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Liberal Arts alumna Lori Feathers will speak from 4:30-5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 22, in 124 Sparks Building at University Park. Feathers’ talk will explore her trajectory over two very different career paths and examine how a background in languages and literature informed those paths. She also will discuss the different projects she is currently working on.
Penn State students spent four weeks exploring Spanish art, history, language and literature through a faculty-led education abroad program in Cádiz, Spain.
Penn State Sustainability is kicking off its 2026-27 public programming season on Sept. 23. This year’s theme, “Seeing the Human Scale,” invites students, faculty, staff, alumni and community members to recognize and reconnect with the people behind some of the most pressing issues of the day — and their solutions.
Fourth-year student Odessa Dando combines classroom and extracurricular experiences to help guide her future career plans in government affairs.
The reading, which is free and open to the public, will take place at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 10, in Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library, at Penn State University Park.
Penn State was selected as the new campus host of Imagining America, a national consortium that connects scholars, artists and designers to promote public scholarship, humanities and the arts in higher education. As host, Penn State will collaborate with Imagining America in its ongoing efforts to build connected, informed and equitable communities, while expanding understanding of how art, design and the humanities impact health and wellbeing.
Consistent heel-to-toe steps are more unique to humans than previously thought and allowed early humans to walk farther more efficiently, but at the cost of higher impact forces on bones and joints, according to a new study led by a Penn State anthropologist.
Thanks to Penn State’s Kleppinger Internship Program, Alexa Pippy spent her summer getting an up-close view of state government, attending meetings with legislators and gathering insights from community members to help steer public policy.
From mid-September through the end of October, Penn State units at campuses across the commonwealth will hold events in honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month, celebrated annually from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15. The unifying theme for this year is “La unidad es nuestra fuerza” — “Unity Is Our Strength.”
Ten graduate students from universities across the country recently came to Penn State to participate in the Mixed Methods Summer Intensive for Practice-Based Researchers program led by Ray Block Jr., Brown-McCourtney Career Development Professor in the McCourtney Institute for Democracy and professor of political science and of African American studies.
The J. Jeffrey and Ann Marie Fox Graduate School has appointed eight faculty members to serve as graduate student ombudspersons, expanding the formerly two-volunteer Ombudsperson Program.
Chapel Intern Alivia Reid-Pitta gained firsthand experience in government affairs while discovering how advocacy, communications and relationship building can shape a career in public policy.
Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) at Penn State College of Medicine recently received a seven-year, $28.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences. The funding will help the institute pioneer scalable models to solve health challenges in rural areas and turn medical discoveries into real-world treatments, according to Jennifer Kraschnewski, who directs CTSI.
Penn State student Jake Pausley put his economics coursework to work as a sales and trading summer analyst with Citi in New York City, an experience that led to a full-time offer with the company.
Liberal Arts student Osakiodeme Ikhinmwin spent the summer interning at Aramco Americas in Houston as part of the Chapel Executive Internship Program.
Penn State College of the Liberal Arts and Schreyer Honors College alumnus J.B. Branch reflects on his journey from Penn State to AI governance, the experiences that shaped his career, and what he’s learned along the way.
