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
Robert Szymczak, associate professor of history at Penn State Beaver, is the recipient of the Swastek Award given by the Editorial Board of the Polish American Studies journal in recognition of the best article that appeared in the publication in the past year.
Szymczak was honored for his article, "Cold War Crusader: Arthur Bliss Lane and the Private Committee to Investigate the Katyn Massacre, 1949-1952." He will receive the award in January at the awards ceremony hosted by the Polish Consulate in Chicago. Szymczak can be reached at rxs16@psu.edu or 724-773-3895. (more)
Three planets -- each orbiting its own giant, dying star -- have been discovered by an international research team led by Alexander Wolszczan, Evan Pugh Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at Penn State and the discoverer of the first planets ever found outside our solar system. Using the Hobby-Eberly Telescope, astronomers observed the planets' parent stars, which are tens of light years away from our solar system. One of the massive, dying stars has an additional mystery object orbiting it. The new research is expected to shed light on the evolution of planetary systems around dying stars. It also will help astronomers to understand how metal content influences the behavior of dying stars.
The research will be published in December in the Astrophysical Journal. The first author of the paper is Sara Gettel, a graduate student from Penn State's Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, and the paper is co-authored by three graduate students from Poland. (more)
After decades which included genocide, political ostracism, anti-Semitism, isolation, denial and forced emigration, Poland is finally coming to grips with the history of its Jewish culture and history. The slow elimination of this self-inflicted "amnesia" among the Polish peoples was profiled Jan. 27 on the Penn State Harrisburg campus by visiting lecturer Michael C. Steinlauf. (more)
An IST alumnus is getting ready to complete in the 2008 summer Olympics in Beijing. Adam Wiercioch (IST '04) will represent Poland in this summer's fencing competitions, which are scheduled to begin Aug. 9. (more)
