President Barack Obama recently presented the 2011 Presidential Securing Americans' Value and Efficiency (SAVE) award to Penn State Smeal College of Business alumnus Matthew Ritsko, a financial manager at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. Ritsko met the president on Jan. 9 in the Oval Office to receive the SAVE award, which gives front-line federal workers the chance to submit their ideas on how their agencies can save money and work more efficiently. Ritsko's winning proposal calls for NASA to create a "lending library" where specialized space tools and hardware purchased by one NASA organization will be made available to other NASA programs and projects. (more)
"What this University is going to lead will be more than a pioneering research center or an economic engine for Pennsylvania and America for years to come: what you're going to do is lead a modern-day incubator for what sets us apart -- the greatest force that the world has ever known," said President Barack Obama Feb. 3 at Penn State's University Park campus. Watch a brief video summarizing the president's visit and Penn State's research leadership at a new national Energy Innovation Hub. (more)
Penn State students and others in attendance at Rec Hall for President Barack Obama's policy speech on alternative energy shared their thoughts following the president's remarks. To see photos from the president's speech, visit http://live.psu.edu/stilllife/2420 and http://live.psu.edu/stilllife/2421 online. (more)
U.S. President Barack Obama touted the importance of Penn State's research efforts in moving the nation toward a clean energy future in a talk delivered Thursday, Feb. 3, at the Recreation Building on the University Park campus. The president unveiled the Better Buildings Initiative, a plan to improve energy efficiency of commercial building space in the U.S. by 20 percent over the next nine years. Integral to that vision, he said, will be efforts such as those taking place at the Energy Innovation Hub for Energy Efficient Buildings at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, a federally-funded research initiative led by Penn State. To see photos from the president's speech, visit http://live.psu.edu/stilllife/2420 and http://live.psu.edu/stilllife/2421 online. (more)
In his policy speech today (Feb. 3) at Penn State, President Barack Obama advocated alternate energy research and increased energy efficiency. Penn State has more than 500 researchers working in the areas of energy and the environment, centered through the Penn State Institutes of Energy and the Environment, which are working to advance the energy and environmental missions of the University. Following are five videos from Penn State's Advancing Energy series that highlight a small sample of the variety of cutting-edge energy research at Penn State. (more)
University Park, Pa -- Alternate viewing locations are available across the University Park campus for those unable to attend President Barack Obama's Thursday (Feb. 3) speech in person. Obama is speaking in Rec Hall on the campus during a ticketed event with an expected crowd of 3,000 people.The speech will be broadcast live on the Big Ten Network beginning at noon Eastern time on Thursday, Feb. 3, and will be shown at alternate viewing sites on campus. (more)
On a trip to New York City last weekend with his musical theater classmates, Penn State junior Paul Jordan Jansen was informed he was getting the opportunity to sing the national anthem in front of the president of the United States. At the same time in State College, Pa., Michael Miller, a secondary education major and Army ROTC cadet and Cadet Battalion Commander of the Nittany Lion Battalion, learned he was chosen to say the Pledge of Allegiance at the same event. (more)
As a result of President Barack Obama's scheduled visit to Penn State's University Park campus on Thursday, Feb. 3, there will be some campus shuttle service detours and delays, in addition to the other changes to campus routines announced at http://live.psu.edu/story/51116 online.
On Thursday, campus shuttle stops 9, 10 and 11 on Burrowes Road will be closed from 10 a.m. through 2 p.m. Stop 12 will pick up in front of Pattee Library on Curtin Road. The Campus shuttle stops are expected to resume normal operation after 2 p.m. In addition, Centre Area Transportation Authority (CATA) buses will experience delays and detours between 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Thursday. (more)
A number of delays and road closing are anticipated Thursday, Feb. 3, in and around Penn State's University Park campus as President Barack Obama visits to tour laboratories and give a talk on energy research and innovation in Rec Hall. Some employees and students also may experience a few changes to their daily routines with building and sidewalk closures and potential pedestrian detours in various areas of campus for brief periods of time for security reasons. Some classes also may be affected. (more)
