College. The entire project will take place through 2019, with phased work zones stretching from Aaron Drive to Park Avenue.

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