Due to the economic challenges facing Pennsylvania and the nation, Penn State President Eric J. Barron announced plans today (April 23) to freeze tuition rates for all students University-wide for the 2020-21 academic year. The plan, which will be presented to the University’s Board of Trustees for final approval at its July meeting, would mark the third consecutive year that Penn State has held tuition rates flat for Pennsylvania resident students.
Ashkan Negahban, assistant professor of engineering management, and Satish Srinivasan, assistant professor of information science, will lead projects that help address the COVID-19 crisis, thanks to seed grants from the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences.
The Great Valley LaunchBox, funded by Invent Penn State, will provide mentoring services, office hours, workshops, speakers series and more to the local entrepreneurial community.
The Institute for Computational and Data Sciences, in conjunction with several Penn State colleges, awarded more than $725,000 in seed grants to fund 32 new computational and data sciences projects. The 57 researchers involved in the awards represent 12 Penn State colleges and 31 academic departments.
The Penn State alumni family grew by more than 15,000 this past weekend as the University recognized its spring 2020 graduates in a livestreamed commencement ceremony, which took place on Saturday, May 9.
When the COVID-19 crisis transitioned Penn State to remote learning, faculty, staff and students adapted to make Great Valley's first global immersion field study a success.
As hospitals across the United States face a shortage of N95 masks during the COVID-19 crisis, Penn State Great Valley engineering lab manager Dennis Wozniak is helping to address these needs by producing mask shields in the campus’ Innovation Center.
Students in the Social Entrepreneurship and Community Leadership course offered by Penn State Great Valley split into teams to work with four local small businesses to develop infomercials, marketing plans, social media guides and more.
Todd Krout completed the project management, leadership development, and supply chain management certificates offered by Penn State at the Navy Yard, and applies the lessons and tools learned in each in all aspects of his life.
Alexis Doherty was promoted to associate project manager shortly after completing Penn State at the Navy Yard's project management certificate, and credits the program for her new role.
