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Professor’s new book examines free speech issues at college campuses
On Jan 31, 2023
Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences Bradford Vivian recently completed his latest book, "Campus Misinformation: The Real Threat to Free Speech in American Higher Education," a critical examination of the alleged free speech crisis at America’s universities.
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Liberal Arts students travel to Egypt through embedded program
On Jan 30, 2023
This past winter break, students taking the ARAB 99/499 course had the opportunity to travel to Cairo, Egypt, for seven days as part of the Youth Life in Egypt embedded program in the College of the Liberal Arts.
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Alumni-owned barber wear startup SLCKR experiences growth in 2022
On Jan 27, 2023
Penn State alumni Tyler Tracey and Ben Johnson launched elevated barber wear startup SLCKR in January 2021. They were able to grow their business through the Invent Penn State Summer Founders Program. Two years later, SLCKR ended 2022 with more than $140,000 in sales.
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Education project aims to improve overdose-death reporting
On Jan 26, 2023
Accurate reporting on causes of death has direct impacts on mortality data, policy making, and setting priorities in public health. A Penn State-led project aims to educate coroners, medical examiners, and others in the death certifier community in Pennsylvania about the reporting of accidental overdoses due to substance use to help local governments better respond to public health issues.
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Faculty receives 2022 Kelley-Willits Award for excellence in online teaching
On Jan 26, 2023
Michael O’Neill, an adjunct faculty member with the School of Labor and Employment Relations, has been selected as the 2022 winner of the Kelley-Willits Award for Excellence in Online Teaching.
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Liberal Arts students create group to diversify Penn State business fraternities
On Jan 26, 2023
The Business Fraternity Diversity Council, which was created last semester, aims to increase the participation and retention of minority members of each of Penn State’s business fraternities.
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Podcasts collaborate for discussion on media literacy
On Jan 25, 2023
The "Democracy Works" podcast opens its spring 2023 season with a discussion on how to create a "balanced media diet." The conversation features Matt Jordan and Leah Dajches, hosts of the "News Over Noise" podcast. Jordan is professor of media studies and Dajches is a postdoctoral researcher, both in the Bellisario College of Communications.
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Agriculture linked to changes in age-independent mortality in North America
On Jan 20, 2023
The transition to agriculture from hunting and gathering in pre-colonial North America led to changes in age-independent mortality, or mortality caused by factors that are not associated with age, according to a new study by a Penn State-led research team.
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Professor awarded grant to study effects of migration on life expectancy
On Jan 20, 2023
A $2.6 million grant awarded to Jessica Y. Ho, associate professor of sociology and demography and Social Science Research Institute cofunded faculty member, will explore how migration contributes to geographic inequalities in life expectancy.
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Archaeologists awarded NSF grant to survey hurricane-damaged heritage sites
On Jan 19, 2023
A team of archaeologists received National Science Foundation emergency funding to survey Indigenous cultural heritage sites in Florida damaged by Hurricane Ian, which made landfall in September 2022.
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Graphic novel inspired by professor’s archaeological research in Bolivia
On Jan 18, 2023
After years studying the ancient civilization of the indigenous Aymara people at the Chiripa archaeological site in Bolivia, Penn State Associate Professor of Anthropology José Capriles and his longtime research collaborator adopted a very modern medium — that of the graphic novel — to help them tell its story.
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Center for Human Evolution and Diversity extends grant application deadline
On Jan 17, 2023
The Center for Human Evolution and Diversity at Penn State has extended its deadline for submitting grant proposals to the center for projects to be conducted during the 2023-24 academic year. Applications will now be accepted until Feb. 28.
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Liberal Arts Career Week begins Jan. 23
On Jan 12, 2023
Penn State College of the Liberal Arts students seeking to gain a thorough understanding of post-graduation possibilities, hone their professional skills and network with employers should participate in Liberal Arts Career Week events held Jan. 23 to 27 and hosted by the Liberal Arts Career Enrichment Network.
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Center for Socially Responsible AI awards seed funding to 6 projects
On Jan 11, 2023
The Penn State Center for Socially Responsible Artificial Intelligence recently announced the results of its third seed funding competition. The center awarded $145,000 to advance six interdisciplinary research projects that feature researchers from eight colleges and institutes.
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Inaugural Rhea S. Schwartz Fellow reflects on year of service
On Jan 11, 2023
For her year of service, Josie Krieger, the inaugural Rhea S. Schwartz Fellow in the College of the Liberal Arts, is working at the Utah Refugee Services Office in Salt Lake City.
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Samuel Kọ́láwọlé to offer reading on Jan. 26
On Jan 11, 2023
Fiction writer and Penn State assistant professor Samuel Kọ́láwọlé will read from his works at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 26, in Paterno Library’s Foster Auditorium as part of the 2022-23 Mary E. Rolling Reading Series.