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Outstanding Shenango campus students, faculty and staff are honored

6/27/18

Penn State Shenango students were honored at the campus’ 2018 Honors Convocation and Recognition Banquet for their outstanding academic and student leadership achievements and services. The recipients of this year’s Eric and Josephine Walker Award, Dennis W. Bartholomew Outstanding Adult Student Award, the Ann Wansack Award, the Leonard R. Riforgiato Memorial Teaching Award, and the Margaret Cunningham Foley Memorial Teaching Award also were part of the program.

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IST researchers incorporate social media into emergency response

6/27/18

A team of researchers from the College of Information Sciences and Technology is working to develop a tool that could help 911 call centers integrate crowdsourced social media posts into their operations. The group is developing and testing software that expands on the information available to first responders upon arriving at an emergency scene.

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New website helps parents talk to kids about inclusivity

6/27/18

A new online portal designed to help parents teach tolerance and acceptance to their children has been developed by Penn State's Clearinghouse for Military Family Readiness, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Defense.

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Giving up on your goal? Read this first

6/27/18

Richard Vann, an assistant professor of marketing at Penn State Behrend, is the lead author of “When consumers struggle: Action crisis and its effects on problematic goal pursuit,” published early online in the journal Psychology & Marketing. The research in the article focuses on understanding how goal-derailing obstacles can impact a person's ability to achieve his or her goal.

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Noll to participate in NICHD's Strategic Planning Working Group

6/27/18

Jennie Noll, director of the Child Maltreatment Solutions Network and professor of human development and family studies at Penn State, has been invited to serve as a member of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Strategic Planning Working Group.

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Paul Clark weighs in on public-sector unions in latest Democracy Works podcast

6/26/18

A ruling expected by the Supreme Court this week could reduce the power of public-sector unions, which would cause ripple effects throughout government and on democracy at large. Paul Clark, director of the School of Labor and Employment Relations at Penn State, discussed the implications of the ruling and the role that public-sector unions play in society on the latest Democracy Works podcast.

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Penn State 'enhancing health' at 2018 industryXchange

6/26/18

Building on the success of last year’s inaugural industryXchange and positive feedback received from industry, the Penn State College of Engineering held its second industryXchange on May 14 at the Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center.

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Penn State OPP earns IBcon Digie Award for 'Most Intelligent Building Project'

6/26/18

The facility automation network group in Penn State’s Office of Physical Plant was honored with the prestigious IBcon Digie Award at the annual IBcon conference by Tempered Networks Inc. OPP was recognized for its innovation and success in deploying the "Most Intelligent Building Project" on a college campus.

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