Jess Sourbeer, of Pittsburgh, has found her niche in forestry through internships at both Penn State Extension and Architect of the Capitol, the federal agency in charge of maintaining Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.
Curious and well-prepared, Penn State student Anthony Colucci combined his skills and explored challenges during his internship with IBM.
Jessica Gorgas has been selected as the Penn State College of Education's student marshal for the summer 2019 commencement ceremony, scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Aug. 10 at the Bryce Jordan Center on the University Park campus.
College of Information Sciences and Technology student Amir Thorpe has found self-confidence through his dream internship this summer with the NBA. A senior majoring in security and risk analysis, Thorpe applied for the internship on a whim, because of his love of sports and basketball.
Flores is the first Berks student to be awarded and to take part in the Cultural Vistas Fellowship, a fully-funded summer internship program specifically designed for students for whom such international opportunities might otherwise be out of reach.
Amanda Mahon has been selected as the College of Information Sciences and Technology student marshal for the summer 2019 commencement ceremony. Mahon, a Reading, Pennsylvania native, is graduating Cum Laude with three degrees: a B.S. in Information Sciences and Technology (IST), a B.S. in Security and Risk Analysis, and an M.S. in IST, through the college’s integrated undergraduate-graduate program.
Samantha Scherrer will serve as the student marshal for the College of the Liberal Arts during summer commencement exercises on Aug. 10. A Paterno Fellow and Schreyer Scholar, Scherrer will graduate with bachelor of science degrees in economics and marketing and a minor in English.
Hester Blum captured these photos while aboard the icebreaker Oden for the Northwest Passage Project, tracking climate change in the Arctic Ocean.
Medha D. Makhlouf, assistant professor of law and founding director of the Medical-Legal Partnership Clinic at Penn State’s Dickinson Law, received a joint appointment as assistant professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences at Penn State College of Medicine — part of central Pennsylvania’s only academic medical center that also includes Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Penn State Children’s Hospital, and Penn State Medical Group.
From the top of Penn State's indoor rock climbing wall, climbers can enjoy views of Beaver Stadium, Rothrock State Forest and even a sunset over Happy Valley. From the ground, Colin Geary and Nelson DiBiase, biorenewable systems majors in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences, saw something different: a sport inspired by nature, using a wall’s worth of plastic.
Muzi Na, assistant professor of nutritional sciences, has been named the Broadhurst Career Development Professor for the Study of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, which will further fund her research on the links between food security and non-health effects.
Stephen Kodish, assistant professor of biobehavioral health and nutritional sciences, has been named the Ann Atherton Hertzler Early Career Professor in Nutrition, which will support his global research agenda focused on the social and behavioral dimensions of public health nutrition.
Asher Rosinger, assistant professor of biobehavioral health and anthropology and director of the Water, Health, and Nutrition Lab, has been named the Ann Atherton Hertzler Early Career Professor in Global Health, further funding his research on water insecurity and associated behavioral and nutritional effects.
Douglas Werner, John L. and Genevieve H. McCain Chair Professor of Electrical Engineering, was recently presented with the 2019 Chen-To Tai Distinguished Educator Award by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Antennas and Propagation Society.
Karen A. Thole, distinguished professor and head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Penn State, has been awarded the 2019 Air Breathing Propulsion Award from the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
