After graduating summa cum laude this May with a degree in psychology, Bethany Haag will continue addictions research she started as an undergraduate at Penn State Schuylkill when she starts a five-year doctoral program in biobehavioral health in fall 2023 at Penn State’s University Park campus. There, her research will focus on neural and behavioral mechanisms in relapse rates among individuals with alcohol use disorders.
Nearly 70 domestic and international students across multiple Penn State campuses, including Abington, Brandywine, Great Valley, Lehigh Valley and Schuylkill, joined together for a series of events about mass incarceration in the United States, including a visit to Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia.
Penn State’s Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center recently announced funding of up to $2,500 to support projects by early career researchers whose work promotes the health of members of historically marginalized groups in the U.S. or abroad.
The Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing at Penn State has been awarded a $2 million grant by the Bedford Falls Foundation, resulting in the creation of more than 30 scholarship awards each totaling $40,000.
Penn State students, staff and faculty, alumni and community members kicked off Earth Month with a visit from United Nations Youth Ambassador, AY Young for a series of pop-up concerts and speaking engagements culminating with the inaugural Student-Led Sustainability Summit. As Earth Month continues, Penn Staters are invited to attend a wide variety of special events and activities throughout the remainder of April.
Thirteen Penn State Schuylkill students presented 20 research projects at the Eastern Communication Association's James C. McCroskey and Virginia P. Richmond Undergraduate Scholars Conference (ECA-USC) in April in Baltimore, Maryland.
Six Penn State faculty members have received the 2023 George W. Atherton Award for Excellence in Teaching. They are Kevin Bell, associate professor of English in the College of the Liberal Arts; Joseph Cuiffi, assistant teaching professor of electro-mechanical engineering technology at Penn State New Kensington; Peter Heaney, professor of geosciences in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences; Desiree Lim, assistant professor of philosophy in the College of the Liberal Arts; Megan Lorenz, lecturer in business administration at Penn State York; and Brenna Traver, associate professor of biology at Penn State Schuylkill.
Penn State Schuylkill's Theta Chi Theta chapter of Beta Beta Beta, the national biological honor society, hosted the organization's Northeast District 2 convention on campus for the first time, on April 1.
Penn State alumnus Marcel Smith, class of 2014, who attended Penn State Schuylkill from 2010-12, made history as one of the first male dancers on an NBA dance team, and the first male dance team captain for the NBA's Washington Wizards. Smith recently returned to his starting campus to speak about his career trajectory, and how Penn State Schuylkill helped shape his approach to chasing his dreams.
Three Penn State Schuylkill students presented two of eight total research posters representing Penn State at the prestigious Undergraduate Research at the Capitol – Pennsylvania event in Harrisburg on March 7.
