Don Dillman, Regents Professor in the Department of Sociology and deputy director for research and development in the Social and Economic Sciences Research Center at Washington State University, will present the 2019 M.E. John Lecture on April 10, sponsored by the Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.
A bike auction is scheduled for noon on Wednesday, April 17, at Lion Surplus. Lost or abandoned bikes found on campus will be sold one-by-one or on skids.
Lion Surplus and Keystone State Auctioneers are preparing for the spring computer and electronics auction.
The Maple Harvest Festival returns to Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center for two days of pancakes, learning about the maple sugaring process, music, storytelling and live birds of prey and reptile shows on March 23 and 24.
In January Penn State Global Programs held the Global Engagement and Leadership Experience (GELE) program at the Antiochian Village Conference Center in Bolivar, Pennsylvania. GELE is a program that was developed to foster and facilitate conversations in a diverse cohort of students. The program brings together domestic and international students for a weekend retreat, with multiple sessions focused on intercultural communication and global leadership.
The second community conversation focused on the Musser Gap to Valleylands project will take place from 6 to 8 p.m. on March 28 at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Centre County at 780 Waupelani Dr. in State College.
Jennifer Tennessen, a 2015 graduate of the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences' ecology graduate program, applies the lessons of her interdisciplinary research at Penn State to her professional work with killer whales in the Pacific Northwest.
Penn State's leadership on March 15 released a statement denouncing the terrorist attacks on mosques in New Zealand. "The tragic and senseless violence against Muslims in Christchurch, New Zealand, has captured the attention of our nation and the world. Penn State stands with the people of New Zealand in denouncing these horrific terrorist attacks and in offering our deepest condolences. We also offer our sympathy and support to our Muslim community here and abroad, who are so deeply impacted by the hatred and religious bigotry displayed by these acts. And finally, we express our strongest condemnation of those responsible; they are cowards who do not represent our vision of a diverse and caring, global community."
Read the full statement here.
PennDOT is issuing a mid-March update for its North Atherton Street project in State College. Waterline work near the North Atherton Street and Park Avenue intersection is expected to create lengthy traffic delays.
On March 15, fourth-year Penn State College of Medicine students learned where they’ll be heading for their residencies during Match Day — an annual tradition for medical students across the country.
College-minded students, overwhelmed by piles of possibilities as they consider which career path to follow, can sort through the clutter of options during a revealing visit to Pennsylvania College of Technology’s Spring Open House on April 6.
PoreDesigner, a fully automated computational workflow process for altering the pore size of a bacterial channel protein, is the result of a collaboration between researchers from Penn State and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. This process enables assembly of the proteins into artificial membranes for precise sub-nanometer scale separation of solutes of marginal size difference, which can improve water purification and bioseparations.
Hui Yang is an associate professor in the Penn State Harold and Inge Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. Through his expertise in complex system monitoring, modeling and control, Yang and his students discover new ways to optimize the design of various service industries through data-driven innovation.
Penn State’s Consortium to Combat Substance Abuse will host “Envisioning a Future Free from Addiction: Research, Programs, and Practice to Prevent Substance Abuse” from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 29 in the HUB-Robeson Center at University Park.
The story of Kenton Iwaniec, a 24-year-old Pennsylvania state trooper killed by an impaired driver, will be the topic of a community program titled “An Empty Seat at the Table,” set for 7 p.m. April 24 in Freeman Auditorium of the HUB-Robeson Center. Sponsored by Penn State University Police and Public Safety, the event is intended to bring community members together for an evening focused on fostering a safe community.
