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Tourism, Health, Wellbeing and Protected Areas book cover

Faculty edit, contribute to book on tourism, health and protected lands

6/20/18

Penn State faculty members edited and contributed to the newly published book, “Tourism, Health, Wellbeing and Protected Areas,” which focuses on global evidence that shows parks and other protected areas contribute to a healthy society and therefore increases the importance of cultural and nature-based tourism.

A college professor stands at a chalkboard.

Behrend professor completes 10-week NASA fellowship

6/20/18

Charlotte Marr de Vries, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Penn State Behrend, completed a 10-week faculty fellowship at NASA's George C. Marshall Space Flight Center. She worked with a team that studied water and air systems for a proposed space flight to Mars.

Instructor in Engineering Stephen Feldbauer, seated, and student Kyle Bear.

Engineering student's research garners international attention

6/19/18

For the second time during his student career in the Penn State DuBois Engineering program, Kyle Bear has had a research article published in a top industry magazine. Having heard of Bear's research in powder metal production processes, editors from "Thermal Processing" reached out to Bear and asked if he could pen an article for them with updates on his progress. His initial article appeared in the American Welding Society's Welding Journal in May of 2017.

Doug Werner

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.”

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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.

Penn State Smeal announces promotions in academic rank

6/14/18

Eight members of the Penn State Smeal College of Business faculty, which ranks among the best in the world for research productivity, have received promotions for the 2017-18 academic year that will take effect on July 1.

Penny Kris-Etherton

Nutritional sciences faculty member recognized for outstanding mentorship

6/12/18

Penny Kris-Etherton, distinguished professor of nutrition at Penn State, is the recipient of the 2018 Dannon Institute Mentorship Award from the American Society for Nutrition and its foundation. This award is given for outstanding mentorship in the development of successful nutritional science investigators.

Keith Benson

Penn Staters lead, attend 2018 AUPHA Annual Meeting

6/12/18

Penn State alumnus Keith Benson is wrapping up his year as board chair of the Association of University Programs in Health Administration as the organization holds its 2018 Annual Meeting in Philadelphia.

Around the college

Around the College: June 6, 2018

6/6/18

Students, staff and faculty members from Penn State's College of Education share recent research and career achievements.

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