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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.

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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.

Night Train 57

Artists postpone April 14 'Night Train 57' event at Eisenhower Auditorium

3/19/19

Due to the temporary inability of one of the artists to perform, the musicians have had to postpone their Center for the Performing Arts presentation of “Night Train 57.” The sensory-friendly comic folk opera presentation, which was scheduled for April 14, has been postponed to April 2020.

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Art History Dickson Lecture will focus on the significance of complexion in art

3/19/19

From Fayyum mummy portraits to Byzantine icons, and Medieval Italian panel paintings to Medieval painting guides, Esther Wipfler, researcher at Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte, Munich, Germany, will discuss research that scrutinized common notions about the representation of human complexion over a roughly 1,000-year period.

Attendees with Ivanka Trump and Marie Royce

Fulbright Scholar attends White House launch of global women’s initiative

3/19/19

Daniela Staicu, a Romanian Fulbright Scholar who is currently at Penn State conducting research with the Humanitarian Engineering and Social Entrepreneurship (HESE) program, was among those invited to attend the launch of the Women's Global Development and Prosperity Initiative at the White House.

Pearl Gluck

Bellisario College faculty-filmmaker searches for authenticity in everything

3/19/19

As a filmmaker and teacher, Pearl Gluck is on a constant search for authenticity. She looks for it in her actors, her students and even her own scripts. It’s not easy, but the assistant professor of film-video in the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications says it’s vital for the filmmaking process.

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