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
Biodiversity hot spots -- the world's biologically richest and most threatened locations on Earth -- and high biodiversity wilderness areas -- biologically rich but less threatened -- are some of the most linguistically diverse regions on our planet, according to a team of conservationists. (more)
Penn State's Department of Architectural Engineering has won an award for teaching building information model (BIM) technology. The department will receive the Academic Program/Curriculum Development Award for its interdisciplinary collaborative BIM studio at the American Institute of Architects' (AIA) national convention later this month. (more)
Penn State's University Office of Global Programs (UOGP) awarded Landscape Architecture student Kellie Waksmunski with the First Place Study Abroad Essay as part of International Education Week, a joint initiative of the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education celebrating the benefits of international education and exchange worldwide. (more)
Meg Calkins, an associate professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture at Ball State University, will give a talk titled "Sustainable in a Material World" at 6 p.m. Nov. 15 at the Palmer Lipcon Auditorium in the Penn State Palmer Museum of Art, on the University Park campus. A reception will follow. (more)
As summer sets in and the end of the school year approaches, now is the perfect time to prepare for learning and fun at Penn State's Summer Youth Camps. Starting in June, Penn State faculty, staff and graduate students will lead several camps on the University Park campus that can help children make new friends, discover exciting things and develop their skills in a structured environment. (more)
Penn State's Department of Architectural Engineering and Stuckeman School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture have won the Autodesk Building Information Modeling (BIM) Experience Award. The programs were honored by the manufacturer of three-dimensional design, engineering and entertainment software for incorporating BIM in the architecture, landscape architecture and architectural engineering curricula. (more)
Penn State's Department of Landscape Architecture, part of the H. Campbell and Eleanor R. Stuckeman School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, has once again been named the "most admired" undergraduate landscape architecture program in the United States in the DesignIntelligence survey of landscape architecture deans and department heads. The department is recognized for "its integration of ecology and design, its new facilities and cutting-edge technologies." The program received the same honor last year, the first year of the survey. (more)
For the past six weeks, 11 Penn State students and two faculty members have been working, studying and conducting research in Tanzania as part of a study abroad and service-learning initiative established by the H. Campbell and Eleanor R. Stuckeman School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. The interdisciplinary program, developed by Brian Orland, professor of landscape architecture, and Larry Gorenflo, associate professor of landscape architecture, has taken students to the most remote parts of the East African country, where they are addressing issues of population growth versus environmental conservation. (more)
It's that time of year. Tulips are in bloom all across campus. The mall trees are coming back to life. The ducks have returned to bring entertainment to the usually quiet pond outside the Alumni Center. All signs point to the arrival of spring in Happy Valley. But what is behind every perfectly placed flower? Who is responsible for ensuring our ducks have a pleasant body of water and surroundings to come back to every April? That would be none other than a special team at Penn State known as the Office of Physical Plant's Division of Campus Planning and Design. To learn more, watch a video on the topic at http://live.psu.edu/youtube/MqwuNzgv0uQ online. (more)
C. Timothy Baird, associate professor of landscape architecture, has been honored for his work with Landworks Studio Inc., a Boston-based firm for which he serves as consultant and adjunct principal. (more)
