Penn State New Kensington contributed more than $28 million to the Pennsylvania economy in fiscal year 2017, and supported, directly and indirectly, 396 Pennsylvania jobs, according to a new study.
From the days trees stretched from one end of the state to the other, to the rise of awareness of our impact on the environment and the beginnings of Earth Day, Brian Black works to explore and preserve Pennsylvania's environmental history.
Penn State University Libraries and Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center will present “Into the Woods: Living with Pennsylvania’s Venomous Snakes,” a talk exploring the snake’s role in American culture and, given how essential snakes are to local ecosystems, measures people can take to ensure a harmonious coexistence. A docent tour of the University Libraries exhibit “Into the Woods: Nature in Your Library” will follow.
In an effort to draw attention to the wide range of issues that impact rural health, Gov. Tom Wolf has declared Nov. 12-16 as Rural Health in Pennsylvania week at the request of the Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health and the Pennsylvania Rural Health Association.
Penn State Harrisburg is among eight universities to receive state funding to develop and implement year-long undergraduate residency programs for teachers. The initiative is a part of Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf’s commitment to increase and retain the number of qualified teachers serving the state’s public schools.
The Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State has announced the opening of two fall exhibitions, "Object Lessons: American Still-Life Painting in the Nineteenth Century," and "Instinctive Gestures: Recent Gifts from the Fishman-MacElderry Collection".
Lynn Parker Klees, assistant teaching professor in the Department of Nutritional Sciences, has been selected as the recipient of the 2018 Pennsylvania Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics' Outstanding Dietetic Educator of the Year award.
The Penn State University Libraries and the Pennsylvania Center for the Book have announced the 2018 Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award, presented annually to an American poet or anthologist for the most outstanding new book of poetry for children published in the previous calendar year. This year’s winner is "One Last Word: Wisdom from the Harlem Renaissance," written by Nikki Grimes.
The addition of a nature-like fish passage to a Susquehanna River dam in Pennsylvania should allow migrating fish to more easily reach spawning grounds, according to Penn State researchers.
Penn State recently hosted Pennsylvania’s first Deaf and Hard of Hearing Summer Academy, which is designed to prepare deaf, hard of hearing or deaf-blind high school students for their transition to higher education.
Given Pennsylvania’s abundant natural resources, it’s no surprise that the Commonwealth has become a mecca for hydraulic fracturing. Researchers, however, have recently discovered that releasing millions of gallons of treated hydraulic fracturing wastewater each year into area surface waters may have longer-lasting effects than originally thought.
Undergraduate students representing seven of Penn State’s campuses will present their research to legislators at the 15th annual Undergraduate Research at the Capitol – Pennsylvania (URC-PA) conference, taking place at the Capitol Complex in Harrisburg on April 25.
Penn State kinesiology students conducted a project to learn how social norms, health issues and resources can affect a city's physical activity and overall health. While there is no single prescription to find a balance, the students used the American Fitness Index to create action plans for seven Pennsylvania cities, including Allentown, Scranton, State College, Reading, York, Erie and Lancaster, to start bridging the gap.
Penn State researchers assessed the effects of changing climate conditions on agriculture, tourism, infrastructure, water resources, forestry, energy and human health in the 2015 Pennsylvania Climate Impact Assessment Update. Researchers also made recommendations to help Pennsylvanians prepare and respond.
An online system created by Penn State Extension dubbed PAOneStop will help Pennsylvania farmers map fields and reduce soil erosion.
