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A moment of levity: Penn State Lehigh Valley graduates celebrated with the Nittany Lion after commencement ceremonies, held May 5 at Stabler Arena in Bethlehem, Pa.

Commencement across Penn State: Spring 2012

New graduates of Penn State's Eberly College of Science listened to the commencement address provided by United States Secretary of Energy Steven Chu during spring 2012 graduation ceremonies held May 5 at the Bryce Jordan Center on the University Park campus.

Spring commencement 2012 under way

A Moroccan farmer taught Penn State students about the properties of vetiver grass, including its ability to clean wastewater. The grass could be used as part of a solution to water-quality problems being experienced in Assoul, Morocco, where students spent time recently.

Penn State, Moroccan students problem-solve together

Anjelica Fortunato, left, and Jeffrey Lu reviewed for their Anatomy 129 final exam on May 1 on the HUB-Robeson Center Lawn on Penn State's University Park campus. Penn State students are preparing for and taking final exams throughout the week as spring semester 2012 comes to a close.

Finals Week Spring Semester 2012

Denae Taylor, right, tried on some electrical-safety gear with the help of Joe Dinardo, Supervisor of Facilty Resources at Penn State, during Penn State's annual Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day on April 26. Denae is the granddaughter of Penn State Outreach employee Betty Lose, and attends Bellefonte Middle School.

Children explore career options at University Park

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Painting the Lines at Beaver Stadium

Painting the Lines at Beaver Stadium

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Did They Get It Right? - RedTails

Iconic Penn State elm taken down over spring break 2012

Iconic Penn State elm taken down over spring break 2012

We ... are Penn State (December 19, 2011)

We ... are Penn State (December 19, 2011)

Disease stricken matching elm tree slated for removal

Disease stricken matching elm tree slated for removal

Penn State's creamery, from the cow to the cone

Penn State's creamery, from the cow to the cone

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Namesake of Ansari X Prize to discuss space commercialization

Monday, April 09, 2012

Anousheh Ansari, the first female private space explorer, will present "Space Commercialization and its Future" at the 2012 Arthur H. Waynick Memorial Lecture at 8 p.m. on Thursday, April 12, in 22 Deike Building. (more)

Penn State team wins automation most influential paper award

Monday, February 27, 2012

A team of Penn State computer scientists, computer engineers and an electrical engineer has received the inaugural Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC) 10-Year Retrospective Most Influential Paper Award. (more)

NSF approves Penn State optical wireless applications center

Monday, January 30, 2012

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has approved an Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for Optical Wireless Applications in Penn State's Department of Electrical Engineering. The center will be funded by a five-year NSF grant and directed by Mohsen Kavhrad, W. L. Weiss Chair Professor of electrical engineering. (more)

Electrical engineering's Ali wins best student paper award

Monday, June 27, 2011

Ashkar Ali, a graduate student in electrical engineering at Penn State, has won the best student paper award from the 2010 Device Research Conference. (more)

Electrical engineering alumni group wins award

Tuesday, June 07, 2011

The Penn State Electrical Engineering Society (PSEES) Affiliate Program Group (APG) has been selected to receive the 2011 Penn State Alumni Association Award for Young Alumni Involvement. (more)

Electrical Engineering to honor Bose with library dedication

Monday, April 18, 2011

The Department of Electrical Engineering will dedicate the Bose Memorial Library at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, April 22, in 204 Electrical Engineering West on the University Park campus. (more)

Two electrical engineering students win IBM fellowships

Tuesday, April 05, 2011

Electrical engineering graduate students Dheeraj Mohata and Huichu Liu have been awarded IBM Ph.D. Fellowships for the 2011-12 academic year. (more)

Tickets still available for April 6 Neil deGrasse Tyson lecture

Monday, April 04, 2011

A limited number of free tickets are still available for the 2011 Arthur H. Waynick Memorial Lecture featuring famed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson. The lecture is at 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 6, at Eisenhower Auditorium. Tickets are available at Eisenhower Auditorium, the Bryce Jordan Center, the HUB-Robeson Center information desk and the Penn State Downtown Theatre. (more)

Famed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson to give Waynick Lecture

Neil deGrasse Tyson
Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Famed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson will give the 2011 Arthur H. Waynick Memorial Lecture at 8 p.m. on April 6, in Eisenhower Auditorium on Penn State's University Park campus. Tyson is the Frederick P. Rose director of the American Museum of Natural History's Hayden Planetarium in New York City. Tickets for this free event will be available to students on March 23 and to the general public on March 30. (more)

Electrical engineering's Kavehrad named to smart lighting board

Monday, March 21, 2011

Mohsen Kavehrad, the W.L. Weiss chair professor of electrical engineering, has been named a scientific advisory board member for the National Science Foundation Smart Lighting Engineering Research Center. (more)