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NSF award to shine more light on proteins

8/8/18

A better method to "see" proteins for improved medical diagnoses may be possible thanks to a three-year, $318,696 award from the National Science Foundation.

Brad Vivian

Democracy Works podcast examines how public remembers Charlottesville events

8/8/18

Bradford Vivian, professor of communication arts and sciences and director of the Center for Democratic Deliberation in Penn State's McCourtney Institute for Democracy, opens the second season of the Democracy Works podcast with a discussion about public memory, Confederate monuments, and last summer’s Unite the Right rally and counterprotests.

Ernest Hemingway

Hemingway Letters Project receives three-year NEH grant

8/8/18

The Hemingway Letters Project has received a three-year, $275,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to support its work in publishing volumes five through seven of "The Letters of Ernest Hemingway."

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Surviving large carnivores have far-reaching impact

8/8/18

Anywhere large-bodied mammalian carnivore species are present, other, smaller carnivores are less likely to occur, according to an international team of researchers that conducted the first global assessment of carnivore interactions using camera trap data.

NittanyGenCyber Camp

IST hosts cybersecurity training for middle and high school STEM educators

8/8/18

Twenty-six middle and high school science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) teachers from school districts in seven states participated in the first-of-its-kind NittanyGenCyber Camp, held July 30 through Aug. 3 in the College of Information Sciences and Technology. The educators gained hands-on experience on how to bring fundamental cybersecurity principles and their intersection with data science into the classroom.

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Learning to ask older adults better questions about their memory

8/8/18

Healthcare providers and researchers rely on screening questions to detect patients who may be at risk for developing Alzheimer's disease and other aging-related problems, but how these questions are worded may be confusing or trigger emotional responses. According to Penn State researchers, this may result in patients who answer the same questions differently, and for different reasons.

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April Ripka named student marshal for the College of the Liberal Arts

8/7/18

April Ripka will serve as the student marshal for the College of the Liberal Arts at Penn State’s summer 2018 commencement. Ripka will graduate from Penn State with a degree in organizational leadership and minors in dispute management and resolution, labor studies and employment relations, psychology, and sociology.

Students outside of Old Main along Pollock Road at University Park.

Sustainability continues to grow at Penn State

8/7/18

Sustainability efforts are gaining traction at Penn State, and not just at University Park. The Sustainability Institute at Penn State hosted regional forums earlier this summer to bring together faculty, staff and students from all Penn State locations to discuss sustainability efforts on their respective campuses.

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