While home in Pakistan to see her family, Ayra Siddiq visited a refugee camp just outside the country's capital. The Penn State Abington sophomore was stunned by the living conditions, and she left determined to help the population develop skills and improve their lives.
Penn State’s first Open Educational Resources (OER) Summit March 23 aims to educate participants University-wide about OER, share updates from the provost-charged OER task force, showcase examples of OER in practice and encourage active creation of OER content at a hands-on workshop.
The agenda for Penn State's first Open Educational Resources (OER) Summit, held at Foster Auditorium and online via MediaSite Live on March 23, includes opening remarks at 8:45 a.m. by Dean Barbara I. Dewey, dean of University Libraries and Scholarly Publishing and chair of the Penn State OER Task Force. Additional information about the event, including a registration link for all participants, regardless of location, is available at http://tinyurl.com/OERsummit16.
Three Penn State Abington students joined a team of international researchers in Norway this summer, investigating the American exploration of the world's northernmost archipelago and solving at least one historical mystery along the way.
The Department of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management at Penn State has established the Social Science Acoustics Lab in Keller Building at the University Park campus. The lab is used in a variety of ways to investigate the impact natural sounds have on human health.
In a monthly feature, Penn State’s Office of Strategic Communications will feature national and international news coverage of the work and expertise of Penn State’s faculty, students and staff.
