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Summer academy students learn about mineral structures

Opening the STEM classroom to students with visual impairments

2/12/19

The STEM Extension Weekend at Penn State, taught by members of the Eberly College of Science, aims to show high school students who are blind or visually impaired that they can go to college for and have a career in science, even with their visual impairments.

Third-year Dickinson Law student Olivia Phillips completed an internship at the United Nations International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals in The Hague, The Netherlands, last fall as part of Dickinson Law's International Justice Program.

Law students assist with cases involving crimes against Muslims and others

2/11/19

Many lawyers dream of one day working on a high-profile international criminal case. For two Penn State Dickinson Law students, that dream became reality last fall. Third-year Dickinson Law students Malcolm McDermond and Olivia Phillips completed internships at the United Nations International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT) in The Hague, The Netherlands, as part of the Law School’s International Justice Program.

Paul Shrivastava

Insuring the future through sustainable practices today

2/11/19

With its hiring of Paul Shrivastava in spring 2017, Penn State became the first Big 10 institution to have a chief sustainability officer. Here, Shrivastava discusses the university's commitment to sustainability and some of the programs and initiatives aimed at reducing waste and using our resources wisely.

Chuck Schneider and his late wife, Enid, pictured with their children and grandchildren.

Opening doors for engineering students and the service industry

2/8/19

Penn State alumnus Charles Schneider has gifted $1 million to the Harold and Inge Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering’s Service Enterprise Engineering Initiative (SEE 360) to endow the Charles and Enid Schneider Scholarship in Service Enterprise Engineering.

Austin Yaletchko, left, and Charlie Karchner are representing Penn State Hazleton as dancers at this year's THON.

Penn State Hazleton THON dancer is a childhood cancer survivor

2/8/19

Charlie Karchner has attended THON for 16 years, and has even been on the floor of the 46-hour dance marathon. But this year will bring a whole new THON experience for him as he takes on the role of dancer. Karchner is a survivor of acute lymphoblastic leukemia, and he and his family were supported by THON while he underwent treatment.

York THON Dancers 2019

Personal experiences motivate students to put on their dancin' shoes for THON

2/8/19

Mother, uncle, friend — each of Penn State York’s THON dancers has experienced cancer though the loss of someone they knew well. Justin Neal lost his mother to cervical cancer eight years ago. Yaribeth Ocasio lost her uncle to prostate cancer, and Kelsey Haines lost a friend and former Penn State York student to leukemia. All three will represent their campus in the fight against pediatric cancer at the Penn State IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon, affectionately known as THON, Feb. 15-17 at the Bryce Jordan Center.

Scott McDonald

Grant to aid students' grasp of science behind natural disasters

2/7/19

Scott McDonald, College of Education associate professor of science education, and The Concord Consortium in Massachusetts are using a four-year, $2.8 million National Science Foundation grant to develop data visualizations and simulations that help middle-school students understand big, system-level science ideas.

bumblebee with load

Bee dispersal ability may influence conservation measures

2/7/19

The abilities of various bee species to disperse influences the pattern of their population's genetic structure, which, in turn, can constrain how they respond to environmental change, as reported by an international team of researchers.

Sophia and dairy farm worker

Undergraduate students engage with Latino farmworker community through course

2/7/19

Because of significant labor shortages, Pennsylvania's dairy farms rely on Spanish-speaking immigrants as a key source of labor. However, cultural differences and language barriers can leave employers and workers lost in translation. A new, innovative community service-learning course — "Service-Learning with Pennsylvania Farmworkers" — offered by Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences is aimed at breaking down those barriers.

A photorealistic model allows students to peer inside a partial outcrop created by structure-from-motion mapping.

Strategic Plan seed grant advancing immersive learning experiences at Penn State

2/7/19

Imagine a world where space and time do not matter, where it’s possible to witness critical events in the history of the Earth and humankind, or have a sneak peek into the future. That’s what Penn State researchers, through the help of immersive technologies such as virtual reality and investments in the University's infrastructure, are hoping to accomplish with a Penn State Strategic Plan seed grant.

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