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
Moses Chan, an Evan Pugh Professor of Physics at Penn State, testified before the U.S. Senate on whether the sell-off of the nation's helium reserve has an adverse effect on the nation's scientific, technical, biomedical and national-security users of helium. Chan, a member of the National Academy of Sciences / National Research Council (NAS/NRC) Committee on Understanding the Impact of Selling the Helium Reserve, gave his testimony to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on May 10. (more)
"Congressional Investigations and Oversight: Case Studies and Analysis" (Carolina Academic Press 2010) has earned strong reviews from public figures with special appreciation of the complexities surrounding a nationally publicized, high-profile congressional investigation. The book was co-authored by Professor Lance Cole, who directs the Center for Government Law and Public Policy Studies, and Professor Stanley M. Brand. (more)
As the House of Representatives gears up for public trials of Reps. Charles B. Rangel and Maxine Waters, Penn State Law professor Stanley Brand provides an insider's analysis of Congressional ethics trials. Brand is former general counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives and is now the Distinguished Fellow in Law and Government at Penn State Law, where he is the on-site director of the Semester in Washington Program. As part of his private legal practice he represents members of Congress in ethics matters. (more)
On Feb. 22, U.S. Congressman Glenn Thompson presented Penn State Women's Volleyball Coach Russ Rose with a signed copy of the resolution passed by the U.S. House of Representatives congratulating the team on its third straight national championship. The resolution "congratulates the Penn State women's volleyball team and the University's athletes, coaches, faculty, students and alumni on the winning of the 2009 NCAA Division I women's volleyball championship" and recognizes Penn State for its "excellence as an institution of higher education." (more)
A congressional health care caucus heard how Penn State University and the Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center are transforming the delivery of health care through health information technology, highlighting delivery of emergency care through innovative use of health care information systems and patient flow engineering. Chris DeFlitch, the Medical Center's chief medical information officer and vice chair for emergency medicine, presented Sept. 15 as part of a congressional panel coordinated by the American Society for Quality (ASQ). The forum took place before the 21st Century Health Care Caucus of the U.S. House of Representatives. Congressmen Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.) and Tim Murphy (R-Pa.) co-chair the caucus. (more)
John S. Nichols, professor and associate dean for graduate studies and research in the College of Communications, testified June 17 before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight, chaired by Rep. Bill Delahunt (D-Mass.), regarding TV Marti, the television network created by the U.S. government in 1990 to provide programming to Cuba. Read the full story for a complete transcript of his testimony. (more)
Rob Frieden, the Pioneers Chair and professor of telecommunications and law in the College of Communications, appeared June 17 before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, which is chaired by Sen. John D. Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.). As part of his testimony, Frieden will address the practice of wireless carriers and their agents combining the sale of handsets and service agreements. He will compare that business model to government's regulation of wired telephones and televisions, where consumers may purchase the particular hardware (a telephone or television) without being tied to a specific service agreement or provider. Read the full story for a complete transcript of his testimony. (more)
Two Penn State faculty members testified before separate Capitol Hill committees on Wednesday, June 17, with one addressing a Senate group about wireless service and the other testifying before a U.S. House of Representatives committee about TV Marti. (more)
