Penn State alumna Jodi Fleming has made a career out of making sure critical data doesn’t fall into the wrong hands. As the principle cybersecurity engineer for the 59th Test and Evaluation Squadron at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada, Fleming is responsible for the security of the software, hardware and network systems in her assigned network enclave with the U.S. Air Force.
The Penn State School of International Affairs last month celebrated the 10th anniversary of its first graduating class with an alumni reunion in Washington, D.C. The event kicked off SIA’s new strategic focus to make Washington the center of its alumni activities.
Shawn Murdzek, a graduate student studying meteorology and atmospheric science in Penn State’s College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, received a 2019 Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation. He is one of seven EMS students and 24 Penn State students to receive the honor.
It was through the Boy Scouts of America that Josh Kirby found education, and the Penn State assistant professor of education remains devoted to making things better for others in both of those fundamentally vital facets of his life.
A plastic bottle becomes a jacket, an aluminum can a bicycle. When consumers are reminded of the products that their recyclables can be turned into, they are more likely to recycle, according to researchers.
Dana Aunkst, armed with his Penn State chemical engineering degree, has taken on the biggest challenge of his career so far: restoration of the Chesapeake Bay.
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, 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.
More than a dozen Penn State students had a unique opportunity during a visit to Washington, D.C., this past spring to learn about current issues in international agriculture from those working in the sector.
Successful research methods regarding immigration and migrant populations was the focus of the 2019 Summer Institute on Migration Research Methods, held recently at Penn State’s University Park campus.
Penn State World Campus graduate students in the Rural/Regional Geodesign Challenges studio course were asked to apply their knowledge to help develop a large-scale recovery, restoration and sustainability plan for one of the most iconic and revered sites in the United States, Yellowstone National Park.
A team of former Penn State students has created Beemia, an app that is a platform for what they call "a community-fed information network."
Penn State is part of a $4 million multi-institution grant aimed at identifying innovative solutions for societal, scientific and industry challenges through strategic data science partnerships. As part of the Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub, Penn State will continue to collaborate on big data projects that are too large and complex for individual organizations to manage independently.
Despite increasing polarization, people across the political spectrum appear to be largely united on what it means to be patriotic, according to new findings from the McCourtney Institute for Democracy’s Mood of the Nation Poll.
A design by Penn State architecture student Nicholas Fudali has been selected to become the look of the new East Coast Music Hall of Fame Museum in Wildwood, New Jersey.
