While home in Pakistan to see her family, Ayra Siddiq visited a refugee camp just outside the country's capital. The Penn State Abington sophomore was stunned by the living conditions, and she left determined to help the population develop skills and improve their lives.
Penn State’s first Open Educational Resources (OER) Summit March 23 aims to educate participants University-wide about OER, share updates from the provost-charged OER task force, showcase examples of OER in practice and encourage active creation of OER content at a hands-on workshop.
Three Penn State Abington students joined a team of international researchers in Norway this summer, investigating the American exploration of the world's northernmost archipelago and solving at least one historical mystery along the way.
The Department of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management at Penn State has established the Social Science Acoustics Lab in Keller Building at the University Park campus. The lab is used in a variety of ways to investigate the impact natural sounds have on human health.
In a monthly feature, Penn State’s Office of Strategic Communications will feature national and international news coverage of the work and expertise of Penn State’s faculty, students and staff.
For the second year in a row, the Society of Engineering Science took first place and the People's Choice Award at the Penn State Regional Rube Goldberg Machine Contest. The annual competition challenges students to use innovative ideas, unconventional problem-solving skills and storytelling to design a machine that completes a simple task in a complex manner.
Movie fans gathered for the Oscars at Penn State Abington ahead of Sunday night's Academy Awards. They talked about the nominees and then vote electronically for their favorites. Find out how Abington's predictions held up against the actual winners.
A Penn State Abington student spoke to The New York Times about a program that allowed her to earn approximately $10,000 in total scholarship credits and supported her through the admissions and financial aid processes.
A decade of No Place for Hate programming leads Penn State Abington students to expand their fight for tolerance beyond racial and ethnic bias to include challenges such as eating disorders, hunger and homelessness.
The Penn State Board of Trustees’ Committee on Finance, Business, and Capital Planning reviewed information today (Feb. 25) on room and board rates for the upcoming academic year as well as a proposed multi-year capital assessment to support long-range building projects.
