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A. Catharine Ross - Tokyo

Department head teaches, researches in Japan as part of Fulbright experience

4/30/18

A. Catharine Ross, professor of nutrition and physiology, and head of the Department of Nutritional Sciences, spent five months in Tokyo, Japan as a Fulbright lecturer and researcher. Ross taught an advanced nutrition course, gave lectures to graduate students on United States food policies and implications, and presented invited lectures at several universities and research institutes. She also conducted research on the traditional Japanese diet.

Penn State researcher Demian Saffer

Taking the pulse of slow earthquakes

9/1/16

Geosciences professor Demian Saffer is pushing the boundaries on how we measure a spectrum of earthquakes. He served as co-chief scientist aboard several recent international drilling missions to install earthquake monitoring equipment beneath the sea floor in Japan, and will lead a project in 2018 looking at slow earthquakes off the coast of New Zealand.

Brian Alfred animations on Japanese train

Art professor contributes artwork for Japanese high-speed train

4/14/16

Brian Alfred, assistant professor of art, has made animation works for the East Japan Railway Company), which is introducing a special Shinkansen, or high-speed railway, service this spring on the Joetsu Line that runs between Niigata Station on the coast and inland Echigo-Yuzawa Station.

P.J. Hirabayashi

P.J. Hirabayashi to share history of Japanese drumming, performance techniques

3/29/16

The College of Arts and Architecture’s Arts and Design Research Incubator (ADRI) will host North American taiko pioneer P.J. Hirabayashi, former artistic director of San Jose Taiko, at 7 p.m., Thursday, March 31, in 16 Borland Building on the University Park campus. Her presentation, titled “TaikoPeace: Tapping into Embodied Knowledge and Authentic Power Through the Japanese Drum,” is free and open to the public.

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Researcher examines the history and impacts of earthquakes in Japan

3/19/14

Historian Greg Smits' interest in earthquakes began in 2002, with a catfish. A book full of catfish, to be precise. That work has now culminated in two books released in rapid succession, the first a close look at the pivotal Ansei Edo earthquake and its enduring legacy, and the second tracing the broader history of Japanese earthquakes since the 17th century. Both volumes provide important context for the massive disaster that struck the country in March 2011, and whose impacts are still unfolding.

Engineering Library helps with nuclear crisis in Japan

5/12/11

Penn State's Engineering Library helped with the recent nuclear crisis in Japan by supplying information on the Three Mile Island (TMI-2) cleanup to U.S. engineering firms who are working with Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) and the Toshiba Corporation. The nuclear power plant accident at Three Mile Island near Harrisburg garnered world concern when it happened in 1979. Today, Penn State University Libraries houses the Three Mile Island (TMI-2) Recovery and Decontamination Collection which contains several thousand videotapes and technical reports detailing the work done during the decade-long cleanup project at the plant.

Students raise more than $14,000 for Japan relief efforts

4/18/11

Immediately following the earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan on March 11, Penn State student volunteers mobilized to raise money for those affected by the disaster. Their various efforts have collected $14,397 for the American Red Cross Japan Earthquake and Tsunmai relief fund. "I am overwhelmed by the number of people who came out to support Japan," said Rino Sato, president of the Penn State Student Red Cross Club. "This was close to the heart for people with family in Japan, but there were people who did not know anyone in Japan and still came out to help. We were very inspired by them."

An interdisciplinary discussion of the disasters in Japan

4/8/11

Five University and community organizations are joining together to sponsor a presentation that will focus on the problems and impacts of the recent events in Japan. "Disasters in Japan: A Community Discussion" will be held at 7 p.m. Monday, April 11 at Greg Sutliff Auditorium in the Lewis Katz Building on Penn State's University Park campus. A reception with refreshments and the opportunity to make donations to relief efforts in Japan opens the event at 6:30 p.m. Donations will be sent to the American Red Cross Japan Earthquake and Pacific Tsunami Relief Fund.

Blanket drive for Japan in Palmyra

4/6/11

Penn State Hershey Medical Group-Palmyra is collecting blankets to support relief efforts in Japan. New or gently used blankets will be accepted from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. April 11 to 22, in the Palmyra Building, 941 Park Drive, Palmyra, Pa. The office has teamed up with the Salvation Army to have the items shipped to those in need.

Any questions should be directed to Brenda Hartman at 717-832-1815.

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WPSU-TV to air call-in show about future of nuclear energy

3/22/11

Penn State Public Broadcasting will air a live television call-in program on WPSU-TV that will address the future of nuclear energy. It's planned for 8 p.m. Thursday, March 24. "Nuclear Energy: Lessons from Japan" will focus on the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan and a panel of Penn State experts will address public concerns about the meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant and discuss the implications for energy policy.

Penn State Global Programs supports Japan, ensures student well-being

3/18/11

The University Office of Global Programs (UOGP) expressed deep concern on behalf of the entire Penn State community for the victims of the massive earthquake in Japan and resulting tsunamis and nuclear power plant damages. UOGP is working with officials in Japan and at the University to ensure that every effort is made to provide assistance to Japanese students on campus and Penn State students studying in Japan, and to fundraising efforts to send relief to those affected by the disaster. As of March 17, all 17 Penn State students studying in Japan, or scheduled to study in Japan, have been accounted for and are either already home or making their way back to the United States.

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New book highlights challenges to Japan's educational system

1/14/10

A new book provides unique insight into the struggles that Japan has been going through to reform its educational system. Gerald LeTendre, professor of education policy studies in Penn State's College of Education, collaborated with international scholars to reveal for the international community how the Japanese understand their own education system.

Salt Talks

3/1/94

"A civilized life is impossible without salt."

—Pliny the Elder

How do we begin to capture a substance as basic to our lives and legends, as omnipresent, as simple and complex, as sustaining and lethal, prosaic, exalted, easy to overlook, and irreplaceable, as cheap, plain, powerful, savory, sharp, gritty, and pure as sodium chloride?

Sneak up behind it, maybe, and put some salt on its tail?