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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.
Penn State students spent six weeks immersing themselves in Italian language, culture and traditions during the faculty-led program in Todi, which celebrated its 40th anniversary this year.
The Social Science Research Institute’s Community-Engaged Research, Action, and Partnership unit recently hosted their first Summer Institute to provide an inclusive space for community members and academic researchers to develop knowledge and skills on community-engaged research methods, partnerships and practice.
During a three-week faculty-led program, students attended lectures, met with advocacy organizations, designed research projects and explored South African culture.
In a Q&A, Penn State Center for Black Digital Research Co-Director P. Gabrielle Foreman discussed the work of the Colored Conventions Project and the conventions being cited in the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent birthright citizenship ruling.
The Penn State AI Hub, a research hub housed under the Institute for Computational and Data Sciences, has awarded 14 students, faculty and alumni with 2026 Artificial Intelligence Awards for their AI-related research projects, dissertations and innovations.
“The Hunted: The Holocaust through the Experiences of Twenty European Jews,” the final book written by the late Susan Welch, former dean of Penn State’s College of the Liberal Arts, was recently published by Berghahn Books.
A group of 24 Penn State students traveled to Ireland this summer for the faculty-led program, “The Culture of Democratic Deliberation in Ireland.”
Senior Vice President for Research Andrew Read gave an overview of Penn State’s non-STEM research and the critical contributions that scholarship makes to society in a presentation to the Board of Trustees on July 16.
The Social Science Research Institute’s Community-Engaged Research, Action and Partnerships unit recently awarded six seed grants to support interdisciplinary community-engaged research.
Thirty-six Penn State graduate students have received scholarships of up to $10,000 from the J. Jeffrey and Ann Marie Fox Endowment, established by Jeff and Ann Marie Fox’s $20 million naming gift to Penn State’s J. Jeffrey and Ann Marie Fox Graduate School. The 36 students are studying in 32 master’s or doctoral degree programs.
Thirty-one students earned Discovery Grants to help fund their summer research and projects, gaining the opportunity for valuable experience in the field, in the lab and abroad.
James Doyle, director of Penn State’s Matson Museum of Anthropology and research professor of anthropology, has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to conduct research for his forthcoming book, “Gran Coclé: The Royal Arts of Ancestral Panama,” which will be published by the University of Texas Press.
A group of Penn State students recently traveled to Seoul, South Korea, for a course, where they immersed themselves in the country’s rich culture. The course was one of 14 faculty-led education abroad programs offered by the College of the Liberal Arts this summer.
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.
Penn State classics and ancient Mediterranean studies professors Anna Peterson and Laura Marshall react to Christopher Nolan’s new film “The Odyssey.”
