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.
Penn State Greater Allegheny recently held its first of four sessions for its signature program, The Crossing Bridges Summit. Activists and scholars shared their insights about the Pittsburgh Community Taskforce for Police Reform and is implications for the Mon Valley.
A new bachelor of science degree in information technology will be offered beginning in the fall 2021 semester. The degree will replace the existing bachelor of science degree in information sciences and technology, which will be phased out over the next four years.
The fifth year of The Crossing Bridges Summit at Penn State Greater Allegheny will include a discussion titled "Examining Police Reform: Conversations about the Pittsburgh Community Taskforce for Police Reform and Its Implications for the Mon Valley" on Oct. 14. WPSU will produce the event and broadcast it live at watch.psu.edu/crossingbridges.
Seven Penn State faculty and staff were chosen to work with the Student Engagement Network on funded projects that research or contribute to student engagement.
