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.
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, Penn State distinguished professor of anthropology, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences.
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.
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.
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.
“Belonging: A German Reckons with History and Home,” by Nora Krug and published by Scribner, an imprint of Simon and Schuster, has won the 2019 Lynd Ward Prize for Graphic Novel of the year. Penn State University Libraries sponsors the juried annual award and its administrator, the Pennsylvania Center for the Book.
Seckin Kara will represent the Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese at commencement on Saturday. Kara will graduate with a bachelor of arts degree in Spanish and a bachelor of science degree in mathematics, as well as a minor in linguistics.
At the College of the Liberal Arts commencement ceremony on May 4, Mi Ni Tzou will represent sociology as its student marshal. The Schreyer Scholar is graduating with bachelor of arts degrees in sociology and communication arts and sciences.
Sophie Paolizzi will represent the Department of Psychology at the College of the Liberal Arts commencement ceremony on May 4. The Paterno Fellow and Schreyer Scholar is graduating with a bachelor of arts degree in psychology and a minor in Italian.
The Richards Civil War Era Center in the College of the Liberal Arts has named Rachel Shelden from the University of Oklahoma as its new director. The center's current director, William Blair, retires in June after 21 years at the center's helm.
Tiffany Abramson and Taylor Stevens will share their experiences as online learners during the Penn State World Campus Graduation Celebration on Friday, May 3, at The Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center.
Penn State University Libraries Short Stories’ “The Other Side” spring 2019 contest winners included 11 student honorees, three faculty/staff honorees, and one local middle school student honoree. Each of the four Libraries Short Stories Editorial Board winners and the People’s Choice winner will receive a $100 Visa gift card. All winners and honorable mentions will have their stories placed on the Libraries’ Short Edition short story dispensers.
A new course developed by College of Education faculty member Wendy Coduti is the first of its kind to merge the fields of vocational rehabilitation and human resources.
Schreyer Scholar Marisa Vanness will represent international politics at commencement on May 4.
