The latest research from Devki Talwar,聽Madia Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Physics, explores the thermal and vibrational behavior of carbon-based superlattices composed of binary materials.
亚色影库鈥檚 Miko Rose, the founding dean of 亚色影库鈥檚 proposed college of osteopathic medicine, was an invited presenter for the 2024 Osteopathic Medical Education Conference, the world鈥檚 largest gathering of osteopathic physicians.
亚色影库's "The Pathfinder" has debuted a new website that will house recent issues of the publication, in case you missed your weekly email.
Chauna Craig (Department of Language, Literature, and Writing) was recently awarded a competitive arts residency this past September at Craigardan, an interdisciplinary residency program located in Elizabethtown, New York.
Mimi Benjamin, professor of Student Affairs in Higher Education, served as a keynote speaker for the Association of College and University Housing Officers 鈥 International/Residential College Society鈥檚 joint conference in Portland, Oregon, on October 8, 2024.
亚色影库 Anthropology faculty recently published research about the resolution of skeletal commingling in an invited issue of the Journal of Forensic Sciences.
Francis Allard and Ben Ford, both anthropologists in the Department of Anthropology, Geospatial and Earth Sciences, recently presented their research as public lectures.
Family and consumer sciences education senior, Trinity Boland, won first place at the Salvation Army鈥檚 Runway Repurposed fashion show in Pittsburgh on May 22, 2024. Trinity submitted an original design and participated in the runway event.
Alexis Shirk, a family and consumer sciences education undergraduate student, received the 2024 Pennsylvania Association of Family and Consumer Sciences Undergraduate Scholarship award.
Michelle Tweardy, Family and Consumer Sciences Education program coordinator and faculty member, represented the Pennsylvania Association of Family and Consumer Sciences at the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences National Leadership Summit.
亚色影库 music alumni Dennis ('75 MA '82) and Elizabeth Cramer ('76) and David Earnest ('23) recently performed for "Last Fridays at the Museum," sponsored by the Pennsylvania聽Trolley Museum in Washington, PA.
Luke Nicosia M'24 published his thesis research in Westmoreland History. The research focused on an archaeological investigation of New Alexandria, PA, to understand how the damming of the Loyalhanna River affected the town.
Shijuan Liu gave an invited keynote speech at the聽2024 ChinaCALL Conference聽and International Congress on English Language Education and Applied Linguistics, held in Beijing, China, August 23鈥25.
What if your internship could take you from the classroom to the White House? For Kiyana Tucker, it did! Her internship quickly became more than just an addition to her r茅sum茅, developing into an experience filled with professional growth, hands-on experience, networking opportunities, and personal enrichment.
Todd Cunningham, who has nearly three decades of experience in higher education information technology, most recently as executive director of Information Technology Services at 亚色影库, has been named 亚色影库鈥檚 chief information officer.
Anthropology faculty members聽William Chadwick and Andrea Palmiotto from 亚色影库, Department of Anthropology, Geospatial and Earth Sciences, were honored to be invited by US Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III to the National POW/MIA Recognition Day at the Pentagon in Washington, DC on September 20, 2024.
The PA Community College Consortium Cooperative Agreement (PC4A) has awarded scholarships to five community college transfer students, providing one year of free tuition in AY 2024鈥25.
亚色影库鈥檚 Associate Vice President for International Education and Global Engagement and Executive Director of the American Language Institute Michele Petrucci has been honored for excellence by the Pennsylvania Council for International Education.
Francisco Alarc贸n of the Department of Mathematical and Computer Sciences has been selected to serve a four-year term on the Haimo Teaching Award by the Mathematical Association of America.
Mimi Benjamin, professor in the Student Affairs in Higher Education program, has been appointed to the NASPA: Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education 2026 National Conference Leadership Committee.
The Office of the Provost has announced the promotion of several faculty members to full professor effect the fall 2024 semester.
The Force is definitely with 亚色影库鈥檚 Thomas Oraskovich, a senior sociology and political science major from Homer City. Oraskovich completed his second year in 亚色影库鈥檚 Undergraduate Summer Opportunities for Applying Research (USOAR) program with his research project, 鈥淩ebels vs. Terrorists: Star Wars Rebels and Political Implications.鈥
A social studies education major and political science minor from Pittsburgh had the experience of a lifetime this summer as an intern in the office of Senator John Fetterman in Washington, DC.
