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."
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.
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.
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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.
Three teams of Corporate Communications majors from Dr. Kathleen Taylor Brown's COMM 494 participated in the University-wide Undergraduate Research Exhibition, with entries in the course-based project category.
Earning a second place prize was Lindsey Santora? and Arlee Scripp? for their entry entitled, "How has the discourse of broadcasting mediums, specifically the Internet, affected the emergence of the current participatory culture?"
Dr. Veronica Montecinos's social problems class hosted a Teaching India speaker.
"The Culture of India: A Filmmaker's Perspective" will be presented by Harish Saluja.