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Firefighters battled a controlled blaze on the tarmac at Penn State's University Park Airport on May 23 during a full-scale emergency exercise. The exercise was designed to provide real-time training and recertification for emergency response personnel from around the Centre Region.

University Park Airport Emergency Response Exercise

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

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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)

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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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College of Engineering Research Symposium winners announced

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Eight engineering students were honored at the annual College of Engineering Research Symposium (CERS) on April 5 at the Nittany Lion Inn. (more)

Kelly Lecture to feature CMU engineer's machine learning research

Monday, April 09, 2012

Tom Mitchell of Carnegie Mellon University will present "Never-Ending Language Learner" at the James. F. Kelly Distinguished Lecture Series from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. on Friday, April 13, in 113 IST Building on Penn State's University Park campus. (more)

Three engineering faculty named distinguished professors

Monday, April 02, 2012

Three faculty members from the College of Engineering have been elevated to the rank of distinguished professor. The faculty members are Theresa Mayer in electrical engineering, Padma Raghavan in computer science and engineering and Darrell Velegol in chemical engineering. (more)

CSE's Swaminathan wins IBM fellowship

Monday, March 19, 2012

Karthik Swaminathan, a doctoral candidate in computer science and engineering advised by Vijay Narayanan, professor of computer science and engineering, was awarded an IBM Ph.D. Fellowship for the 2012-13 academic year. (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)

Computer science and engineering's La Porta named Leonhard Chair

Thomas La Porta, distinguished professor of computer science and engineering at Penn State
Monday, December 12, 2011

Thomas La Porta, distinguished professor of computer science and engineering, has been named to the William E. Leonhard Chair in Engineering. (more)

Computer science and engineering's Sivasubramaniam named IEEE fellow

Monday, November 28, 2011

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has named Anand Sivasubramaniam, professor of computer science and engineering, an IEEE fellow. (more)

CSE graduate student named ACM contest winner

Tuesday, June 07, 2011

Xiangyu Dong, a graduate student in computer science and engineering (CSE) at Penn State, was named one of three winners in the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) Student Research Competition Grand Finals 2011 on June 4 in San Jose, Calif. (more)

CSE graduate student Thakurt wins Yahoo! award

Monday, April 25, 2011

Abhradeep Guha Thakurt, a graduate student in computer science and engineering in Penn State's College of Engineering, has received the Yahoo! 2011 Key Scientific Challenges (KSC) Program Award. (more)

Three engineers win National Science Foundation CAREER Awards

Monday, March 21, 2011

Three Penn State engineering faculty members have each received a National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award. The faculty members are Enrique Gomez, assistant professor of chemical engineering; Daniel Kifer, assistant professor of computer science and engineering; and Suzanne Shontz, assistant professor of computer science and engineering. (more)