Nearly 50 students in Penn State's College of the Liberal Arts who are interested in a career in the federal government recently were given the chance to network and learn about the application process. The event, titled “Learn and Network in D.C.,” was held March 29 in Washington, D.C., and allowed students to hear from and interact with 18 Penn State alumni working in the nation's capital.
Parents in the midst of a psychologically or physically aggressive argument tend to also be aggressive with their children, according to researchers at Penn State. The team found that this "spillover" of aggression toward children causes kids to exhibit greater fear during future incidents of interparental aggression, regardless of the severity of those future incidents, than children who do not experience this spillover effect.
Roopika Risam, assistant professor of English and English Education and coordinator of the Graduate Certificate in Digital Studies at Salem State University, will present “Insurgents of Academe: Historicizing Public Humanities in the African Dispora," at 12:15 p.m. April 8, in Room 102 of the Kern Building.
Michael Berkman, professor of political science in the College of the Liberal Arts, has been awarded Penn State's 2019 President’s Award for Excellence in Academic Integration.
Antone Aboud, professor of practice in the College of the Liberal Arts, has been honored with Penn State's 2019 Shirley Hendrick Award, presented by the Penn State Commission for Adult Learners for service to adult learners.
Five Penn State faculty members -- Michael Axtell, Paola (Giuli) Dussias, Joan Redwing, Christopher Reed and Marcos Rigol -- have received 2019 Faculty Scholar Medals for Outstanding Achievement.
An ancient group of people made ritual offerings to supernatural deities near the Island of the Sun in Lake Titicaca, Bolivia, about 500 years earlier than the Incas, according to an international team of researchers. The team's findings suggest that organized religion emerged much earlier in the region than previously thought.
A quartet of Nittany Lion seniors have earned accolades from Penn State for their achievements in academics, athletics and leadership. All four were recognized at the Penn State Student Awards ceremony on March 31 at Eisenhower Auditorium.
Students enrolled in FR/JST 197 France and the Holocaust in Film and Literature had the opportunity to travel to Paris over spring break. While there, the students heard stories from three of the 15 Auschwitz-Birkenau survivors still speaking today.
Three Penn State alumni and former Nittany Lions now starring in the NFL will return to campus April 12, the day before the Blue-White Game, to participate in a panel discussion about the business of football at 4:30 p.m. in the HUB-Robeson Center.
A new genetics and genealogy curriculum co-developed by Nina Jablonski, Evan Pugh University Professor of Anthropology and director of the Center for Human Evolution and Diversity in the College of the Liberal Arts, will be featured on PBS' "Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr." on April 9. The State Theatre in State College will host a local celebration on April 7.
The STARTALK Arabic Academy, set for June 17 to July 12 on Penn State's University Park campus, is currently accepting applications from highly motivated college and high school students who wish to gain introductory knowledge of the Arabic language and its people.
Rodney Allen Trice's "Walk a Mile..." project aims to use immersive technology to spark empathy and conversations among diverse audiences. It won the 2019 Open Innovation Challenge.
Vee Bravo will deliver a free lecture titled “’The Franchise’: Million Dollar Blocks and The Economy of Incarceration,” at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, April 3 in 362 Willard Building on the University Park campus of Penn State.
Sixteen Penn State students will travel to Zagreb, Croatia, on March 31 for a weeklong study abroad opportunity to learn about international human resources policies and practices. The course is applied toward the master of professional studies in human resources and employment relations degree, which is offered exclusively online through Penn State World Campus.
