The Penn State College of the Liberal Arts will significantly enhance the diversity of its faculty and strengthen its scholarly expertise in African American and African Diaspora life and culture when it welcomes nine new faculty members to its ranks on July 1.
“I want to commend President Barron for his leadership on this issue. He’s been a strong advocate for increased collaboration between business, education and government sectors, particularly to advance student entrepreneurship,” Pennsylvania Secretary of Community and Economic Development Dennis Davin said.
Penn State President Eric J. Barron wrote an op-ed article this week for the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review about the important role universities play in fostering discovery, entrepreneurship and economic development.
Penn State President Eric J. Barron will host higher education leaders from across the country next week as part of the Association of Public & Land-Grant Universities (APLU) 2019 joint summer meeting for the Commission on Economic & Community Engagement (CECE) and Council on Research (CoR).
Seven technology startups pitched their business concepts to a panel of judges, with hopes of winning a cash prize of up to $10,000 from Ben Franklin Technology Partners, on May 21 at Innovation Park in State College.
Penn State President Eric J. Barron will discuss the nearly completed renovations at Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center and highlight what’s happening there this summer during the next episode of WPSU Penn State’s “Digging Deeper” at 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. on Sunday, May 19, on WPSU-TV.
Acclaimed climate science pioneer Warren Washington made history at Penn State in 1964 by becoming the second African-American to earn a doctorate in meteorology nationwide. It’s only fitting that his name adorn a building at Penn State’s Innovation Park, the first to be named for a University innovator and pioneer.
Penn State’s community engagement efforts — including continuing education courses offered at 1,000 companies across the state, a public broadcasting network with one of the largest geographic coverage areas in the country, preservation of 86,000 miles of waterways that flow into the Chesapeake Bay, and collective student volunteer hours totaling 3.9 million hours each year— impact the lives of citizens and help to make Penn State a modern land-grant University, according to Penn State President Eric J. Barron.
With the goal of preparing scholars from underrepresented groups to succeed in graduate and professional programs, Penn State, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) partnered to develop undergraduate programs aimed at increasing retention and academic performance of historically racially underrepresented undergraduates in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields.
New members have been appointed by Penn State President Eric Barron to the President’s Commissions for Equity, in a realignment of several existing advisory groups.
On Wednesday, March 27, Penn State and State College-area leaders will facilitate “Welcoming the Other,” an event aimed at building bridges within the community, opening up dialogue around negative rhetoric and violence against immigrants and refugees, and examining the meaning of our national motto, "E pluribus unum" — From many, one.
Students and administrators from Penn State Beaver, Greater Allegheny and New Kensington traveled to the Pennsylvania Capitol for Penn State Capital Day on March 20, 2019.
Penn State President Eric J. Barron will highlight how a Penn State undergraduate center explores difficult topics through facilitated dialogue during the next episode of WPSU Penn State’s “Digging Deeper” at 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. on Sunday, March 24, on WPSU-TV.
The University community is invited to join the Penn State School of Music and the Penn State Alumni Association for the 13th annual President's Concert at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 20, at the Hershey Theatre in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
Penn State President Eric Barron addressed the Pennsylvania Senate Appropriations Committee on Tuesday, Feb. 26, highlighting the University’s economic impact on the Commonwealth and its ability to drive job creation and business growth through innovation, while also emphasizing his commitment to keeping a Penn State education accessible and affordable for the next generation of Pennsylvania’s workforce.
