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Bowen-Zheng

Nutritional sciences student to work at Penn State Student Farm this summer

4/9/18

Bowen Zheng, a nutritional sciences major, will work at the Student Farm at Penn State this summer to complete his undergraduate field experience. His roles will include learning about food production, applying his nutrition training to develop new materials for the farm, and teaching Community Supported Agriculture members and students in the dining commons about healthy eating and cooking.

Students at Penn State Startup Week reception

Student innovators celebrated at Penn State Startup Week reception

4/9/18

Student entrepreneurs showcased their ideas and were recognized by Penn State leaders at a recent reception during Penn State Startup Week. The students were members of winning teams who participated in entrepreneurship challenges across the University in the past year.

Andrew Miller

Brain's immune system to be topic of Biobehavioral Health Founders Day event

4/6/18

Andrew Miller of Emory University School of Medicine will present the keynote lecture “Immune System Targets in the Brain in Depression: Impact on Neurotransmitters and Neurocircuits” on April 23 as part of the Third Annual Founders Endowment for Excellence and Innovation Research Day, hosted by the Department of Biobehavioral Health.

Students doing activity in the woods

A 30-minute lesson can connect young people to nature, preserve for others

4/6/18

A 30-minute educational lesson about the importance of leaving what you find during outdoor experiences helps young people feel more connected to nature and results in children being less likely to take natural items home as souvenirs, according to a study conducted at Outdoor School, a residential program run by Penn State’s Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center.

Asked and Answered: Graduate Education (April 6, 2018)

4/6/18

Penn State is committed to each graduate student successfully earning the advanced degree they came here to pursue. In this installment of ‘Asked and Answered,’ watch as Penn State faculty describe the individualized training they provide each student.

Nicolas Jacoubs

Office of Rural Health presents Undergraduate Student Achievement Award

4/6/18

Nicolas Jacoubs, an undergraduate student in the Penn State Department of Health Policy and Administration (HPA), is the recipient of the 2018 Jennifer S. Cwynar Community Achievement Award. The award recognizes community achievement by a HPA senior undergraduate student who has demonstrated service and commitment to a community or an underserved population, preferably in a rural area of Pennsylvania.

Arne Sorenson poses for portrait in front of window

Penn State Hotel and Restaurant Society gala to honor Marriott CEO

4/4/18

The Penn State Hotel & Restaurant Society Hospitality Executive of the Year event will be held at The Nittany Lion Inn on the University Park campus on April 12. The event will include the presentation of the Hospitality Executive of the Year Award, to be presented to Arne Sorenson, president and CEO of Marriott International. Registration for the event is now open.

Morehshin Allahyari

Iranian artist Morehshin Allahyari to discuss technology and art

4/2/18

Contemporary artist and activist Morehshin Allahyari will explore political, social and cultural contradictions in a lecture titled “On Digital Colonialism and Monstrosity” at 10 a.m. on April 6 in the Paterno Library's Foster Auditorium on the University Park campus.

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