Two graduate students in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences received Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Education and Workforce Development fellowships from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Both students are active members of the Microbiome Center in the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences.
Paul Caldwell and Thomas Hohman, recent graduates of the Penn State Smeal College of Business master's program in management and organizational leadership, returned to their former stomping grounds to recruit students who aspire to be in their position — and to reflect on the lessons learned from their time in the program.
The Penn State student chapter of the Institute for Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE) has been honored with the organization’s Gold Award for the fourth consecutive year.
UGI Utilities Inc. has made a long-term commitment to Penn State Scranton through its recent establishment of a $100,000 Open Doors Scholarship for campus students.
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.
Penn State communications undergraduate Jade Campos embraces a proactive approach for success — getting comfortable on campus by joining clubs and making connections.
Penn State student-athletes continue to raise the bar in their academic excellence and achievements, shattering two overall and two semester school records during the 2019 spring semester. Among the marks broken was a 3.17 grade-point average and 58 Nittany Lions earning a perfect 4.0 GPA during the spring semester.
Ten Penn State Lehigh Valley health policy and administration majors were involved in the top two winning projects at the recent Eastern Regional Undergraduate Research Symposium.
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.
The Penn State Smeal College of Business has named Janet Duck as its director of excellence in teaching and learning, a newly formed role to benefit Smeal’s fast-growing portfolio of professional graduate programs.
Siobhan Brooks, learning center coordinator at Penn State Greater Allegheny, received extensive training in policymaking through a fellowship program offered by The Education Policy and Leadership Center in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Katy Gerace, a doctoral student in Penn State’s College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, will be able to advance her research interests in materials science and engineering after receiving a 2019 Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation. She is one of seven EMS students and 24 Penn State students to receive the honor.
Talia Seymore, a rising senior majoring in toxicology in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences, has discovered her passion for research through the Penn State Millennium Scholars Program.
Led by 15 students who earned a perfect 4.0 grade-point average, a school-record 117 Penn State student-athletes have garnered Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Awards for the 2018-19 academic year.
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.
