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Emily Peacock rope

Internship takes 'hands-on' to a whole different level

7/18/18

Penn State alumna Emily Peacock embraced her post-graduate public affairs internship and tackled physical challenges side by side with ROTC trainees while providing leadership in her second year with the program.

Global Programs announces spring 2018 Travel Grant recipients

7/17/18

Global Programs has announced the spring 2018 Travel Grant recipients. The program supports faculty travel related to developing global awareness, global literacy and global competency among our undergraduate population. Graduate students may apply for the grants for assistance with travel to international conferences with the goal of promoting and supporting global leadership in scholarship and international engagements.

Mimi Barash Coppersmith talks with Marie Hardin

Lunch with Mimi

7/16/18

Marie Hardin, dean of the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications, chats with Mimi Barash Coppersmith about her new memoir, "Eat First, Cry Later." Barash Coppersmith founded Town & Gown magazine, was the first woman elected chair of the Penn State Board of Trustees, was honored by the University as the Renaissance Person of the Year, and was named a Distinguished Alumna of Penn State.

Elise Bingaman, Atlantic Records intern

Speaking for the music

7/12/18

A summer internship as video intern with Atlantic Records allows Penn State senior Elise Bingaman to utilize her musical and production interest and skills as she prepares for a career in public relations.

hear no evil, see no evil

Suppressing negative emotions during health scare may whip up spiral of fear

7/10/18

People use a lot of different strategies to handle fear — including avoiding bad news, reappraising the information, contesting the news, or suppressing the fear. Of those strategies, a team of researchers found that suppressing the fear is actually counter-productive. Trying to suppress worries during a health scare, like the recent Zika outbreak, may lead to an ever-intensifying cycle of emotional suppression and fear, according to the researchers.

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A bookworm takes flight

7/5/18

A summer internship at the National Air and Space Museum provides ample opportunities for a journalism major who loves to tell stories.

View of Old Main from Westgate

Three new co-funds join Institutes of Energy and the Environment

6/28/18

Three faculty members recently joined the Institutes of Energy and the Environment (IEE) in three different areas of expertise. Two are in the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications, and the other is in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences. This is the first time that IEE has had co-funded faculty in the Bellisario College.

Broadband Pa. map

A Broadband Challenge

6/28/18

A Penn State faculty member is leading an ambitious, yearlong effort to study broadband connectivity in the Commonwealth.

Katie Rowley, summer intern

Journalism student works with big-name clients during summer internship

6/13/18

Katie Rowley believes in following and exploring her interests wherever they take her, even if it’s outside of her major. As someone looking to work in sports marketing, she never imagined she would be working with big-name entertainment clients such as the Food Network, Lionsgate, Paramount and Warner Bros. as part of a summer internship.

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