“DisemPOWERed: Puerto Rico's Perfect Storm,” a film that examines the reasons why Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico in 2017, will premiere at Penn State. The screening will occur at 6:30 p.m. July 23 in Foster Auditorium in Pattee Library on Penn State's University Park campus. A panel discussion will follow the screening.
The public is invited to join staff and volunteers of the Palmer Museum of Art from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 14, for the museum's annual Community Day event located on Curtin Road, University Park campus. Explore the reinstallation of the galleries and current exhibitions on view and meet Erin Coe, the museum's new director. Live music, gallery talks, hands-on activities and Berkey Creamery ice cream will be offered to all for free.
If the resolve for your New Year's healthy weight loss resolution is already starting to crack, you may want to watch this week’s Penn State Facebook Live session. Penn State researcher Penny Kris-Etherton will talk about research on how canola oil and a healthy diet may lead to weight loss at noon on Jan. 18 via the Penn State Facebook page.
The Friends of the Palmer Museum of Art will host their annual Holiday Art and Ornament Sale fundraiser from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 3, at the Palmer Museum of Art on the University Park campus of Penn State.
The Palmer Museum of Art invites students, faculty, staff and the public to an opening reception for the exhibition, "Expanded Practice," to be held at the museum from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on Oct. 20.
Record-breaking recent temperatures and other aspects of climate change will be the focus of an upcoming Facebook Live event on Penn State's Facebook page featuring Michael Mann, Distinguished Professor of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science at Penn State, at 1 p.m. EST on July 15.
The weather may be warming with spring on the horizon, but ice will be center stage at Penn State’s annual Polar Day on March 22. Events will include a multimedia performance by DJ Spooky, demonstrations of remotely operated vehicles and drones and talks on data sonification, wildlife photography and untold stories of a North Pole expedition quest. All events are free and open to the public.
Wil Wheaton and Josh Clark recently have been selected to keynote at Penn State's 17th annual Web Conference. The event will take place from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on June 9 to 10, 2014, at the Penn Stater Conference Center on the University Park campus and will revolve around the theme, "The Future-Friendly Web." An optional full day of workshops will follow the conference on June 11.
Helping save lives is always in season. Faculty, staff and students at Penn State Greater Allegheny will be doing just that during the annual THON Blood Drive from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today (Feb. 6), in the Ostermayer Room, Student Community Center.
Penn State alumni and the public are invited to attend "Urban Sustainability and Regenerative Design" from 6 to 9:30 p.m. Feb. 21, at the Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, Pittsburgh. The event is part of the Penn State Alumni Association's City Lights programming and is co-sponsored by the Penn State College of Arts and Architecture.
High school students and transfer students are invited to live the life of a Penn Stater for a day. Students will shadow a current Penn State Greater Allegheny student as they attend a college class, tour the campus and eat lunch in the dining hall. The event will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., in Room 119 of the Frable Building. Students must register in advance and may choose between two dates: Jan. 29 or Feb. 5. For more information or to register, call 412-675-9010 or email psuga@psu.edu.
Rich Frank, marketing creative director for AccuWeather, was the most recent speaker in a series of talks at Penn State Greater Allegheny aimed at showing English majors the vast array of career choices available to them.
In his current role, he is responsible for the external branding and advertising efforts of the weather media company, which reaches more than 750 million users worldwide each day.
Previously, Frank was the director of advertising and new media for the Baltimore Orioles, where he still consults for the team. Prior to working with the Orioles, Rich spent 12 years working in the advertising industry, first as a copy writer and account executive, before becoming a vice president, associate creative director at MGH, Baltimore's largest ad agency.
The current sanitation crisis, which according to the World Health Organization affects 2.5 billion people worldwide, was the focus of a recent event at Penn State Greater Allegheny. The occasion was inspired by a yearly event held in several countries to mark World Toilet Day on Nov. 19. According to Worldtoiletday.org, this international day of action aims to break the taboo around toilets and draw attention to the global sanitation challenge.
The day's keynote speaker was Ian Lipsky, an engineer with vast international experience, who talked about "Toilet Innovations for the Developing World."
The Penn State Greater Allegheny Alumni Society will sponsor its 24th annual Breakfast with Santa at 9 a.m. Dec. 15, in the campus' Student Community Center. The society will host 100 disadvantaged children from the Mon Valley area.
Attention: The Nittany Lion PRIDE program has been canceled.
