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Uju Anya AAAL First Book Award

Faculty member honored with national association's First Book Award

3/20/19

"Racialized Identities in Second Language Learning: Speaking Blackness in Brazil," a book written by Uju Anya, assistant professor of education (second language learning) and research affiliate for the Center for the Study of Higher Education at Penn State, has been awarded the First Book Award by the American Association for Applied Linguistics.

Shanerburg Run, film

Penn State brook trout researchers featured in new 'Expedition Chesapeake' film

3/20/19

It's a long way from Shanerburg Run, not far from Williamsport, Pennsylvania, to the closest shores of the Chesapeake Bay … about 200 miles. And yet the stream — or more precisely the studies Penn State researchers are conducting on the eastern brook trout it harbors — will be highlighted in a new film about the estuary and its watershed.

Participants in Skidmore, Owings and Merrill’s Women’s Initiative Shadowing Program

Architecture graduate student selected for prestigious women's shadowing program

3/20/19

Madhubala Ayyamperumal, a Penn State graduate student who is pursuing degrees in architecture and architectural engineering, was selected from a pool of more than 200 applicants from across the globe to attend Skidmore, Owings and Merrill’s Women’s Initiative Shadowing Program in Chicago earlier this semester.

IST professor authors three book forewords for world-renowned philosopher

3/20/19

Frank Ritter, professor in the College of Information Sciences and Technology, has written three forewords for a recently published trilogy of books authored by world-renowned philosopher and cognitive scientist Paul Thagard. Thagard’s books, “Brain-Mind,” “Mind-Society” and “Natural Philosophy,” have been incorporated into a series on cognitive models and architectures that Ritter edits for Oxford University Press.

World in Conversation Day of Dialogue Jan. 21, 2019

Next on WPSU's 'Digging Deeper': Guiding tough, honest conversations

3/20/19

Penn State President Eric J. Barron will highlight how a Penn State undergraduate center explores difficult topics through facilitated dialogue during the next episode of WPSU Penn State’s “Digging Deeper” at 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. on Sunday, March 24 on WPSU-TV.

IST alternative spring break

Spring break trip gives IST students a glimpse inside top tech companies

3/19/19

Students traded the snowy Northeast for the sunny Southwest this spring break for a unique networking and professional development opportunity. Eight first-year students from the Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology traveled to Austin, Texas, March 2-7 to visit the offices of leading technology companies and network with Penn State alumni.

Matt McMahon (gesturing) talks at one of the community engagement meetings for the Willamette Falls Riverwalk project he is working on for Snøhetta's New York office.

Stuckeman alumni work together at renowned design firm in New York, Part 1

3/19/19

Matt McMahon, a 2004 Penn State alumnus with degrees in landscape architecture and biology, has built a strong career on a deep-rooted passion for post-industrial sites. This is the first installment of a two-part series on Stuckeman alumni that are now at the New York office of Snøhetta, an international architecture, landscape architecture, interior design and brand design office.

Golumbic

Golumbic Scholarship Award to be hosted by Borland Project Space

3/19/19

The Reuben and Gladys Golumbic Scholarship Award is one of the most significant awards in the College of Arts and Architecture. This award recognizes undergraduate students who have demonstrated superior design, humanistic, and performance records and who have proven their potential for significant contribution to the arts and humanities.

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