Lauren Griggs, a biomedical engineer by training, has been selected to direct Penn State College of Engineering’s Multicultural Engineering Program (MEP). The program is open to all engineering students with the goal of fostering community for traditionally underrepresented students in the field.
On Wednesday, Sept. 11, the College of Information Sciences and Technology hosted an inaugural diversity engagement reception at the Graduate Hotel in State College. Students from underrepresented backgrounds were invited to network with representatives from a variety of companies, allowing them to make professional connections in a more personal setting.
Penn State University Libraries has welcomed Racine Amos and Danica White as new faculty for the third cohort of the University Libraries Diversity Residency Program. This three-year postgraduate appointment will provide Amos and White with transferable work experiences and career development in preparation for future leadership roles in the field.
Penn State Berks will hold its Unity Day celebration, an annual Penn State event that helps bring students, faculty, staff and community members together to celebrate diversity, from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 27.
Juan Pablo “JP” Gevaudan, an experimental cement chemist and current Marie Skłodowska-Curie Research Fellow, joined Penn State’s Department of Architectural Engineering on Aug. 16 as an affiliate professor. A member of the department’s structural engineering group, he will become a tenure-track assistant professor on July 1, 2021.
The Equal Opportunity Planning Committee (EOPC) invites Penn State faculty and staff to submit proposals for EOPC funding to support the University’s diversity, inclusion and equity efforts and advance Penn State's Strategic Plan with investments in programs and ideas.
Author, professor and poet Javier Ávila will bring his one-man show, "The Perfect Latino," to Penn State Hazleton at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 18 in the Evelyn Graham Academic Building. The presentation is free and open to the public.
The musical group Mystic Warriors will perform at Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus on Thursday, September 26 at 12:15 p.m. in Swimmer Hall (Williams Building).
Penn State student organizations and units at campuses across the commonwealth will be holding events in honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month, celebrated Sept. 15-Oct. 15. Here’s a look at some of the events taking place at the University’s campuses.
In its first visit to State College, New York City’s Mexico Beyond Mariachi will perform “Sugar Skull! A Dia de los Muertos Musical Adventure” for youngsters and their families, at 4 p.m. Sept. 29 in Eisenhower Auditorium.
A new position in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences' Department of Geosciences aims to improve diversity in the field by beginning pioneering efforts at Penn State.
Religious communities may provide an important social support community for international college students in the United States, according to researchers at Penn State. Specifically, the team found that religious communities also may help to provide culturally sensitive counseling to international students. The team focused its investigation on Chinese international students.
Two new associate professors have joined the Department of Political Science in the College of the Liberal Arts as part of the college's African American and African Diaspora Life and Culture Cluster hire.
Leah Zimmerman, the Americans with Disabilities Act coordinator for Penn State’s affirmative action office, has been named the executive director of the University’s Student Disability Resources office, effective Aug. 26.
The Penn State Abington faculty traveled to Ghana intent on establishing a new study abroad option for students. Little did they know how nine days in the West African nation would upend their psyches.
