Four alumni recognized with 2024 Graduate School Alumni Society Awards
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Penn State alumni Julie A. Cerrito, Melanie R. McReynolds, Scott Michael Robertson and Vivian Briones Valenty were honored on March 23 as the 2024 Graduate School Alumni Society Award recipients.
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Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Graduate students Aditya Sapra, Auja Bywater and Paul DiStefano received awards in Penn State’s first "Three Minute Thesis" competition, hosted by the Graduate School. The event featured 11 competitors from nine graduate programs, and all presentations are available to watch online.
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Tuesday, March 26, 2024
Jennifer Graham-Engeland, professor of biobehavioral health and professor-in-charge of the graduate program in the College of Health and Human Development, is the 2024 recipient of the Graduate School Alumni Society Graduate Program Chair Leadership Award. The award honors faculty members for exemplary leadership that benefits graduate students and faculty in an existing graduate program at the University.
Learn More chevron_rightVigeant-Haas recognized with Palmer Faculty Mentoring Award
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
Michelle Vigeant-Haas, associate professor of acoustics and architectural engineering in the Penn State College of Engineering, is the recipient of the 2024 Howard B. Palmer Faculty Mentoring Award. The award honors and recognizes outstanding achievement by a faculty member with at least five years of service who effectively guides junior faculty.
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Tuesday, March 26, 2024
Allison Henward, associate professor of education in the College of Education, has received the 2024 Graduate Faculty Teaching Award. The award, established in 1992 by the Graduate School, is presented to faculty members in recognition of outstanding teaching performance and advising of graduate students.
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Monday, March 25, 2024
Farzad Hashemi, who graduated in 2023 from Penn State with a doctorate in architecture, was recently named the recipient of the Architectural Research Centers Consortium Dissertation Award. He is the second recipient of the prestigious research award in as many years from the Stuckeman School.
Learn More chevron_rightArts and Architecture names fourth cohort of 2024 Sustainability Fellows
Friday, March 22, 2024
The Penn State College of Arts and Architecture has named its fourth cohort of Sustainability Fellows, which comprises graduate students representing disciplines across the college.
Learn More chevron_rightTwo keys needed to crack three locks for better engineered blood vessels
Thursday, March 21, 2024
A team led by Xiaojun “Lance” Lian, associate professor of biomedical engineering and of biology at Penn State, discovered two proteins that differentiate stem cells into the components of blood vessels. The finding, published in Stem Cell Reports, has implications for drug testing and other clinical applications.
Learn More chevron_right$1.6 M from NSF to improve models that inform marine protected areas
Thursday, March 21, 2024
Eric Crandall, assistant research professor of biology, has been awarded a three-year, $1.6 million biological oceanography grant by the U.S. National Science Foundation.
Learn More chevron_rightPenn State alum builds on history in Graduate Program in Acoustics
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
After finishing his advanced degree in acoustics, Andrew Barnard returned to his undergraduate alma mater in Michigan and never thought he’d come back to Penn State, much less lead the program he graduated from. But when he heard about an opening in Penn State’s Graduate Program in Acoustics, he knew it was an opportunity he couldn’t pass up. In this series, Penn State News highlights the Penn Staters who returned to the University to pursue goals and opportunities important to them.
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