Madhurima Ray, assistant professor of computer science at Penn State Beaver, recently presented to the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Women in Engineering Student Branch Affinity Group at the University of Jaffna in Sri Lanka.
Pennsylvania Sen. Elder Vogel Jr. has been awarded the Penn State Alumni Association’s 2025 Friend of Penn State Legislative Award. The award, first given in 2006, recognizes Pennsylvania legislators who play a significant role in the further improvement of the University.
Andy Puleo, interim regional director of student affairs at Penn State Beaver and Penn State Shenango, has been named to the Under 40 Distinguished Impact Awards list by the Homegrown Initiative’s Future Leaders.
Five faculty members were honored with awards at the end of the spring semester – three given by the University College for research, teaching and service, and two from the Office of the Vice President for Commonwealth Campuses in recognition of innovative teaching practices to enhance student learning.
As part of our regular “We Are!” feature, we recognize 17 Penn Staters who have gone above and beyond what’s asked of them in their work at the University.
Penn State University Libraries presented the 2025 Undergraduate Research Awards: Excellence in Information Literacy honors to 104 students at 20 undergraduate Penn State campuses this spring.
Walt Everetts, a Penn State alumnus and retired aerospace engineer, will share his story and offer his thoughts to Penn State Beaver graduates at the campus' May 9 commencement ceremony.
A new study exploring how therapy dogs can create a safe, nonjudgmental environment for survivors of domestic violence in educational, therapeutic and courtroom settings was recently published posthumously on behalf of John R. Chapin, professor emeritus of communications at Penn State Beaver. The research highlights the ways therapy dogs, who are trained to provide emotional support to survivors, can reduce anxiety, foster trust and facilitate positive outcomes.
Research completed by the late John Chapin, a professor emeritus of communications at Penn State Beaver, has now been published posthumously because of his former student, Michael Brayack, a 2014 Penn State Beaver graduate, and Chapin's wife, Grace Coleman.
