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Workshop on Indian music and dance

As part of Teaching International's focus on India and the campus Honors Program, a workshop on Indian music and dance was presented by Amzad Rahman - Thursday, April 5th from 3:00-5:00 p.m. in the Ostermayer Room of the SCC. The program was presented to the Theatre 208 H and Theatre 282 classes, but was open to the entire campus.

Mathematics from India

As part of the campus focus on India, Dr. Shenaz Choudhury gave a talk exploring some of the significant contributions to mathematics made by Indian mathematicians. Some examples includes the introduction of the number zero, the ancients' discussion about surprisingly large numbers, and Ramanujan's famous collaboration with Hardy in number theory. There was also be some discussion of contributions to modern day mathematics, including contributions by female Indian mathematicians. Dr.

New Corporate Communications Media Center Funded by Grant

Kathleen Taylor Brown, Assistant Professor of Communications, received a $35,000 grant from the University's Office of Education Technology Services (ETS). Brown, adviser to the campus newspaper, the Penn State Greater Allegheny Collegian, is using the monies to enhance and revise the course curriculum for the related course, Communications (COMM) 260W: Newspaper Writing and Reporting.

Mazur Research Receives Funding

Dr. Elizabeth Mazur, Associate Professor of Psychology, will support her research in two distinct areas through funds received from the Research Development Grant program (RDG). Mazur's proposal requested funding to continue data collection for her study, "Explorations of Identity and interaction in Adolescent Web Logs." The second part of Mazur's proposal was to complete data analysis and manuscript preparation for her study on "Positive and Negative Life Events of Parents with Acquired Physical Disabilities and of Their Adolescent Children."

Brown recipient of Teaching Development Grant

A problem solving partnership between students of Dr. Kathy Taylor Brown's Communication 471 course and Blue Roof Technologies will be supported by a teaching development grant recently secured by Dr. Brown.

Chen returns from sabbatical at Xiamen University of China

Dr. Zhibo Chen, Professor of Mathematics at Penn State University Greater Allegheny Campus, has returned from sabbatical. Chen spent fall 2006 and part of the summer conducting collaborative research on graph theory with colleagues at Xiamen University in China.

"Re-Energize Yourself," featuring Dr. Kimberly Ventus-Darks

Penn State Greater Allegheny, Educational Equity & Commission for Women presents Dr. Kimberly Ventus-Darks, "Re-Energize Yourself," a seminar on March 23, 2007 at 9:30 a.m. in the Ostermayer Room of the Student Community Center. A one-woman emotional whirlpool who is taking America by storm, Dr. Kimberly Ventus-Darks inspires awe as she shares her wisdom with professionals around the world.