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
Research Unplugged, the popular Penn State speaker series that brings University researchers into the community for lively public discussions, launches its spring season on March 15. The series begins its eighth year on a new time and day -- 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. on Thursdays -- and in a new location -- Schlow Centre Region Library's Downsbrough Community Room, downtown State College, Pa. Schlow Library joins Penn State's Office of the Vice President for Research and Office of University Relations as a partner in the Research Unplugged series. The events are free and open to all, with complimentary light refreshments. (more)
Douglas Charles, assistant professor of history at Penn State Greater Allegheny, has been in the news recently with the release of the new movie about J.Edgar Hoover (J. Edgar, 2011). Charles specializes in the history of the FBI, about which he has written two books and several articles. (more)
Penn State senior information systems auditor and local author Jeff Frazier has written eight books on Pennsylvania folk tales, legends and ghost stories. (more)
Robert Szymczak, associate professor of history at Penn State Beaver, was a featured speaker this month in the lecture series presented by the S. A. Blejwas Endowed Chair in Polish Studies at Central Connecticut State University. His topic was "Katyn and the Politics of Massacre." He is the author of numerous publications, including "Cold War Crusader: Arthur Bliss Lane and the Private Committee to Investigate the Katyn Massacre, 1949-1952," which appeared in Polish American Studies: A Journal of Polish American History and Culture and "The Vindication of Memory: The Katyn Case in the West, Poland, and Russia, 1952-2008" which was published in The Polish Review by The Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America. Szymczak is the recipient of Penn State's prestigious George W. Atherton Award for Excellence in Teaching, the Penn State Beaver Advisory Board Excellence in Research Award, and a three-time recipient of the Penn State Beaver Advisory Board Excellence in Teaching Award. He can be contacted at rxs16@psu.edu or 724-773-3895. (more)
Publications by Penn State Beaver faculty members were recently announced by the Office of Academic Affairs. "Optimistic Bias About Intimate Partner Violence Among Medical Personnel" was written by John Chapin, associate professor of communications, and published in Family Medicine, Vol. 43, No. 6, June 2011. "Cold War Crusader: Arthur Bliss Lane and the Private Committee to Investigate the Katyn Massacre, 1949-1952" was written by Robert Szymczak, associate professor of history, and appeared in Polish American Studies: A Journal of Polish American History and Culture, Vol. LXVII, No. 2, Autumn 2010. Contact Chapin at jrc11@psu.edu or 724-773-3877 and Szymczak at rxs16@psu.edu or 724-773-3895. (more)
This spring, Rachel Louise Moran, a Penn State doctoral candidate in History and Women's Studies, was awarded a Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship by the Charlotte W. Newcombe Foundation, one of only 21 graduate students to receive this honor. Here, she discusses her research involving governmental efforts to promote physical fitness and curb obesity. (more)
Thousands stroll the long, tree-covered sidewalks of University Park every day. Campus walking maps developed by the Office of Physical Plant showcase some of the buildings, gardens and trees that make campus one of the nation's most beautiful. (more)
"Is She Conventional or Is She Controversial?," is the topic when Catherine Gourley, well-known author and national director for Letters About Literature, speaks at Penn State York on Thursday, March 24 in celebration of Women's History Month. The program, at noon in the Community Room of the Joe and Rosie Ruhl Student Community Center, is free and open to the public. This Women's History Month program is sponsored by the Penn State York Diversity Committee and the Student Activity Fee Committee. (more)
Mayor C. Kim Bracey, the first African-American mayor of the City of York, will visit Penn State York on Tuesday, March 29 in celebration of Women's History Month. She will have lunch with members of the campus community beginning at 11:30 a.m. and then speak about the City of York and Women's History Month beginning about noon. This portion of the program is open to the public. Bracey's visit is sponsored by the Penn State York Diversity Committee.
Bracey was elected the first African-American mayor of the City of York on Nov. 3, 2009, and was sworn into office as the 24th mayor on Jan. 4, 2010. She previously served as the appointed director of the department of community development for the City of York from June 2003 until January 2009.
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Local radio personality John "Jack" McMullen, who died in 2005, will have his storytelling legacy continued as the Jack McMullen Memorial Radio Production Contest is launched this spring at Penn State Fayette, the Eberly Campus. McMullen was a radio personality, news director, disc jockey and play-by-play announcer for nearly 50 years on local radio stations. (more)
