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Osama Awadelkarim

Nanotechnology center to help broaden participation of minorities in STEM fields

12/2/18

With $1.2 million in funding from the National Science Foundation, the Penn State Center for Nanotechnology Education and Utilization, along with Norfolk State University and Tidewater Community College, will form the Southeastern Coalition for Engagement and Exchange in Nanotechnology Education to broaden participation of underrepresented minority students in STEM.

Field of corn next to the field's drainage system ditch

First-year students develop solutions that will clean up vital watersheds

11/30/18

To help address the damage caused by agricultural discharge, first-year engineering students at Penn State have been tasked with designing an agricultural drainage system to filter out contaminants from storm water runoff before it travels to a waterway. The project is supported by Imerys, a world leader in mineral-based specialties for industry.

Forestry Students Experience "Big Tree Climb"

Penn State Mont Alto forestry students climb 145-foot yellow poplar

11/30/18

On Nov. 28, Penn State Mont Alto forestry students climbed a 145-foot yellow poplar on the Penn State Mont Alto campus in Forest Technology Instructor Craig Houghton’s arboriculture class. “The big tree climb culminates 15 weeks of students learning to safely and efficiently climb trees so they can properly care for them,” said Houghton.

Dickinson Law Professor Dermot Groome

Dickinson Law professor appears in international documentary

11/29/18

It took more than five years after Ratko Mladic’s arrest for a judgment to be entered in the case of The Prosecutor v. Ratko Mladic, a case led by Dickinson Law Professor of Law Dermot Groome at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague. A former senior trial attorney at the Office of the Prosecutor for ICTY, Groome led the prosecution against Mladic as well as other notable ICTY cases, including the Bosnia indictment against Slobodan Milosevic.

'Ask the Experts' addresses the opioid epidemic on cesarean sections

11/29/18

This episode in the “Ask the Experts” series features Danielle Symons Downs, professor of kinesiology and obstetrics and gynecology, associate director of the Social Science Research Institute at Penn State discussing her research on the links between cesarean section deliveries and opioid prescribing after birth.

Minorities and Deviance

Penn State Hazleton professor publishes book examining stress and deviance

11/29/18

Pamela Black, associate professor of criminal justice at Penn State Hazleton, has released a new book titled “Minorities and Deviance: Coping Strategies of the Power Poor,” examining the relationship between stress and deviance. The book looks at the role that stress can play in addiction, obsession and self-harm.

Fuqing Zhang

Penn State's Fuqing Zhang elected Fellow of American Geophysical Union

11/29/18

Professor Fuqing Zhang in Penn State’s College of Earth and Mineral Sciences has been elected as a 2018 Fellow of the American Geophysical Union. Fellows are selected based on their exemplary leadership abilities and research contributions in the Earth and space fields.

Keefe Manning, professor of biomedical engineering, (center) receives the Most Cited Article Award from Ajit Yoganathan, editor of the journal Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology, (left) and Steven Day, chair, biomedical engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology.

Biomedical engineering professor receives Most Cited Article award

11/29/18

A biomedical engineering faculty member was one of a group of authors from various academic institutions and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration who received the 2018 Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology journal's Most Cited Article Award at this year’s Biomedical Engineering Society annual meeting.

Tara Murray

Murray elected to serve as 2020 president of Special Libraries Association

11/28/18

Tara Murray, librarian for Germanic and Slavic languages and literatures at Penn State University Libraries, has been named president-elect of the Special Libraries Association, a nonprofit global organization for information professionals serving in business, government, academic and other specialized settings.

PSCM Degree

Penn State York to offer Project and Supply Chain Management

11/28/18

Penn State York is set to offer a new four-year degree, the bachelor of science in project and supply chain management, beginning in fall 2019. This degree can be completed at the York campus, and brings the total number of four-year degrees available at the campus to 11.

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