Retired Navy Admiral Michael Rogers, former director of the National Security Agency and former commander of the U.S. Cyber Command, visited Penn State's University Park campus in November as a guest of the Center for Security Research and Education (CSRE).
Global Programs and partners kicked off International Education Week with a launch party.
Penn State student innovators and community entrepreneurs are invited to explore their potential by connecting with collaborators, mentors and investors during Global Entrepreneurship Week Penn State, presented by the Penn State Small Business Development Center, Nov. 6–15.
Data security, intellectual property, health research and technology transfer were key topics discussed by an interdisciplinary panel of experts from Penn State's Institute for CyberScience, Penn State Dickinson Law, Penn State Law, and the College of Engineering. The panel highlighted challenges for researchers working with human health data, as well as free resources available for researchers interested in taking products to market.
Judge Rachel "Ruchie" Freier, the first Hasidic woman to hold public office in the United States, spoke at Penn State’s University Park campus at 1 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 2, in Memorial Lounge of the Pasquerilla Spiritual Center. A luncheon will accompany her talk.
On Oct. 25, The Mont Alto LaunchBox will present a workshop for aspiring entrepreneurs, titled “Intellectual Property.” Rachel Herder, assistant professor of clinical law and intellectual property clinic director at Penn State Law, will describe the four main types of intellectual property – patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade secrets. The event will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the LaunchBox facility, located at 40 North Second Street in Chambersburg. All aspiring entrepreneurs are invited to attend free of charge.
Penn State Law offers two cost-free legal clinics to Penn State and community entrepreneurs — the Entrepreneur Assistance Clinic and Intellectual Property Clinic. Services are provided by Penn State Law students who are recruited and overseen by law professors Tom Sharbaugh and Rachel Herder, licensed Pennsylvania attorneys and the directors of the EAC and IP Clinic, respectively. The EAC also has a second licensed attorney, Tyler Etter, who oversees students.
The Penn State Law Center for Immigrants’ Rights Clinic, in partnership with Penn State University Libraries Open Publishing, is excited to announce the publication of “Back Into the Future of Immigration: Personal Stories by the Penn State Law Center for Immigrants’ Rights Clinic,” an open-access monograph showcasing personal stories from past and current students of the clinic.
Students in the Penn State Law Center for Immigrants’ Rights Clinic spent Sept. 30 through Oct. 4 serving as advocates for families about to undergo their credible fear interviews at the Berks County Residential Center in Leesport, Pennsylvania.
The Center for Security Research and Education at Penn State has appointed Herbert O. Wolfe as its inaugural associate director. Wolfe, who joined Penn State in September from the National Security Council staff at the White House, will also serve as a professor of practice in the School of International Affairs.
Retired Navy Admiral Michael S. Rogers, former director of the National Security Agency (NSA) and commander of the U.S. Cyber Command, will speak at Penn State as a guest of the Center for Security Research and Education (CSRE) on Nov. 13.
Penn State Law graduates who took the Pennsylvania Bar Exam for the first time in July passed at the second-highest rate among Pennsylvania law schools—about 89 percent. Only the University of Pennsylvania Law School had a higher pass rate.
Paul Clement, the 43rd solicitor general of the United States, will visit Penn State Law on Nov. 9 for a conversation about the 2017-18 Supreme Court term—a term during which Clement himself argued six cases before the court.
Retired U.S. Army Gen. Wesley K. Clark will deliver a talk on U.S. national security on Oct. 22 on Penn State’s University Park campus. Clark’s talk is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. in the Sutliff Auditorium of the Lewis Katz Building. The event is free and open to the public.
A panel of experts from Penn State's Dickinson Law, the Institute for CyberScience, Penn State Law and the College of Engineering will discuss data security, technology commercialization and privacy laws related to using human health, biometric or sensor data at an ICS CyberScience Seminar on Oct. 11.
