Bob Buckhorn, a 1980 political science alumnus, recently finished his second term as mayor of Tampa, Florida. Buckhorn attributes his strong intellectual foundation to both his parents and Penn State. Specifically, Buckhorn notes graduating with close friends and an education, but says that the ethos he learned at Penn State is one of his most valuable skills.
When a proposed policy has the backing of scientific evidence, it may boost the likelihood that activists will get involved with the issue. However, references to scientific evidence seem to dampen the activism of scientific experts, according to researchers.
Nearly 60 high school students from five school districts attended the second-annual High School Model United Nations Conference, held Friday, April 12, at Penn State Behrend. The event was sponsored by the college’s Model UN Club.
Research Unplugged, the popular series of stimulating conversations with Penn State researchers, returns to Schlow Centre Region Library in April for its spring 2019 talks.
Lee Ann Banaszak, professor and head of the Penn State Department of Political Science, is one of two educational representatives recently appointed by Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf to serve on an independent commission studying redistricting reform.
Using more than 100 years of public policy data to pinpoint patterns between any states adopting similar policies, Bruce Desmarais, associate professor of political science and an Institute for CyberScience co-hired faculty member, found that sizable states, such as California, New York or Florida with the income to invest in creating full-time legislative positions, are generally the starting points for any new legislation today.
Through a unique division within Penn State University Police, students support police officers with various security and traffic control efforts while gaining important experience that prepares them for their career goals. Student auxiliary officers are employed by University Police at Penn State University Park and Altoona campuses.
A National Science Foundation-funded Penn State project will evaluate the accuracy of using Twitter data to represent populations across different demographic groups.
Dictatorships, especially ones that are led by a sole dictator, may seem like risky places for investments. But, sole dictatorships — or personalist dictators — receive significantly more foreign investments in certain industries than other political regimes. Penn State researchers say that the ability to monopolize markets may make companies believe their investments are worth the risks. They also suggest that bribes and gifts are likely involved in establishing those political relationships.
When Stephen Cimbala arrived at Penn State’s University Park campus as a student in 1961, he had a simple plan: get a degree in journalism and go into the workforce. However, a general education course in political science introduced Cimbala to the field that would become the focus of his life’s work and led him to Penn State Brandywine, where he has now served for 45 years.
More than 65 students from five high schools attended the inaugural High School Model United Nations Conference last week at Penn State Behrend. The conference was sponsored by Penn State Behrend’s degree program in political science as well as the college’s Model United Nations club.
Alyssa Gill, a 2015 political science alumna, was the first Penn Stater to join the Venture for America (VFA) Fellowship program. VFA is an organization that seeks to revitalize American cities and communities by developing the next generation of socially responsible entrepreneurs. Gill knew the VFA Fellowship was the perfect fit for her because of her coursework and internship experiences while a student in the College of the Liberal Arts and the interdisciplinary Humanitarian Engineering & Social Entrepreneurship program.
What if you could predict when a civil war would break out in a country? Or, what if there was a way to reverse the nerve damage associated with traumatic brain injury? Two graduate students at Penn State are doing extraordinary research to solve these problems that impact our global society.
Matt Golder and Sona N. Golder, both associate professors of political science at Penn State, along with William Roberts Clark of Texas A&M University, received the Brian Barry Prize in Political Science from the British Academy for the Humanities and Social Sciences for their study, "An Exit, Voice, and Loyalty Model of Politics."
State Rep. Paul Schemel will host a town hall meeting at Penn State Mont Alto during which Nicholas Pyeatt, Penn State Altoona associate professor of political science, will speak on the topic of the United States Electoral College and presidential elections. The public is encouraged to attend the free event, which will take place at 7 p.m. Oct. 20 in the General Studies Auditorium
