Still Life
University Park Airport Emergency Response Exercise
Commencement across Penn State: Spring 2012
Spring commencement 2012 under way
Penn State, Moroccan students problem-solve together
Finals Week Spring Semester 2012
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
"Exploring Potential University Partnerships and Indigenous Beekeeping in Kenya" is the topic of an upcoming presentation to be held at noon on July 20, in 203 Paterno Library on Penn State's University Park campus. The seminar will be presented by Elliud Muli of the South Eastern University College (SEUCO) and the International Centre of Insect Parisitology and Ecology, in Kenya. The event is open to the public and also will be broadcast online at http://breeze.psu.edu/icik. (more)
In this excerpt, IST graduate Steve Garguilo (WishVast team) sums up the group's last days in Kenya. (more)
In this excerpt, Mashavu team members James Mesta, Anthony Zmoda and Jonathan Sauer talk about the potential of the Mashavu system. (more)
In this excerpt, IST graduate Matt Prindible (Wishvast Team) reflects on reaching a milestone. (more)
A group of students from seven Penn State colleges are spending part of the summer in Nyeri, Kenya to work on three humanitarian engineering and social entrepreneurship projects, Mashavu, WishVast and Eco-Village. In this excerpt, Steve Garguilo, (WishVast team) and Jimmy Mesta (Mashavu team) discuss working with the local community and its young residents. (more)
A group of students from seven Penn State colleges are spending part of the summer in Nyeri, Kenya to work on three humanitarian engineering and social entrepreneurship projects, Mashavu, WishVast and Eco-Village. These projects seek to bring technology to people in this region and demonstrate how it can affect their lives in positive ways. In this excerpt, recent College of IST graduates Anthony Zmoda (Mashavu team) and Steve Garguilo (WishVast team), discuss the students' arrival in Kenya. (more)
The "digital divide" and "brain drain" in information technology have affected the U.S. since the mid-1990s. Kenya and other African nations are now facing those same problems more than a decade later as their IT infrastructures continue to improve. However, Penn State researcher Lynette Kvasny also found that IT is also being used to improve the quality of life in Kenya in several ways.
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