Penn State has extended its deadline for students to respond to an anonymous survey about their current COVID-19 vaccination status or plans to get vaccinated before the start of the fall semester. While student response to the survey has been strong, the deadline has been extended to allow students who may be traveling or are in various locations an opportunity to respond.
As part of our regular "We Are!" feature, we recognize eleven Penn Staters who have gone above and beyond what's asked of them in their work at the University.
Beginning the second summer session, Penn State students dining on campus will have an easier time identifying food allergen information and dishes that suit their dietary needs and preferences, thanks to new menu item cards featuring a new allergen icon identification system.
The Institutes of Energy and the Environment (IEE) has awarded seed grants to 22 groups of interdisciplinary researchers for the 2020-21 award cycle. This year, seed grants were awarded to proposals focusing on at least one of IEE’s five strategic research themes — Climate and Ecosystem Change, Health and the Environment, Integrated Energy Systems, Urban Systems, and Water and Biogeochemical Cycles.
The Graduate School Alumni Society is now accepting nominations for its annual graduate alumni recognition awards—the Early Career Award, Lifetime Achievement Award, and Humanitarian Award.
As part of our regular "We Are!" feature, we recognize thirteen Penn Staters who have gone above and beyond what's asked of them in their work at the University. Thank you Ashley, Kathleen, Ebonie, Alice, Kristen, Nathan, Emily, Clark, John, Jolene, Lisa, Olivia and Tracy — and everyone who helps make Penn State such an incredible community!
The Penn State Harrisburg School of Humanities' fall 2020 play, “Machinal,” won seven awards at the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, a conference for theater education for students and faculty in higher education.
Kaitlin and Shane Behmer donated more than $100,000 worth of luxury men's and women's dress clothes to Penn State Harrisburg's Career Closet after the coronavirus pandemic, and an urge to try something new, made them decide to close their high-end fashion store in 2020.
Penn State Harrisburg has announced the passing of former Chancellor Mukund S. Kulkarni on June 2. A resident of Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, he was 75. Kulkarni retired from the college in 2018, after more than 30 years of service to Penn State.
