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As part of our regular “We Are!” feature, we recognize 22 Penn Staters who have gone above and beyond what’s asked of them in their work at the University.
Gabeba Baderoon, associate professor of women’s, gender, and sexuality studies, African studies and comparative literature at Penn State, was recently awarded an honorary doctorate from South Africa’s Nelson Mandela University.
Greg Eghigian, professor of history and bioethics at Penn State, unpacked the release of the Pentagon’s new UFO files in the age of drones and artificial intelligence.
Payton Smith will travel to Senegal to immerse herself in the French language and culture of the region with the support of a Boren Fellowship.
A group of School of Public Policy students attended the recent Association for Pennsylvania Municipal Management Annual Conference in Pittsburgh with support from Penn State Outreach.
As part of our regular “We Are!” feature, we recognize 20 Penn Staters who have gone above and beyond what’s asked of them in their work at the University.
The Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) Department Executive Officers program has gained five additional fellows from the Penn State ranks. The BTAA is the academic consortium of the Big Ten universities and the United States’ pre-eminent model for effective collaboration among research universities.
A triple major, veteran and emergency medical technician, Penn State adult learner Mary Tonge balances academics with helping her community, all while staying active on campus.
The Penn State College of Education recently hosted the second annual Student Success Unconference, co-sponsored by the College of Education’s Journey Success Center and the Chaiken Center for Student Success in the College of the Liberal Arts. The event, which aims to share insight and knowledge among student success professionals, was fully hybrid this year in order to wholly include those from Penn State campuses who serve undergraduate students throughout Pennsylvania.
Christina Hughes graduated from Penn State earlier this month with a degree in criminology and three minors. She will earn her master’s degree in homeland security from the University this fall.
A new biography of English author Emily Brontë, written by Penn State Professor of English Deborah Lutz, draws on formerly inaccessible notebooks and manuscripts to shed new light on the “Wuthering Heights” author’s life.
As president of Queer and Trans People of Color and event planner for the group Association for Transgender Experience in Research, Penn State student Zach Hamer-Lang has spent four years building inclusive spaces on campus, guided by the belief that history is as much about the present as it is the past.
As toddlers age into the preschool years, their dependency on their parents usually begins to ebb. However, a new study led by Penn State researchers has revealed that physically or psychologically aggressive parenting, such as spanking or shouting, can disrupt this pattern to the detriment of both child and mother, with the child requiring more external regulation, rather than less, as they age.
Max Lustig, a recent Penn State graduate, built a dynamic college experience through extensive campus involvement, academic mentorship and hands-on internships that set him up for a future legal career.
As part of our regular “We Are!” feature, we recognize 22 Penn Staters who have gone above and beyond what’s asked of them in their work at the University.
Joshua Reiff, an anthropology major with minors in history, in classics and ancient Mediterranean studies and in Jewish studies, spent a semester overseeing the archival processing of the Kehillat Israel Synagogue records donated by Janice and Jerry Malett.
