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Pennsylvania State University
The Pennsylvania State University (commonly referred to as Penn State or PSU) is a public, state-related research university with campuses and facilities throughout Pennsylvania. Founded in 1855, the university has a stated threefold mission of teaching, research, and public service. Its instructional mission includes undergraduate, graduate, professional and continuing education offered through resident instruction and online delivery. Its University Park campus, the flagship campus, lies within the Borough of State College and College Township. It has two law schools, Penn State Law, on the school's University Park campus, and Dickinson Law, located in Carlisle. The College of Medicine is located in Hershey. Penn State has another 19 commonwealth campuses and 5 special-mission campuses located across the state. Penn State has been labeled one of the "Public Ivies," a publicly funded university considered as providing a quality of education comparable to those of the Ivy League.
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Philly.com
April 15, 2018
The 18-minute talk was called “A Radical Experiment in Empathy.” The speaker, half a world away, was Sam Richards, a sociology professor at Pennsylvania State University. Imagine, Richards told his audience, being an ordinary Arab Muslim in Iraq or the Middle East and seeing your country invaded andÃâà...
Science Magazine
April 14, 2018
That message was echoed by today's speakers, who included internet pioneer Vinton Cerf; public-health expert Susan Sorenson of the University of Pennsylvania, who spoke about the need for research on gun violence; and David Titley, a professor of meteorology at Pennsylvania State University andÃâà...
Penn State News
April 14, 2018
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Penn State News
April 14, 2018
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Emma Rosenthal, a doctoral student in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, will be able to advance her research interests in plant pathology after receiving a grant from the National Science Foundation. The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program recognizes andÃâà...
Quanta Magazine
April 12, 2018
Throughout a career that has taken him to the universities of the West Indies, North Carolina, Wyoming, Virginia and Pennsylvania State University in State College, where he is currently a professor, Richards has derived many new mathematical formulas for use in statistics. He has also applied them toÃâà...
The Chronicle of Higher Education
April 12, 2018
A long-awaited vote on unionizing graduate-student workers at Pennsylvania State University coincided this week with what some students are calling a "thinly veiled threat" after the graduate school warned international students that going on strike — a possible step for union members — "could affect theirÃâà...
The Chronicle of Higher Education
April 7, 2018
Within the first 10 minutes of Paterno, a new film about the child sex-abuse scandal that rocked Pennsylvania State University six years ago, the camera pans to the bowels of Beaver Stadium. It is in these shadowy tunnels that Barry Levinson, the film's director, introduces three Penn State administratorsÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
March 27, 2018
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania State University student has been found dead. State College police say the parents of 25-year-old Charles Cudlipp found the student's body at his off-campus apartment Monday morning. The cause of death is unknown. Authorities do not suspect foul play.
Tribune-Review
March 24, 2018
Sheffield, whose resume includes serving as the former director of diversity outreach at Pennsylvania State University and former administrative assistant to Joe Paterno, has worked with numerous school districts across the region including Quaker Valley, South Fayette and Penn Hills. “TJ is a prettyÃâà...
Allentown Morning Call
March 24, 2018
Tim Piazza (center) with his parents Evelyn (left) and James (right) during Hunterdon Central Regional High School football game in Flemington, N.J. Tim Piazza died at Penn State University during a hazing incident in 2017 and anti-hazing bill was introduced in his memory. (AP). Steve EsackContactÃâà...
WPSU
March 24, 2018
(AP) — The Pennsylvania State University has announced it will start equipping on-campus officers with naloxone, an opioid overdose antidote. Officers on its University Park Campus have been trained on how to administer the medication and how to recognize an overdose. The university says officers willÃâà...
STLtoday.com
March 24, 2018
BELLEFONTE, Pa. — Prosecutors on Friday launched their second bid to force 11 Pennsylvania State University fraternity members to stand trial for the 2017 booze-fueled death of sophomore pledge Tim Piazza, as a top state lawmaker unveiled a proposal to punish hazing with tough jail terms. “We areÃâà...
Penn State News
March 24, 2018
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — As part of continued efforts to promote student safety and curb dangerous hazing and other related behaviors through legislative action, Penn State has collaborated with state leaders on a new state-wide bill that would update Pennsylvania's antihazing law to include studentÃâà...
Arizona Daily Star
March 22, 2018
The No. 1 spot was shared by Pennsylvania State University and University of Texas-Austin. The UA ranked third for geology, tying with CIT, and 11th for geochemistry nationally. Other report highlights: Public management and leadership ranked 19th. The school of Government and Public Policy tied at No.
Penn State News
March 22, 2018
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — According to a National Association of Colleges and Employers survey, employers anticipate hiring 4 percent more graduates from the class of 2018 than last year. If the recent Career Fair at Pennsylvania College of Technology is an accurate gauge, that estimate is conservative.
Inside Higher Ed
March 22, 2018
Cheyney University is dropping its status as a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II program as it seeks to stabilize its finances for the future. The country's oldest historically black university, located outside Philadelphia, is also leaving the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference. Its men'sÃâà...
M State News
March 22, 2018
Previously, he served Venango College of Clarion University as executive dean from 2002 to 2014; the Pennsylvania State University at Erie, The Behrend College as associate provost for Advancement and University Relations from 1998 to 2002, as dean of Student Affairs and affiliate assistant professorÃâà...
Philly.com
March 20, 2018
The president of Pennsylvania State University, where a student died in 2017 after an alleged hazing ritual at a booze-fueled fraternity party, said he will advocate for a national database of violations and suspensions at fraternities and sororities to keep schools and parents better informed. “The databaseÃâà...
The Atlantic
March 19, 2018
The position MSU is in has only one clear parallel: the recent sexual-abuse scandal at Pennsylvania State University. In 2011, the school's former assistant football coach, Jerry Sandusky, was indicted on 52 counts of child molestation involving boys attending a football camp. That scandal was possibly “theÃâà...
Penn State News
March 9, 2018
UNIVERSTIY PARK, Pa. — Lightning and volcanos both produce glass, and humans have been making glass from silicon dioxide since prehistory. Industrialization brought us boron-based glasses, polymer glasses and metallic glasses, but now an international team of researchers has developed a newÃâà...
Penn State News
February 27, 2018
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Penn State's College of Information Sciences and Technology (IST) has launched a new master's degree aimed at preparing experienced IT and enterprise architecture professionals for leadership in transformative business strategies. The master of professional studies degreeÃâà...
Penn State News
February 26, 2018
Penn State Health has announced the appointment of three new members to its board of directors, all from Highmark Health. The board appointments, approved Friday by the Penn State Board of Trustees, are part of the innovative strategic partnership announced by Penn State Health and HighmarkÃâà...
Seattle Times
February 22, 2018
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — The Pennsylvania State University has announced it will start equipping on-campus officers with naloxone, an opioid overdose antidote. Officers on its University Park Campus have been trained on how to administer the medication and how to recognize an overdose.
Penn State News
December 31, 1999
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Penn State Homecoming will move to a gender-neutral court in 2018, transitioning away from the long-time practice of crowning a “king” and “queen,” as part of an effort by the student-run Homecoming Committee to foster more diversity and gender inclusivity. Instead, twoÃâà...
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