This year's annual research fair event takes on a new dimension with the addition of an Art and Creative Exhibition, and a new name: The Undergraduate Research Fair and Exhibition. It takes place from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday, April 4, and all are invited to attend.
Penn State Harrisburg will host Diane Ravitch, New York Times-bestselling author of “Reign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America’s Public Schools,” to discuss her book and issues related to the privatization of public schools, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 25, in the Student Enrichment Center Mukund S. Kulkarni Theatre.
On April 4 at Pegula Ice Arena, Penn State Startup Week culminated with a celebration of student entrepreneurs and innovators in technology, health, the arts, education, sustainability and global impact.
The Arts and Design Research Incubator (ADRI) is hosting a one-day symposium on Friday, April 26 to showcase advances and inspire cross-pollination between art and health.
Zhijian ‘James’ Chen, director of the Inflammation Research Center and George L. MacGregor Distinguished Chair in Biomedical Science at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, will present the 2018/2019 Robert W. Stone Memorial Lecture on Tuesday, April 30, on the Penn State University Park campus.
Penn State alumnus Andrew Ott, the chief executive officer and president of PJM Interconnection LLC, the largest power grid in North America, will be a keynote speaker at the 2019 Energy Days conference on May 29.
Seventy-two Penn State Mont Alto students displayed and presented their best academic and artistic work on April 12, during the 14th annual Penn State Mont Alto Academic Festival. Innovative research-based posters, informational exhibits, and oral presentations were presented in the Multipurpose Activities Center, while student artwork was on display in the library.
Susan M. Gasser, director of the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research and professor of molecular biology at the University of Basel in Basel, Switzerland, will present the Russell Marker Lectures in Genetic Engineering on April 22 and 23 at the Penn State University Park campus.
Penn State Harrisburg's Office of Research and Outreach will hold its annual Research Week April 15 through 19. The event celebrates the creative and scholarly accomplishments of faculty and students.
Energy Days, a two-day conference that brings together the energy expertise of Penn State with those working in and with the energy industry, will occur May 29–30 at the Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center. The conference is open to the public and is free for Penn State students, faculty and staff.
As part of Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Science, Engineering, and Technology Lecture Series, Gerald E. Galloway, retired brigadier general in the U.S. Army, will present “Dealing with the Growing Consequences of Urban Flooding: Floodplain and Stormwater Management in the Face of Climate Change, Aging Infrastructure, Lack of Funding and Apathy” from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 16.
Penn State DuBois library assistant Barb Kopshina will present an informational program on genealogy research in conjunction with the DuBois Historical Society. This event is free and open to the public. The program is planned for 2 p.m. on Thursday, April 18, at the DuBois Historical Society, 30 West Long Ave., in DuBois.
Organized by Cristin Millett, professor of art in the Penn State School of Visual Arts, the one-day symposium will bring to light the ways in which artists of all genres, along with practitioners, educators, researchers and others in the fields of health and medicine, are joining forces to explore and envision new approaches to pervasive questions in these fields.
More than 50 student research projects presented at the 17th Annual Research and Creative Exposition at Penn State New Kensington.
Penn State Hazleton has announced the winners of its annual Undergraduate Research Fair. Students created projects in the humanities and social sciences (including behavioral sciences, business studies and economics) and STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) disciplines under the guidance of faculty members at Penn State Hazleton.
Stuckeman School faculty within the Department of Architecture are hosting Dana Cupkova, assistant professor at the Carnegie Mellon School of Architecture and co-founder/design principal of EPIPHYTE Lab, as a keynote speaker on April 18 in the South Forum of the Stuckeman Family Building at University Park.
