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Jessie Demmert crop

Aspiring designer blends tech and arts interests in College of IST

7/11/19

When Jessie Demmert arrived at Penn State, she wanted not only the foundational programming knowledge to create applications and websites, but also the ability to design them in a way that was practical and pleasing to users. With help from the College of Information Sciences and Technology, she's been able to turn her passion for technology and the arts into a career as a user experience designer for Siemens PML Software.

Rabbits in Australia

Penn State professor part of team receiving United Nations Public Service Award

7/10/19

Ted Alter, professor of agricultural, environmental and regional economics in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences, is among an international group of community, industry, government and academic leaders who are being lauded for their work to help manage an invasive and destructive species in Australia.

Architectural Engineering Professor Jim Freihaut

Microgrids, major changes: Professor leading effort to redesign power grid

7/9/19

When Hurricane Sandy hit the eastern seaboard in 2012, entire city skylines went completely black with the curious exception of a few small areas still emitting light, thanks to their use of combined heat and power systems, a key component to microgrids. Jim Freihaut, professor of architectural engineering in the Penn State College of Engineering, sees these microgrids not as exceptions but as the norm of the future.

Annalyse Kehs w/Kenyan farmers

PlantVillage gives undergraduate a chance to help feed the world via technology

7/9/19

Coming from the small town of Limeport, near Allentown, a young Annalyse Kehs may not have thought much about international agriculture or feeding the world. But thanks to a project called PlantVillage, the Penn State rising senior not only is helping to address world hunger but is relishing the opportunity to travel to destinations such as Kenya and Rome to interact with farmers, researchers and policymakers.

Artichokes at Ag Progress Days High Tunnel Tour

Ag Progress Days tours showcase a variety of Penn State agricultural research

7/9/19

Visitors at Penn State's annual Ag Progress Days expo — to be held this year Aug. 13-15 — will have an opportunity to get a closer view of the agricultural and conservation-related research conducted at the Russell E. Larson Agricultural Research Center by taking free bus tours covering portions of the more than 2,000-acre facility.

Tak-Sing Wong

Professor awarded Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers

7/3/19

Tak-Sing Wong, the Wormley Early Career Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Penn State, has been named a recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers — the highest honor bestowed by the United States government to outstanding early-career scientists and engineers — by President Donald Trump.

Two children with sparklers in their hands.

The Medical Minute: Safe practices around fireworks

7/2/19

From Memorial Day through Labor Day, summer celebrations offer plenty of excuses to light up the night sky. From fireworks at wedding receptions and Independence Day celebrations to graduation bonfires and simple sparklers at weekend cookouts, Americans love playing with fire.

Katie Miller

IST alumna develops tech to help combat child abuse

7/2/19

While she was a student in the College of Information Sciences and Technology, Kathryn Bogniak Miller, a 2004 alumna, never imagined that she’d one day put her degree to use in child welfare services. But she knew she wanted to make a difference in the lives of victims of child abuse. With her background as a volunteer crisis pregnancy counselor, combined with her faith and her role as a mother, Miller decided to make a career change.

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