Mackinly “Mack” Adams hasn’t been in a real classroom since the fourth grade. The Arnold, Pennsylvania, native was diagnosed with a rare form of actinic prurigo, a disease that causes severe reactions to sunlight and ultraviolet (UV) light.
Mackinly Adams suffers from actinic prurigo and hasn't been in a conventional school setting since the fourth grade. Penn State New Kensington has helped make his dream of having a full college experience a reality.
Penn State New Kensington students, faculty and staff completed seven community service projects in six days during the campus' Week of Service in September.
How do you take an idea and make it a reality? That’s just one question that will be answered through a free, four-session workshop planned at Penn State New Kensington’s innovation hub, The Corner, throughout October.
Tammy, New Kensington’s robot, and Jarvis, Greater Allegheny’s robot, help students in biobehavioral health program at the two campuses interact and collaborate.
Students and faculty in the shared biobehavioral health (BBH) program at Penn State New Kensington and Penn State Greater Allegheny are now able to shorten the distance between campuses thanks to modern technology.
The Penn State New Kensington Homework Hotline opens for its 2018-2019 year Sept. 17. The Homework Hotline is modeled after the successful program Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (Indiana) implemented nearly 25 years ago.
Penn State New Kensington, with the help of the West Penn Power Sustainable Energy Fund, will host the reNew Kensington Community Workshop on Sept. 27. The workshop will serve as a starting point for a community-driven planning process related to how sustainability can be implemented in New Kensington.
