Penn State Abington and the Philadelphia Water Department are tapping teams from colleges and universities for solutions to protect streams and rivers from contamination.
Sherveen Karbasiafshar is a biology student at Penn State. He, along with five other undergraduates, created HemoGO — a smartphone application designed to assist people who want to check their complete blood count on the go. HemoGO is one of six Penn State student startups working with the Pennsylvania Technical Assistance Program to compete for a pool of $30,000 in the annual Inc.U competition show “The Investment,” airing at 8 p.m. May 24 on WPSU.
The Penn State handball team is expanding — with the help of a key player and two coaches from the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences — from just a handful of members to two championship-caliber squads in just a few years.
Penn State Abington Education majors raised the money to purchase a bench at a local elementary school that encourages children to seek out those in need of a friend. The project is one of many that helps shape the Abington students into teachers who help form well-rounded children.
The honorees included finance major Michael Litz, who earned the conference men's tennis player of the year award while serving as chair of its Student Athlete Advisory Committee.
More than 300 new graduates celebrated at Penn State Abington with the words of Chancellor Damian J. Fernandez urging them to contribute in big and small ways to making the nation a better place.
In March, the Student Engagement Network received a record number of applications for the summer 2018 grant award cycle — a number that has more than doubled since the launch of the grant program a year ago.
