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Scott Pezanowski

IST doctoral student receives NASA Space Grant Graduate Fellowship

5/21/18

Scott Pezanowski, a doctoral candidate in the College of Information Sciences and Technology, has received the NASA Space Grant Graduate Fellowship given by the Pennsylvania Space Grant Consortium for 2018-2019. The mission of the program is to expand opportunities for Pennsylvanians to learn about and participate in NASA’s aeronautics and space programs by supporting and enhancing science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education, research and outreach programs.

Azeta Hatef

Doctoral candidate studies how media shocks culture

5/16/18

Penn State doctoral candidate Azeta Hatef spent a month in Afghanistan's capital of Kabul to examine how its people transitioned both culturally and socially from the dramatic change from a five-year media blackout to the ban lifting in 2001. Specifically, she studied the relationship between media and the changing beauty industry through interviews with consumers of cosmetic surgery.

Fourteen graduate students receive the Alumni Association Dissertation Award

4/27/18

Fourteen graduate students received the Penn State Alumni Association Dissertation Award and Distinguished Doctoral Scholar Medal in recognition of their outstanding professional accomplishments and achievements in scholarly research in any of the disciplinary areas of arts and humanities; social sciences; physical and computational sciences; life and health sciences; and engineering.

cocoa beans in hands

Cocoa bean roasting can preserve both chocolate health benefits, taste

4/4/18

Manipulating the temperature and the length of time under which cocoa beans are roasted can simultaneously preserve and even boost the potency of some bioactive and antioxidant compounds while protecting desired sensory aspects of chocolate, according to Penn State researchers.

FAQs now available from Town Hall on graduate student unionization

3/30/18

To continue to provide students with accurate information, answers to commonly asked questions submitted during a recent Town Hall on graduate student unionization are now available online. Penn State Provost Nick Jones and Dean of the Graduate School Regina Vasilatos-Younken hosted the event to answer questions on potential unionization and the upcoming election, which will take place over six days in April at various campus locations.

March 13 Town Hall now available to view online

3/16/18

The Penn State Town Hall that took place on March 13 is now archived and available to watch online. At the event, Penn State Provost Nick Jones and Dean of the Graduate School Regina Vasilatos-Younken answered questions submitted by students on the topic of graduate student unionization.

Graduate student voter information to be disclosed by PLRB order

3/15/18

In advance of the upcoming election to determine if Penn State graduate assistants and trainees wish to be represented by a union, the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board (PLRB) issued a subpoena to the University for a list of the names, home addresses and University email addresses of eligible graduate students.

Town Hall meeting

Town Hall covers range of graduate student unionization topics

3/13/18

Stipends and benefits, the upcoming union representation election, voting and research were among the topics covered during a Town Hall with Penn State leaders on March 13 that focused on graduate student unionization. The event, hosted by Provost Nick Jones and Dean of the Graduate School Regina Vasilatos-Younken, took place at University Park campus and was livestreamed for community members at all Penn State campuses to view.

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