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Anna Sostarecz joins Housing and Food Services as sustainability coordinator

Housing and Food Services taking next steps on path to sustainability

8/1/19

Penn State’s Office of Housing and Food Services is making strides toward a more sustainable Penn State community, including the new position of sustainability coordinator, now held by alumna Anna Sostarecz. She hit the ground running, with three major sustainability-focused plans already in action: LeanPath, Green2Go and a partnership with the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank.

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Sheep, goat producers can learn how to deal with worms at extension workshops

8/1/19

It’s turning out to be a difficult year for sheep and goat producers in Pennsylvania. Wet weather has resulted in ideal conditions for internal parasites to flourish in pasture systems, which can lead to infected animals. Producers can learn how to better manage internal parasites at a Penn State Extension workshop titled, “It’s a Wormy Deal,” which will be held at three locations across Pennsylvania in August and September.

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How we care for the environment may have social consequences

8/1/19

Anyone can express their commitment to the environment through individual efforts, but some pro-environmental or “green” behaviors may be seen as either feminine or masculine, which Penn State researchers say may have social consequences.

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Security and risk analysis student uses classroom knowledge in Canon internship

8/1/19

Paola Macias is spending her summer working with Canon as a general affairs intern. A rising senior studying security and risk analysis in the College of Information Sciences and Technology, Macias monitors Genetec, an information security platform that develops software, hardware, and cloud-based services for Canon. She also grants technology access levels to employees, assesses risk for new procedures, and conducts internal auditing on security procedures.

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New tool could reduce security analysts’ workloads by automating data triage

8/1/19

During a cyberattack, security analysts focus on answering four key questions: What happened to the network, what was the impact, why did it happen, and what should be done? And while analysts utilize advancements in software and hardware tools in their response, the tools are unable to answer these questions as well as humans can. Researchers at Penn State and the U.S. Army Research Office have developed a technique that could significantly improve the performance of security analysts.

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Artificial heart lab demonstrates the impact of undergraduate research

8/1/19

While graduate students and faculty are known for their research work, undergraduates also make significant contributions to the Penn State Department of Biomedical Engineering’s research portfolio. Some examples can be found in the Artificial Heart and Cardiovascular Fluid Dynamics Lab, headed by Keefe Manning, associate dean of the Schreyer Honors College and professor of biomedical engineering.

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Barn owls may hold key to navigation and location

8/1/19

The way barn owl brains use sound to locate prey may be a template for electronic directional navigation devices, according to a team of Penn State engineers who are recreating owl brain circuitry in electronics.

Erica Frankenberg

Presidential debates launch faculty member into national spotlight

7/31/19

With busing and civil rights being key topics in the current Democratic presidential debates, Erica Frankenberg, professor of education (educational leadership), has found herself in the spotlight, being interviewed and quoted in national news outlets as an expert on those subjects.

Chris Halbig

A second chance: Penn State employee to graduate 17 years after starting college

7/31/19

Chris Halbig, a systems administrator in the Penn State Office of Physical Plant, is set to earn his degree — with a 4.0 GPA — through the College of Information Sciences and Technology on Aug. 10. Halbig, who first enrolled at Penn State in 2002 before withdrawing, resumed his education in 2014 thanks to the encouragement of his manager at OPP.

Julian Wang

Sustainable buildings and lighting researcher joins architectural engineering

7/31/19

Julian Wang, a researcher who specializes in building windows, lighting, daylighting and sustainable technologies, joined Penn State’s Department of Architectural Engineering as an associate professor on June 1. Wang also has joined Penn State's Materials Research Institute as an affiliate faculty member.

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