Six Penn State faculty receive Fulbright awards for 2019-20
5/17/19
Penn State has a long tradition of Fulbright success. Six Penn State faculty members have been awarded for the 2019-2020 cycle.
Liberal Arts
Liberal Arts
Map reveals that lynching extended far beyond the deep South
5/15/19
While most people tend to thinking of lynchings as something that mostly happened in the South, mob violence was widespread in the United States from 1883 to 1941, and its victims included nearly all races and ethnicities, according to researchers. An interactive map shows the extent of this particularly brutal form of violence.
Share Your Opioid Story: A Community Conversation at Schlow Library on May 30
5/14/19
The Share Your Opioid Story initiative is hosting a Community Conversation at the Schlow Centre Region Library in State College at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 30.
Heard on Campus: Award-winning reporter speaks at Brown@65 National Symposium
5/13/19
Nikole Hannah-Jones, an award-winning investigative reporter for The New York Times Magazine whose work focuses on civil rights and racial injustices, served as the keynote speaker at "Brown@65: National Symposium for the 65th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education," held May 10 at the Nittany Lion Inn.
Democracy Works podcast examines what the Mueller report means for democracy
5/13/19
Laura Rosenberger, director of the bipartisan Alliance for Securing Democracy, joins the Democracy Works podcast this week to discuss what the Mueller report revealed about Russian interference in the 2016 election — and what can be done to address it.
Teachers' strikes a new social movement, researcher says
5/10/19
With every social movement, there is a moment — an event or instance that sparks a time for change. With the recent rise of teachers striking across the United States, one Penn State researcher argues that, for the first time in decades, public education is seeing its own moment that's prompted a new movement.
New online bachelor’s degree in history creates 21st-century 'problem-solvers'
5/9/19
Penn State is launching a new bachelor of arts degree in history, being offered online through World Campus and the College of the Liberal Arts.
Institutes of Energy and the Environment announces seed grant recipients
5/7/19
The 2018–19 Institutes of Energy and the Environment seed grant recipients have been awarded to 18 groups of interdisciplinary researchers at Penn State.
Center for Global Studies presents faculty, students with awards
5/7/19
The Center for Global Studies recently awarded more than $131,000 to faculty and students whose work advances research, studies and projects in global studies.
Libraries' 2019 research prizes honor 13 students at University Park events
5/7/19
Penn State University Libraries awards recognized three outstanding undergraduate thesis authors as well as one graduate student and nine undergraduate student researchers, all exhibiting exemplary scholarly research methods and communication at University Park campus presentations this spring.
Ancient ritual bundle contained multiple psychotropic plants
5/6/19
One thousand years ago, Native Americans in South America used multiple psychotropic plants — possibly simultaneously — to induce hallucinations and altered consciousness, according to an international team of anthropologists.
George R. Milner elected to National Academy of Sciences
5/6/19
George R. Milner, Penn State distinguished professor of anthropology, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences.
Conference, podcast examine school segregation 65 years after Brown decision
5/6/19
Erica Frankenberg, associate professor of education and demography, and Crystal Sanders, associate professor of history and African American studies, discuss the Brown v. Board of Education decision and the current state of school segregation on this week’s Democracy Works podcast, produced by the McCourtney Institute for Democracy and WPSU.
Libraries' Research Awards recognize 105 students across 19 campuses
5/6/19
Penn State University Libraries awarded its Undergraduate Research Award: Excellence in Information Literacy to students at nearly all undergraduate Penn State campuses in April, honoring 97 undergraduate students as well as eight graduate students participating in their respective campus-wide research exhibition events.
Women’s studies student marshal to pursue Women’s Rugby World Cup
5/2/19
Azniv Nalbandian will represent the Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies as a student marshal at the College of the Liberal Arts commencement ceremony on May 4.