Penn State Greater Allegheny held its second of four Crossing Bridges Summit events on black women's health. The livestream on Thursday, Dec. 10, featured a panel discussion on current socioeconomic and environmental issues in the region.
Emily Jefferson, a senior at Penn State, observes and records the growth of bacteria her MICRB 202 (Introductory Microbiology Laboratory) class isolated during week-one of the 2020 fall semester. Students were outfitted with new masks, face shields, and gloves prior to every lab session, and their stations were set up to provide appropriate social distancing.
Ebonie Slade, a senior majoring in Biobehavioral Health, took images of abandoned grocery stores around the the greater Pittsburgh region creating food deserts for some communities. Slade is graduating with honors in December 2020 and will serve as Greater Allegheny's Fall commencement speaker.
Plans after graduation: Masters program in Public Health
Experience with the Honors program/project that you completed during honors:
I participated in the Honors Program for two semesters. My favorite Honor’s assignment was created in my Photo 100 course. The project was titled, “ A Tiny Glimpse of Charles “Teenie” Harris Through the Eyes of Ebonie Slade”. It was a project created as a webpage for the 2020 Virtual Research and Creativity conference using Adobe Spark. I started by doing research on the influential African American photographer Charles “Teenie” Harris. I then attempted to take pictures to imitate Harris’s one shot technique. I was drawn to Harris’s work and wanted to highlight his style of capturing “emotionally filled” photography. All this work was displayed on the virtual poster portion of the creative piece. I also wanted to make the connection between the past work of Harris to a current photographer by the name of Ashley Woodson. Both these photographers have mastered the one shot technique and had documented African American life on the Hill district in Pittsburgh, PA. A more thorough introduction to my piece is included in the work through a Spark Video, which was recorded and editing by me as well.
Ebonie Slade is graduating this month with a bachelor’s degree in Biobehavioral Health. Recently, Ebonie was recognized by Penn State with the Jackson Lethbridge Tolerance Award for her for outstanding efforts to enhance the understanding of diverse cultures and create a community where all individuals are accepted and valued equally.
