Still Life
Commencement across Penn State: Spring 2012
Spring commencement 2012 under way
Penn State, Moroccan students problem-solve together
Finals Week Spring Semester 2012
Children explore career options at University Park
Painting the Lines at Beaver Stadium
Did They Get It Right? - RedTails
Iconic Penn State elm taken down over spring break 2012
We ... are Penn State (December 19, 2011)
Disease stricken matching elm tree slated for removal
Penn State's creamery, from the cow to the cone
Sharon Hammes-Schiffer, a professor of chemistry and the Eberly Professor of Biotechnology at Penn State, has been named a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Hammes-Schiffer is an acknowledged world leader in theoretical chemistry whose research spans the fields of chemistry, physics, biology and computer science. Her research has important implications for the development of alternative energy sources such as solar cells, as well as for protein engineering and drug design. (more)
Peter Meszaros, Holder of the Eberly Family Chair of Astronomy and Astrophysics and professor of physics, is among those elected as Fellows of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences for 2010. He is one of the 229 new Fellows and 19 Foreign Honorary Members in the sciences, the humanities and the arts, business, public affairs, and the nonprofit sector to be honored. More information is online at http://www.science.psu.edu/news-and-events/2010-news/Meszaros6-2010-1
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Two Penn State faculty members are among the 229 leaders in the sciences, the humanities and the arts, business, public affairs and the nonprofit sector who have been elected members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Richard B. Alley, Evan Pugh professor of geosciences, and Peter Meszaros, director of the Center for Particle Astrophysics and Eberly chair of astronomy and astrophysics, and professor of physics, are included in the 2010 class. (more)
Two Penn State faculty members are among those elected as Fellows of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences for 2009. Mary Jane Irwin, Evan Pugh professor and A. Robert Noll chair in engineering in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, and Thomas Mallouk, DuPont professor of materials chemistry and physics, are among the the 210 new Fellows and 19 Foreign Honorary Members in the sciences, the humanities and the arts, business, public affairs and the nonprofit sector to be honored. (more)
Jainendra K. Jain, the Erwin W. Mueller Professor of Physics, and James Kasting, distinguished professor of geosciences, have been named members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation's most prestigious honorary societies and independent policy research centers in the United States. (more)
