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The wooden EcoCoin that patrons receive if they forego a plastic bag can be used to support a student organization of the patron's choice.

EcoCoin program expanding to commonwealth campuses

3/19/19

The success of the EcoCoin program launched at University Park in 2018 to reduce reliance on single-use plastic bags and support student organizations has led to the expansion of the program to an additional 19 commonwealth campuses.

Pennsylvania Game Commission Elk Biologist Jeremy Banfield, at left, leads Penn State DuBois Wildlife Technology students in collecting data from a sedated elk near Benezette, PA.

Wildlife honors students get hands-on experience in elk range

3/19/19

Honors students in the Penn State DuBois Wildlife Technology program had an exclusive opportunity for hands-on learning recently with members of the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s (PGC) biological staff. The PGC is currently researching reproductive trends among Pennsylvania’s elk herd in hopes of improving the overall health of the herd and increasing the population.

A group of students in a circle

Penn State Global Engagement and Leadership Experience fosters new perspectives

3/18/19

In January Penn State Global Programs held the Global Engagement and Leadership Experience (GELE) program at the Antiochian Village Conference Center in Bolivar, Pennsylvania. GELE is a program that was developed to foster and facilitate conversations in a diverse cohort of students. The program brings together domestic and international students for a weekend retreat, with multiple sessions focused on intercultural communication and global leadership.

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Red Cell Analytics Lab celebrates 10 years

3/15/19

Over the last decade, College of Information Sciences and Technology students have been analyzing emerging global security issues — such as the disappearance of Malaysian Flight 370 and the examination of the information campaign that targeted the 2016 U.S. presidential election — without ever leaving campus.

Stephen Mainzer meets with community members from Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania at a Coffee Hour hosted by the Hamer Center for Community Design.

Stuckeman-led team earns seed grant to develop solutions to river flooding

3/15/19

Lisa Iulo, associate professor of architecture and director of the Hamer Center for Community Design in the Stuckeman School, is the lead researcher on an interdisciplinary team that has received funding from Penn State to develop community-based solutions to river flooding in Pennsylvania under the University’s strategic plan seed grant program.

Running tap water

World Water Day offers time for reflection and action

3/13/19

With World Water Day coming up on March 22, it's an appropriate time for the Penn State community to reflect on its relationship to water. Even as the University remains a global leader in water research and is taking positive steps to reduce campus impacts on water, Pennsylvania as a state has the highest number of miles of impaired water bodies of any state in the nation.

Penn State Harrisburg to hold 3D printing workshop for middle school teachers

3/13/19

The Capital Area Institute for Mathematics and Science at Penn State Harrisburg will welcome sixth and seventh grade teachers from 30 public middle schools from throughout Pennsylvania to participate in a free training workshop on teaching mathematical modeling and how to use 3D printing in their lessons, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on March 22 in the Olmsted Building on campus.

Mark Scaccia looks on as Seth Caton demonstrates use of his original brace for small sidearms.

Penn State Fayette, Fay-Penn appoint manager to local startup accelerator

3/11/19

Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus has appointed a manager to implement entrepreneurial services at the Fayette LaunchBox, a local facility designed to host startup companies. Mark Scaccia, a Greensburg resident with a long track record of industrial innovation and leadership, began his role earlier this month.

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