Four Penn State students, including Altoona campus student Jazzmine McCauley, presented their undergraduate research at the annual meeting for the American Society of Criminology in November.
Film major Cecilia Koncerak will serve as student marshal for the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications during Penn State commencement exercises Dec. 18 at the Bryce Jordan Center on the University Park campus.
Penn State Greater Allegheny heard from Leon Ford, Michelle Kenney and Samaria Rice during its second session of its signature program, The Crossing Bridges Summit. Citizens and victims share their stories about their involvement with police and the changes they want to see.
Three individuals who have personal experiences with policing will participate in Penn State Greater Allegheny’s virtual Crossing Bridges Summit, "Examining Police Reform: Conversations about the Pittsburgh Community Taskforce for Police Reform and Its Implications for the Mon Valley," at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 16.
In alignment with the recent announcement from the White House on federal vaccination requirements, all Penn State employees at all locations are now subject to a federal COVID-19 vaccination requirement. The deadline for employees to receive their final dose of a vaccine is Jan. 4, 2022
Penn State President Eric Barron and a panel of local and industry leaders and entrepreneurs appeared in Harrisburg on Nov. 9 for a hearing of the Pennsylvania Senate Community, Economic and Recreational Development Committee. Titled “Improving Pennsylvania's Innovation Economy: Invent Penn State,” the hearing focused on Penn State’s efforts to drive economic development, job creation, entrepreneurship and innovation, and student career success through the Invent Penn State initiative.
Penn State Greater Allegheny welcomed Fernando Soto to its energy engineering program in the Fall of 2021. Soto joins program faculty with vast knowledge of energy storage systems.
Penn State Greater Allegheny’s Christopher Robinson has been awarded the 2021 Distinguished Alumni Award for Social Work Education at the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Social Work.
Shara McCallum, 2021-22 Penn State Laureate and Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of English, will visit Penn State Greater Allegheny to read from her works on Monday, Nov. 1. The event, which will take place at 12:15 p.m. in the Ostermayer Room of the Student Community Center, is free and open to the public.
