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Professor Anne McKenna | Penn State Law

Renowned cyber, privacy law scholar joins Dickinson Law, CyberScience Institute

5/31/18

Anne Toomey McKenna will hold a joint appointment as distinguished scholar of cyber law and policy at Dickinson Law and professor in practice in the Penn State Institute for CyberScience, effective July 1. The joint appointment supports Penn State’s strategic focus on interdisciplinary scholarship in the cyber and data privacy fields.

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Rimland selected as national 2018 Librarian Recognition Award recipient

5/30/18

Emily Rimland, information literacy librarian and learning technologies coordinator at Penn State University Libraries, has been chosen by the American Library Association’s Library Instruction Round Table as the 2018 recipient of its Librarian Recognition Award. Now in its fifth year, the award recognizes an individual’s contribution to the development, advancement and support of information literacy and instruction.

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Oil and gas wastewater as dust suppressant less than ideal

5/30/18

At the least, wastewater from oil and gas drilling should be treated in a waste treatment facility before it is used on dirt roads to suppress dust or deice roads. At the best, affordable, nontoxic dust suppressants should be developed and used, according to a multidisciplinary team of researchers.

Penn State Berks Middle School Camps focus on STEAM

Penn State Berks Middle School Discovery Camps focus on STEAM

5/30/18

Penn State Berks offers a variety of STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics) related Middle School Discovery Camps in a fun and relaxed environment. The camps are for students entering fifth through eighth grades in fall 2018. Camps run from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Daniele Smith stands with parents holding Egli award

New Kensington golfer named Egli Outstanding Student-Athlete award winner

5/30/18

Being named the United States Collegiate Athletic Association's national student-athlete of the year was not the only accolade sophomore Daniele Smith received this year. Smith was recently recognized as the male recipient of the 2018 John S. Egli Outstanding Student-Athlete Award by the Penn State University Athletic Conference.

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Better biomimetic bone focus of NIH grant

5/30/18

The next generation of biomimetic orthopedic implants that incorporate citrate signaling may be possible thanks to a $1.7 million grant from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health.

Dr. Steven Schiff, right, is seen with Dr. Leslie Parent. Schiff is one of two recipients of the 2018 Outstanding Research Publication Award.

Recipients of 2018 Research Recognition Awards honored

5/30/18

Started in 2014, the Research Recognition Awards honor the outstanding research achievements of Penn State College of Medicine and Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center investigators who have distinguished themselves in several areas of research.

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