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Global Faculty Fellows Program seeks applicants for 2018/19

6/19/18

Penn State tenured faculty are invited to apply to the Global Faculty Fellows Program, intended to provide a greater understanding of the University’s strategic goals for internationalization and the role of Global Programs. The deadline for 2018/19 applications is Aug. 1.

Hongshen Liu, left, receives her award for Best Poster Presentation from Pierre Lucas, chair of the Glass and Optical Materials Division of The American Ceramic Society.

Liu receives Best Graduate Student Poster Presentation award

6/18/18

Hongshen Liu, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Chemical Engineering, was awarded Best Graduate Student Poster Presentation at the 2018 Glass and Optical Materials Division Meeting of the American Ceramic Society. The meeting was held May 20-24 in San Antonio, Texas.

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Students awarded for Capstone Design projects

6/18/18

Outstanding student projects were recognized during the recent Penn State Harrisburg School of Science, Engineering, and Technology Capstone Design Conference. The conference is the culmination of students’ undergraduate studies and provides the opportunity to combine classroom learning with real-life applications, as well as collaborate with industry sponsors.

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Student innovation and creativity on display at Capstone Design Conference

6/18/18

More than 60 projects in the program areas of civil engineering and structural design/construction engineering technology; electrical engineering and electrical engineering technology; computer science; and mechanical engineering and mechanical engineering technology were on display during the Penn State Harrisburg School of Science, Engineering and Technology annual Capstone Design Conference held in May.

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RSM joins College of IST's Corporate Associates Program

6/18/18

RSM US LLP, the fifth-largest accounting firm in the country, has become the latest organization to join the College of Information Sciences and Technology’s Corporate Associates Program. The program provides opportunities for organizations to engage with IST students by funding college programs and student internships.

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Werner receives Outstanding Technical Achievement award from DOTC

6/18/18

Doug Werner, John L. and Genevieve H. McCain Chair Professor of Electrical Engineering at Penn State, recently received an Outstanding Technical Achievement award from the Department of Defense Ordnance Technology Consortium (DOTC) for his project titled, “Metamaterial-Enabled Small Form-Factor Antennas for High-Power Microwave (HPM) Applications.”

Dr. Elaine Farndale and Dr. Maria Beamond from CIHRS, together with Sebastián Conde, Director of the Centre for Organizational Engineering at the University of Chile after the signing of the memorandum by the Rector of the University of Chile.

College of the Liberal Arts signs MOU with University of Chile

6/15/18

Susan Welch, dean of the Penn State College of the Liberal Arts, recently finalized a memorandum of understanding with the University of Chile to collaborate through the Center for International Human Resource Studies and the School of Labor and Employment Relations.

Scranton now offering bachelor's degree in project and supply chain management

6/15/18

Penn State Scranton will begin offering a bachelor of science degree in project and supply chain management in fall 2018, Chancellor Marwan Wafa has announced. The degree will be offered as part of a consortium with the Hazleton, Schuylkill and Wilkes-Barre campuses. The first students will be accepted into the program for a fall 2018 start, and a full complement of upper-level classes will be offered beginning in fall 2019.

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Penn State's Blue Sparrow team named Phase I winner of GoFly Prize

6/14/18

A team of Penn State aerospace engineering faculty and students is one step closer to making electric-powered human flight a reality after winning a Phase I award for the GoFly Prize, a worldwide competition to build the world’s first personal flying device.

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