Twelve Penn State Shenango students and two staff members who traveled to Belize in March will share their stories and pictures during an alternative spring break presentation at 12:15 p.m. on Wednesday, April 17, in the campus Forker Lab Forum. The community is invited to attend and learn how this annual trip impacted their lives, as well as the lives of the community they served.
Responding to the chemical dependency crisis, Pennsylvania College of Technology is offering an online credential that will educate and empower professionals to make transformative change in their workplaces and communities.
The Penn State Waste Stream Task Force invites members of the Penn State community to a community discussion on April 16, at which the task force will present a draft of its waste stream report and answer questions from the community. The report was made available online on April 10.
Penn State Berks students will turn Opportunity House into a five-star restaurant on the evening of Wednesday, April 10. The theme will be the Penn State “Loving Lion” and clients will enjoy a three-course meal and an evening to remember.
Diversity, inclusion and social justice all have an articulated importance in the Penn State College of Education. That is increasingly evident through the actions of the college's faculty, staff and students, who are working hard to bring about social change and realize more student success in diverse populations. The most recent example of this commitment is the Prison Education and Reentry Summit, held March 29-30 on the University Park campus.
Compounds produced by sorghum plants to defend against insect feeding could be isolated, synthesized and used as a targeted, nontoxic insect deterrent, according to researchers who studied plant-insect interactions that included field, greenhouse and laboratory components.
According to Forbes, the majority of jobs in the technology industry are held by white men and technology education is not accessible to members of many minority communities. Kathyleen O'Leary is working to change that.
A new composition of germanosilicate glass created by adding zinc oxide has properties good for lens applications, according to Penn State researchers. This marks the discovery of a novel glass family.
Penn State’s Consortium to Combat Substance Abuse recently announced the first three recipients of its Community Fellows Program awards, designed to provide release time for faculty members to develop community collaborations and build sustainable, evidence-based or evidence-informed programs, policies and practices that can effectively address substance use and related issues within a targeted community in Pennsylvania.
Ryan Smith provides financial assistance to families who struggle after premature births. "I never want someone to miss out on seeing their child in the NICU because he or she has to work," he said.
The new Solar Power Purchasing Agreement in partnership with Lightsource BP, announced by Penn State in February, has benefits beyond renewable energy. A national model, the agreement was designed from the start to extend its sustainability impacts to protection of the local landscape and encouraging student and faculty research.
More than 480 Pennsylvania jobs can be attributed to Penn State Lehigh Valley, study finds
Improving food safety knowledge and practices in Africa is the focus of research conducted by Catherine Cutter, professor of food science in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences.
During spring break this year, 17 Penn State students traveled to Peru for an “unforgettable” immersive educational trip led by Ambassador Dennis Jett, professor of international affairs with the Penn State School of International Affairs.
Next week, Penn State will host the annual conference of the Pennsylvania Environmental Resource Consortium (PERC), a gathering of more than 70 colleges and universities from across the state. The goal of this year's conference is to develop a unified plan for how higher education in Pennsylvania can address the United Nations' 17 global Sustainable Development Goals.
