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Good recognized with 2023 Jackson Lethbridge Tolerance Award
On Mar 22, 2023
Celeste Good, who graduated with a degree in women’s studies in the College of the Liberal Arts, is the recipient of the 2023 Jackson Lethbridge Tolerance Award. The award recognizes a junior, senior or graduate student for outstanding efforts to enhance the understanding of diverse cultures and create a community where all individuals are accepted and valued equally.
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Literature course focuses on polar communities and climate change
On Mar 21, 2023
Professor of English Hester Blum is using her experiences from her five visits to the polar regions to teach students about the human impact of the climate crisis. The course aligns with the College of the Liberal Arts’ current theme, “Moments of Change: Creating a Livable Planet.”
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Rock Ethics Institute announces 2023 Expanding Empathy Speaker Series
On Mar 20, 2023
Penn State’s Rock Ethics Institute will kick off its 2023 Expanding Empathy Speaker Series with the first of four spring discussions on Friday, March 24.
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Iranian lawyer and human rights activist to receive 2023 Brown Democracy Medal
On Mar 15, 2023
Nasrin Sotoudeh, a lawyer and human rights activist in Iran, will receive the McCourtney Institute for Democracy's 2023 Brown Democracy Medal.
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Prenatal cigarette, cannabis exposure may have associations with childhood obesity
On Mar 15, 2023
Researchers recently found that children prenatally exposed to both tobacco and cannabis had a 12 times higher risk for obesity by middle childhood compared to non-exposed children
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Theresa Welles named new director of Penn State Psychological Clinic
On Mar 14, 2023
Theresa L. Welles is the new director of the Penn State Psychological Clinic, which provides high-quality outpatient psychotherapy, group therapy, and neuropsychological assessment to the residents of Centre County and surrounding areas. Welles will also serve as an associate clinical professor in the Department of Psychology.
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Liberal Arts student pursues sustainability, gender and racial equity
On Mar 14, 2023
Ziyen Curtis, a fourth-year student double majoring in history and global and international studies and double minoring in women’s studies and gender and sexuality studies, is using their Liberal Arts education and out-of-classroom experiences to pursue cultural sustainability and gender and racial equity.
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Center for Global Studies to host Afghanistan in Global Perspective Symposium
On Mar 12, 2023
The Penn State Center for Global Studies will kick off its Afghanistan in Global Perspective Symposium with a screening of the film "Retrogade" at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, March 15.
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Liberal Arts student empowers diverse communities at Penn State
On Mar 06, 2023
As the president and co-founder of Minorities in the College of the Liberal Arts, a public speaking tutor and the head research assistant for a faculty-led lab exploring the experiences of sexual and gender diverse communities, Janae Sayler has found her path to supporting diverse communities at Penn State.
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Adrian Matejka visiting Penn State as 2023 Fisher Family Writer-in-Residence
On Mar 06, 2023
Award-winning poet and Poetry magazine editor Adrian Matejka, Penn State's 2023 Fisher Family Writer-in-Residence, will give a free public reading on Thursday, March 23, in Paterno Library’s Foster Auditorium on the University Park campus.
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McCourtney Institute speakers explore civil wars and reconstruction
On Mar 06, 2023
The McCourtney Institute for Democracy in the College of the Liberal Arts will present lectures by Peniel E. Joseph on March 23 and Barbara F. Walter on April 6. Both events will be livestreamed by C-NET Centre County on the McCourtney Institute’s YouTube channel.
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Maryemma Graham to visit Penn State
On Mar 06, 2023
Maryemma Graham, distinguished professor at the University of Kansas and author of “The House Where My Soul Lives: The Life of Margaret Walker,” will read from the biography on Thursday, March 16, in Paterno Library’s Foster Auditorium on the University Park campus. The reading is free and open to the public.
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From engaged student to civics education advocate: Meet Ace Parsi
On Mar 06, 2023
Penn State College of the Liberal Arts alumnus Ace Parsi has found the perfect vehicle to promote his long-held ideals in his current role as director of coalition engagement at iCivics, the nation's largest provider of free, non-partisan civic education resources.
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College of the Liberal Arts recognizes new Paterno Fellows and essay winners
On Mar 03, 2023
The Paterno Fellows Program in the College of the Liberal Arts recently recognized the newest class of Paterno Fellows and the winners of its 10th annual Collegiate Laws of Life Essay Contest.
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Global Virtual Forum brings people together to 'entangle' ways of thinking
On Feb 28, 2023
Born during the COVID-19 pandemic out of an idea at the kitchen table of Sinfree Makoni, head of the African Studies program, the African Studies Global Virtual Forum attracts an international audience for discussions aimed at “entangling” the scholarship of the global north and the global south.
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Sending a ‘We Are!’ to these Penn Staters
On Feb 28, 2023
As part of our regular “We Are!” feature, we recognize seven Penn Staters who have gone above and beyond what’s asked of them in their work at the University.