Mac Gregor receives LGBTQA Student Resource Center Outstanding Service Award
5/6/19
Wilkes-Barre’s own Megan Mac Gregor received the LGBTQA Student Resource Center’s Outstanding Service Award for the 2018-2019 academic year.
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Penn State Wilkes-Barre Nesbitt Library introduces two gender-neutral bathrooms
4/16/19
Penn State Wilkes-Barre’s Nesbitt Library has updated its two formerly single-stall, gender-specific restrooms (women and men) to two gender-neutral restrooms.
Girls, low-income students less likely encouraged to study computers by parents
3/19/19
In a study of how incoming first-year college students perceive computing and computer majors, and who influences those perceptions, most students had positive feelings about computing and computer-related majors and jobs. However, gender and socioeconomic status seemed to play a role in whether parents shaped those perceptions.
International academic exchange program at Penn State promotes peace, research
3/1/19
As part of an international academic exchange program called “Academic Mobility Program for Scientific Knowledge Transfer to Rural Communities for Peace,” students and faculty from Fundación Universitaria del Área Andina in Bogotá, Colombia (Areandina University), and La Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano (UTADEO), visited Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences.
Newly created fund supports students in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
1/21/19
Liberal Arts alumna Judith Hardes, 1952, has contributed $500,000 to endow a fund supporting students in the Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.
Hormones may affect girls’ interests, but not their gender identity or playmates
3/1/18
Prenatal exposure to androgens is not associated with girls spending more or less time with other girls, but was associated with an increased interest in activities that have traditionally been thought of as masculine, according to Penn State researchers, who say it supports the idea that gender development is complex and does not solely rely on either biological or social factors.
Campus faculty member named distinguished professor
2/15/17
Margaret L. Signorella, professor of psychology and women's, gender, and sexuality studies at Penn State Greater Allegheny, has been named a distinguished professor by Penn State. She is the first Greater Allegheny campus faculty member to be named a distinguished professor.
Ask an Ethicist: Does climate change affect genders differently?
4/18/16
Climate change is a global issue and affects all of us. You most likely have read about or discussed climate concerns, but an often overlooked topic is gender and climate change. In today’s Ask an Ethicist column, our ethicist brings to light this often overlooked topic and explains why gender should be part of the climate change conversation.
Study: Heavier female hotel employees viewed warmer, more competent
1/22/16
Female hotel employees who weigh more are perceived as more competent and kinder than women who weigh less, according to results of a study by Penn State researchers. Those same perceptions also predicted more positive evaluations of the hotel.
'Real Life, I'm Transgender: The Josh Nichols Story' set for Nov. 18
11/5/15
Penn State York’s Cultural Series continues on Nov. 18 when Josh Nicholas takes to the stage at Penn State York’s Pullo Family Performing Arts Center (The Pullo Center) for “Real Life, I’m Transgender: The Josh Nicholas Story.” The event is set for 6:30 p.m. and is free and open to the public; no tickets are needed.
Circuits of Justice workshop to explore human rights and wrongs
10/30/15
Graduate students from Syracuse University and Penn State will convene Nov. 6-7 to address the nature of geographic justice at the “Circuits of Justice” workshop, hosted by the Department of Geography. The public is invited to a panel discussion and the keynote by Amy Ross, University of Georgia associate professor of geography.
Defamation the Play Trailer
9/22/15
View the trailer for "Defamation," an interactive play scheduled for 7 p.m. Oct. 8 in 112 Kern Building presented by the Schreyer Honors College.
Faculty Speakers Series to focus on gender equity
1/25/13
Clare Conry-Murray, assistant professor of psychology at Penn State Beaver, will present "Culture and Development: Effects on Reasoning about Gender Equity," from noon to 1 p.m. Feb. 27, in Room 16 of the campus Student Union Building. The program, which is free and open to the public, is the first in the Spring 2013 Faculty Speakers Series.
Highlighting gender promotes stereotyped views in preschoolers
11/16/10
Preschool teachers can inadvertently pass on lessons in stereotypes to their students when they highlight gender differences, according to Penn State psychologists. A study has found that when teachers call attention to gender, children are more likely to express stereotyped views of what activities are appropriate for boys and girls and which gender they prefer to play with, said Lynn Liben, Distinguished Professor of psychology, human development and family studies, and education, Penn State.
