Registration is now open for Lavender Graduation, a ceremony which celebrates the achievements of undergraduate, graduate and professional students in the LGBTQ+ community from all Penn State campuses.
Johnathan White, instructor of history at Penn State Greater Allegheny, will be recognized for his work in the Langston Hughes Poetry Society on May 2, during The Pittsburgh Black Media Federation’s Robert L. Vann Media Awards.
A five-member team of Penn State students is competing against 75 teams from across the United States in the Public Relations Student Society of America's 2019 Bateman Competition, with the challenge to create a campaign to increase diversity and inclusion in the public relations profession.
Brian Patchcoski, a 2010 graduate of the College of Education with a master's degree in college student affairs/higher education, is one of 15 prominent young alumni to be honored by the Penn State Alumni Association with the Alumni Achievement Award.
Curated by Katie Fuller and Larry Ossei-Mensah, the exhibition "Race and Revolution: Still Separate, Still Unequal" debuted in 2017 at Smack Mellon in Brooklyn, New York and is traveling to universities and cultural institutions across the country. The exhibit will be displayed at the Woskob Family Gallery through April 6.
Embracing Equity will be the topic when Gisele Barreto Fetterman, an advocate for access and equality, shares her story during a presentation at 12:15 p.m. on Tuesday, March 26, at Penn State York. The program, which will be held in the conference center of the Main Classroom Building, is free and open to the public.
Thanks to the Penn State Millennium Scholars Program and support from donors like Steve and Kathi Mahle, a growing number of Penn State students are on their way toward earning advanced degrees in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields.
Michelle Frisco, associate professor of sociology and demography and Social Science Research Institute co-funded faculty member at Penn State, is quantifying behaviors such as smoking and obesity to show how they affect health disparities between people from different races and ethnicities.
Penn State Health was among 29 hospitals and health systems to make Forbes’ second annual list of the “Best Employers for Diversity.”
Penn State President Eric J. Barron will join business leaders from a variety of companies, as well as students, staff, faculty and administration from the Penn State Smeal College of Business on March 28 to discuss business initiatives in diversity as the college celebrates the 20th annual S.T.A.R.T. Conference.
Penn State School of Visual Arts alumna Beverly McIver, Ebenshade Professor of the Practice of Visual Arts at Duke University, was recently among the African-American musicians and artists from North Carolina honored by N.C. Gov. Roy Cooper in celebration of Black History Month.
Penn State Hazleton is planning several events to commemorate Black History Month during February.
Diversity and inclusion at Penn State were the focus of a generative discussion among students, faculty, staff and trustees held on Feb. 21 during a meeting of the Board of Trustees Committee on Academic Affairs and Student Life. The discussion, part of an ongoing series of conversations being held by trustees on a wide range of issues at the university, focused on experiences of individuals from diverse backgrounds at Penn State.
More than 600 campus community members came together on Jan. 21 for student-facilitated conversation, a "Day of Dialogue" pilot event hosted by World In Conversation: A Center for Public Diplomacy.
Urban Bush Women, a dance-theater company that gives expression to the vitality and boldness of African-American women, will perform “Hair & Other Stories” at 7:30 p.m. March 14 in Eisenhower Auditorium. The multidisciplinary work addresses race, gender identity and economic inequality in the lives of women of color.
