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Vidur Mishra at an Indian monastery

IST Schreyer Scholar to further philosophy, tech research at Indian Monastery

4/23/18

Vidur Mishra, a Schreyer Scholar majoring in information sciences and technology, will spend his summer living with monks at the Tushita monastery in India. His experience will advance his undergraduate thesis research which explores differences between how the eastern and western worlds perceive the mind.

Student and judge interacting

Undergraduate Exhibition wraps up record year

4/23/18

Hundreds of students and judges bustled about in the HUB-Robeson Center Wednesday evening for the 2018 Undergraduate Research Exhibition on the University Park campus of Penn State. From musical presentations in the Flex Theater to posters in Alumni and Heritage halls, the University's best were promoting the fruits of their academic and artistic pursuits.

Isabella Teti head shot

Activist selected as women’s studies student marshal

4/23/18

Isabella Teti has been selected to represent women’s, gender, and sexuality studies at the Liberal Arts commencement ceremony on May 5. The Paterno Fellow will take her passions to the University of Maryland next year as a campus organizer with the U.S. Public Interest Research Group.

Josh Inwood to deliver inaugural Liberal Arts First-Year Valedictory Address

4/19/18

Josh Inwood, associate professor of geography and African American studies, will deliver the inaugural Liberal Arts First-Year Valedictory Address on April 23. The theme of Inwood’s presentation will be “Living in the World House: Martin Luther King and Understanding Our Place in an Interconnected World.”

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