In observance of the American National Standard Institute’s World Standards Week in October, Penn State University Libraries is planning an afternoon of activities Oct. 12 with the theme “Imagine a World Without Standards.” The event will focus on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, which project to address social imbalances, develop a sustainable economy and slow the rate of climate change.
From mid-September through the end of October, Penn State units at campuses across the commonwealth will be holding events in honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month. The unifying theme for this year’s observances is “Nuestra Música (Our Music): Identity, Culture and Resistance."
Hundreds of students have benefited to date from scholarships created by alumni and friends during the University’s recently concluded campaign, “A Greater Penn State for 21st Century Excellence.” Structured around the three key imperatives of a modern land-grant institution, the campaign’s top priority was opening the doors of higher education to students from every background, and Penn State donors rose to the challenge, creating a total of 2,045 new scholarship endowments — an increase of more than 35% over the course of the six-year effort.
As students plan their return to Penn State campuses for the fall 2022 semester, the University continues to provide resources to help individuals stay safe and healthy and prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Penn State University Health Services (UHS) is encouraging students to protect themselves against monkeypox in light of cases in Pennsylvania and nationally. Monkeypox is a viral infection primarily spread through prolonged close contact. It is not a sexually transmitted infection (STI), and anybody can be at risk, regardless of gender or sexual orientation.
The results of a confidential university-wide survey show that the majority of Penn State employee and student participants feel safe on campus and view Penn State police officers favorably.
The Big Ten Academic Alliance's Department Executive Officers program has gained five additional fellows from the Penn State ranks. Penn State’s participants for the 2022 program were selected based on their significant contributions and potential to achieve even more as University leaders.
School shootings, which may appear to be common, actually represent only a small fraction of the gun violence that occurs in the U.S. each year, according to Lacey Wallace, associate professor of criminal justice at Penn State Altoona. Although no action can bring back those lost in these acts of violence, individuals can try to see to it that any reactions are grounded in research evidence rather than political fervor and emotion, explains Wallace in a new Insights from Experts post.
Noah Riffe has found, and earned, many opportunities during his time as a Penn State student, and the most recent might be among the best — an all-expense-paid trip to San Francisco for a week to compete for a national championship at the 62nd annual William Randolph Hearst Foundation’s Journalism Awards Program.
WPSU celebrates the 70th anniversary of the birth of educational television — at a 1952 conference at the Penn State Nittany Lion Inn — by handing out free ice cream from Berkey Creamery and commemorative laptop stickers at the University Park, DuBois and Altoona campuses.
