Penn State Beaver Professor Robin Bower's book “In the Doorway of All Worlds: Gonzalo de Berceo’s Translation of the Saints” has been published by the University of Toronto Press. Bower also served as a volume editor for “A Companion to Mester de Clericia Poetry,” part of the peer-reviewed handbook series called Brill’s Companions to Medieval Literatures and Culture will be published later this summer.
Penn State campuses across Pennsylvania were sites of celebration and recognition May 3-5 as the University awarded more than 14,000 degrees during 2024 spring commencement ceremonies held statewide. Revisit the excitement of commencement with this gallery of photos from Penn State's Commonwealth Campuses.
Information Technology professors at Penn State Beaver give their students various opportunities to participate in experiential learning, including capstone projects and the opportunity to present at a conference.
Penn State Beaver recently held its 56th annual campus awards ceremony where Aaliyah Booker was presented with the Eric A. and Josephine S. Walker Award.
Maura Francis, a 2016 alumna who is now a doctor of psychology working in clinical practice in New York, will be the keynote speaker for the May 4 commencement ceremony on campus.
As part of our regular “We Are!” feature, we recognize 13 Penn Staters who have gone above and beyond what’s asked of them in their work at the University.
The Penn State Beaver community is remembering the late John Chapin, who has been granted posthumous emeritus status. A memorial service was held on campus on Friday, April 12, for Chapin, a longtime professor of communications, who died in March.
Carey McDougall has been named as the new chancellor and chief academic officer of Penn State Beaver. McDougall has been serving as the campus' interim chancellor since July 1, 2023.
"The Current in the Community: Lessons from the East Palestine Train Derailment" will be held April 13 in The Baby Bello, 2200 Ninth Ave., in Beaver Falls. The event will feature an art gallery, documentary short film and a panel discussion that seeks to both honor those impacted by the February 2023 train derailment in Ohio and highlight what this environmental disaster means for the future of the region.
Six Penn State faculty members have received the 2024 George W. Atherton Award for Excellence in Teaching. They are Sommar Chilton, associate teaching professor of communication sciences and disorders in the College of Health and Human Development; Linda Istanbulli, Caroline D. Eckhardt Early Career Professor of Comparative Literature and assistant professor of comparative literature and Arabic in the College of the Liberal Arts; Siu Ling "Pansy" Leung, associate teaching professor of mechanical engineering in the College of Engineering; Kuei-Nuan Lin, associate professor of mathematics at Penn State Greater Allegheny; Sarah Nilson, assistant professor of biology at Penn State Beaver; and Kara Stone, assistant teaching professor of English at Penn State Scranton.
