Undergraduate students from across the country are returning to Penn State next week for the first international conference on the science of drawdown, the point at which greenhouse gases in the atmosphere begin to decline. The students, participants in this past summer’s Penn State Drawdown Scholars Research Experience for Undergraduates Program, will present results from their summer research projects from Sept. 16-18.
Penn State Harrisburg will hold a Graduate School Open House at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 24, in the college library. The open house will offer the opportunity to learn about the college’s more than 30 master’s, doctoral and certification programs, including two new master’s programs in civil engineering and mechanical engineering.
Undergraduate students from across the United States presented their summer research projects at the Research Experiences for Undergraduates Symposium on July 30. Forty-four of these students will return to Penn State to present their research at the first international conference on the science of drawdown.
Penn State student teams used artificial intelligence to create more efficient ways for students to study, find a job and assess the housing situation. Revu, Resilient Resumes and LionPad received a combined total of $25,000 from the Nittany AI Alliance to continue working on their solutions, which were developed during the 2019 Nittany AI Challenge. The funding was awarded Sept. 10 at the Nittany AI Challenge Celebration Event.
Faculty members from five campuses gathered for a retreat in early September where they could work and collaborate with colleagues in a quiet setting. The event was organized by Penn State York and sponsored through the campus, a teaching innovation grant from the Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence, and Teaching and Learning with Technology (TLT) at University Park. Some of the faculty members from the York campus who took part in the retreat included , left to right, Amber Seidel, associate professor of human development and family studies; Joan Smeltzer, assistant teaching professor in mathematics; Joy Giguere, assistant professor of history, seated; and Nicole Muscanell, assistant professor of psychology.
Faculty members from five campuses gathered for a retreat in York, Pennsylvania, in early September to work on writing and teaching projects in a quiet setting that offered few distractions.
