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Registration open for 7th annual Child Maltreatment Conference

6/11/18

Penn State’s Child Maltreatment Solutions Network will hold their seventh annual conference, “Strengthening Child Safety and Wellbeing through Integrated Data Solutions," Sept. 27 to 28, at the Nittany Lion Inn, University Park, Pennsylvania.

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In Touch With: Jeff Fortin on Industry Partnerships

6/11/18

Jeff Fortin, director of Penn State's Office of Industrial Partnerships, speaks about the University's brand-new building at Innovation Park and how the companies that occupy it will benefit the University and the state.

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IST doctoral student earns third place in wireless innovation competition

6/11/18

Doctoral student Eric Obeysekare recently helped a team of innovators place third in Vodafone Americas Foundation’s Wireless Innovation Project. His team created a mobile application that provides simplified bookkeeping and data collection tools for financially illiterate micro-entrepreneurs.

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Penn State World Campus, Leidos launch educational partnership

6/11/18

Penn State World Campus and Leidos, a global science and technology solutions leader, have partnered to help professionals and their families advance their careers. The educational partnership will provide a 5 percent tuition reduction to more than 31,000 Leidos employees and their spouses and legal dependents.

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Analysis of post-recession job trends suggests existence of 'two Pennsylvanias'

6/11/18

An analysis of employment change in the state since 2001 suggests the existence of "two Pennsylvanias" during the period from 2001 to 2017, according to economists in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences. The newly released report shows a sharp divide between southeastern Pennsylvania, with mainly job growth, and the rest of the state, with primarily job decline.

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When the 'business of business' bleeds into politics

6/11/18

What does it mean for democracy when a company steps in where the government normally would? Forrest Briscoe, professor of management and organization in the Smeal College of Business, discusses the increasing intersections between business, government and civic life on the latest episode of the McCourtney Institute for Democracy’s Democracy Works podcast.

EMS academic and alumni leaders create Open Doors Scholarships

6/7/18

Lee and Michelle Kump have always felt compelled to help students with financial need, so when they learned about the RaiseMe program, which intersects with the University’s Open Doors Scholarship Program, they saw the perfect opportunity to make an impact. They have since done just that with a $30,000 commitment ­­to create an Open Doors Scholarship with a preference for students in RaiseMe.

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Penn State to celebrate National PSHRS Day

6/7/18

The Penn State Hotel & Restaurant Society, an affiliate program group for alumni of the Penn State School of Hospitality Management and predecessor programs, will celebrate the third annual National PSHRS Day on June 21 across the country.

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Penn State scientists spotlight spotted lanternfly research on Capitol Hill

6/6/18

As the emergence of the spotted lanternfly continues to threaten portions of Pennsylvania’s agricultural industry, two researchers in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences who are studying the invasive insects joined colleagues from more than 20 universities on Capitol Hill today (June 6) to show members of Congress and their staffs the importance of funding agricultural research.

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Entrepreneurs invited to ready their pitch for the Penn State SBDC Lenders Expo

6/6/18

Small businesses will have a one-on-one opportunity to present financing needs to funding professionals at no cost during the Penn State Small Business Development Center Lenders Expo. The expo will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tuesday, June 19, at Mountain View Country Club in Boalsburg, Pennsylvania.

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