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Daniel Perkins speaking at launch of Penn State Clearinghouse for Military Family Readiness

New center focuses on enhancing the health and well-being of military families

Military families face unique challenges and stressors including prolonged separations, frequent relocations and living with knowing that loved ones are in harm’s way. Penn State has created a new University-wide research center, the Clearinghouse for Military Family Readiness, designed to address the challenges and support the resiliency of military families using evidence-based programs and practices, and develop a new generation of cutting-edge interdisciplinary researchers in this field.

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Penn State club sports compete nationally and impact the community

12/10/18

Competing with teams all around the nation, Penn State’s Campus Recreation Club Sports program shows its commitment to Penn State and the greater State College community. Completing almost 5,500 hours of community service so far this year, Club Sports continues to develop its students as professionals and philanthropists.

Learning, design and technology grad embraces online learning to help students

12/10/18

After 10 years working as a technology director and teacher for a small, rural school district, Marty Petrosky knew the best way to help his district was to return to school himself.

Campus Recreation offers payroll deduction for faculty and staff memberships

12/10/18

Campus Recreation, a unit of Penn State Student Affairs, now offers payroll deduction for Penn State faculty and staff memberships. By registering for the payroll deduction, an annual membership for campus recreation can be purchased for $19 a month.

Stuckeman School mourns the loss of Jawaid Haider

12/10/18

Jawaid Haider, a longtime professor of architecture at Penn State, died on Friday, Dec. 7. He was 67 years old.

Embedded courses open world of opportunities for communications students

12/10/18

With classes traveling to Belize, Guyana, Poland, Puerto Rico and South Africa, Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications students in all majors will gain hands-on experience preparing, collecting and producing international media during the spring semester.

Penn State remains a top university in the nation for international experiences

12/10/18

The Institute of International Education’s “Open Doors” report shows Penn State holding strong in study abroad and hosting international students and scholars. The University continues to be among the top 15 in the U.S. in hosting international students, and among the top 20 in sending students abroad.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Banquet to be held Jan. 15, 2019

12/7/18

Tickets are available for the 44th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Banquet to be held Jan. 15, 2019, at the Bryce Jordan Center on Penn State’s University Park campus.

Penn State Police investigating hit-and-run vehicle accident

12/7/18

Penn State University Police are investigating a hit-and-run accident that occurred in Lot 83 near Pollock Building at University Park. At 9:59 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 7, an unknown individual struck a vehicle in the lot and left the scene shortly thereafter. The individual was driving a newer dark red, four-door Chevrolet Silverado.

Giving Tuesday 2018 Penn State Athletics

Penn State Athletics' Giving Tuesday highly successful

12/7/18

Penn State Intercollegiate Athletics' #GivingTuesday initiative was highly successful, with community engagement and contributions for student-athlete excellence throughout the day.

Engineering students show off their projects at Capstone Design Project Showcase

12/7/18

After 15 weeks of hard work, Penn State College of Engineering students displayed their capstone design projects at the Fall 2018 Capstone Design Project Showcase held on Dec. 6 at the Bryce Jordan Center.

Students participate in international language research

12/7/18

Seven students in the College of the Liberal Arts participated in the National Science Foundation PIRE program this year, which gave the students financial support to travel internationally to conduct language research.

Penn State students at visit to Remote Area Medical clinic in Virginia

Schreyer Scholars looking to provide care for underserved communities

12/7/18

Students in the Schreyer Honors College formed a Penn State chapter for Remote Area Medical, a nonprofit provider of mobile medical clinics, and are laying the groundwork to bring one of those clinics to Pennsylvania for the first time.

Guadalupe River House in New Braunfels, Texas, designed by Low Design Office

Penn State designer's firm a Young Architects Program finalist

12/7/18

Low Design Office, an architectural design firm co-owned by DK Osseo-Asare, assistant professor of architecture and engineering design, has been named one of five finalists for next year’s 20th annual Young Architects Program.

Evelyn Pro named student marshal for the College of the Liberal Arts

12/7/18

Evelyn Pro will serve as the student marshal for the College of the Liberal Arts at Penn State’s fall 2018 commencement. Pro will graduate with a bachelor of science degree in psychology.

Project brings together agriscience educators from U.S., Malaysia

12/7/18

Preservice teacher candidates and current teachers from Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Iowa, Wisconsin and Michigan learned about agriculture and agricultural education in July as part of the AgEd2Malaysia Human Development Project, a collaborative effort among Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, and the Global Agriculture Learning Center at Hawkeye Community College in Waterloo, Iowa.

Featured Events

Introduction to Microbiome Analysis

Tuesday, December 11, 2018 - 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

116 Henderson Building

Registration is now open for the Dec.

Communicating Research to the Public

Wednesday, December 12, 2018 - 12:00 p.m.

116 Henderson

“Communicating Research to the Public” will be presented at the next Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute Bench to Bedside and

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Media Highlights

UPI: November 21, 2018
Frogs get stressed out by traffic, too
Frogs from quiet ponds get stressed when exposed to traffic noise, but frogs from noisy ponds are used to the racket, according to Penn State research.
WTAJ-TV: November 26, 2018
Protect online data this online shopping season
IST lecturer David Hozza shares tips to protect your information when shopping online on Cyber Monday and throughout the year in this WTAJ-TV interview.

Other Voices

How can we make time for exercise?
Physical activity guidelines can be tough, devising a strategy can help, Penn State's David Conroy and a colleague write in this piece.
from:
The Conversation
You still can't make calls on a plane
We used to have to turn our phones off and store them when we flew, but now can keep them on in Airplane Mode. Why? Penn State's Sven Bilén provides the answer.
from:
The Conversation

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Penn State club sports compete nationally and impact the community

Learning, design and technology grad embraces online learning to help students

Campus Recreation offers payroll deduction for faculty and staff memberships

Stuckeman School mourns the loss of Jawaid Haider

Embedded courses open world of opportunities for communications students

Penn State remains a top university in the nation for international experiences

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Banquet to be held Jan. 15, 2019

Penn State Police investigating hit-and-run vehicle accident

Penn State Athletics' Giving Tuesday highly successful

Engineering students show off their projects at Capstone Design Project Showcase

Students participate in international language research

Schreyer Scholars looking to provide care for underserved communities

Penn State designer's firm a Young Architects Program finalist

Evelyn Pro named student marshal for the College of the Liberal Arts

Project brings together agriscience educators from U.S., Malaysia

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