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The lion shrine at Penn State Beaver.

Lion's Den

Think you have what it takes to enter the Lion's Den, Penn State Beaver's idea competition?

Associate Professor Mari Pierce lectures to a class.

Re-examining the death penalty

Penn State Beaver Associate Professor Mari Pierce is studying the transcripts of every death-eligible case in the state of Oregon from 2000 to 2010 to see if and how juries are influenced. Her findings could change the way capital cases are tried.
Associate Professor Mari Pierce lectures to a class.

Mari Pierce

Associate Professor of Administration of Justice and the 2016 Faculty Excellence in Research Award winner Mari Pierce is studying capital cases in Oregon for insight into how the juries decided on death.

Beaver Chemistry Instructor Claudia Tanaskovic talks to a tour group in the chemistry lab.

Michael Baker Building

Penn State Beaver Chemistry Instructor Claudia Tanaskovic shows off a state-of-the-art lab to members of the executive board of the Penn State Alumni Association.

Instructor Ashu Kumar shows an IST classroom to a tour group.

MBB Ashu Kumar

Information Sciences and Technology Instructor Ashu Kumar explains how his students make use of the IST collaborative classroom, which includes a wall coated in Idea Paint.

A Lion Ambassador leads a group of alumni through the Michael Baker hallway.

MBB Lion Ambassador

Four Beaver Lion Ambassadors led tours throughout the renovated Michael Baker Building, with stops in the Maker Lab, the One Button Studio, the chemistry department and an IST collaborative classroom.

Michael Hay shows a tour group his chemistry equipment.

MBB glove box

Associate Professor of Chemistry Michael Hay demonstrates his glove box to a tour group. The glove box allows Hay to conduct experiments in a controlled environment, making his research faster and more precise.