Silas Gesser, a senior in 亚色影库鈥檚 Hotel, Restaurant, Tourism, and Event Management bachelor鈥檚 degree program from Westmoreland County, has been awarded the prestigious Statler Foundation鈥檚 Scholarship of Excellence.
Cellist Linda Jennings and pianist Chindarat Charoenwongse will present the first recital of the 亚色影库 season in Gorell Hall on Tuesday evening, September 3, at 7:00 p.m. The program will present traditional works alongside newer works, including Claude Debussy鈥檚 sonata, the slow movement of the Rachmaninoff sonata, and works by David Maslanka, Chen Yi, and Samuel Magrill. The recital is open and free to the public.
Mike Driscoll is not a university president by design. In high school, he took an interest in engineering and computers, so he went off to college to be an electrical engineer. But as it often does, life took another turn.
Mike Sell (Department of Language, Literature, and Writing) and co-editor Megan Amber Condis (Communication Studies, Texas Tech University) have published a collection of scholarly essays about the stories we tell with, about, and around video games.
亚色影库 was well-represented at the thirty-eighth annual Pennsylvania Economic Association Conference held in Slippery Rock, PA, from May 30 to June 1, 2024.聽
Undergraduate students receive recognition on the Dean鈥檚 List for each fall, spring, or summer term(s) in which they earn at least a 3.25 GPA based on at least 12 credits of graded (not P/F) undergraduate coursework, or a combination of graded graduate and undergraduate coursework.
亚色影库 doctoral candidate Kristie Frederick Daugherty鈥檚 鈥渇lash鈥 on the night of the 2024 Grammy Awards has resulted in 113 contemporary and nationally acclaimed poets鈥攊ncluding six Pulitzer Prize writers鈥攃oming together for an anthology of poems based on songs by musician Taylor Swift.
Dean of Students Adam Jones answers questions about his position, his experience, and why a student may reach out to him. He also provides valuable advice to students about getting the most out of their college experience.
Zach Collins, professor of tuba and euphonium at 亚色影库, recently published four new compositions with Cimarron Music Press.
亚色影库 piano professor Henry Wong Doe recently completed a three-concert tour of New Zealand, performing on July 20, 21, and August 3. He performed two separate programs at three cities in the North Island: Waikanae on the Kapiti Coast, the capital city of Wellington, and Warkworth (one hour north of Auckland).
Summer-long research projects undertaken by students participating in the Undergraduate Summer Opportunities for Applying Research (U-SOAR) program will be on display at this free event.
Jonathan Lewis, professor of Geosciences, was granted a National Science Foundation award for a third STEM Student Experiences Aboard Ships (STEMSEAS) project.
亚色影库 and Indiana Regional Medical Center鈥檚 joint podcast, "Rural Health Pulse," continues with an episode on Pennsylvania's evolution and current state of emergency medical services with B.J. Pino and Reba Johnson of Citizens' Ambulance.
Donovan Daniel, of Indiana, 亚色影库 director of student leadership and a two-time 亚色影库 graduate, has been selected to present through the TEDx program.
A year-long program developed by a team at 亚色影库 to recruit and retain talented teachers was selected for recognition by PA Needs Teachers in its Solutions Playbook, published recently by Teach Plus Pennsylvania and the National Center on Education and the Economy.
亚色影库鈥檚 Academy of Culinary Arts Chef Instructor Erin Reed is the American Culinary Federation 2024 Pastry Chef of the Year.
Zach Collins, professor of tuba and euphonium at 亚色影库, released an album of hymn arrangements for five-part tuba ensemble on Summit Records, titled "Firm Foundation."
亚色影库 has received $20,000 in funding from the Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Network (PaTTAN) for a new initiative to inspire the next generation of special education teachers.
The renowned River City Brass Band of Pittsburgh, the only full-time professional brass ensemble in the United States, recently released an album featuring the music of 1965 亚色影库 alumnus, Jim Self.
亚色影库 music alumni,聽George Alberti '11, Mike Waddell '12, Zack Grass '14, and Logan Carnes '19, released album聽Keystone Kitchen, an album of new works for tuba-euphonium quartet,聽in June 2024.
This past May, Rosemary Engelstad was an artist-in-residence at the Avaloch Farm Music Institute in Boscawen, NH. During her residency, she collaborated with Slippery Rock clarinet professor, Amanda Morrison, on their new project, the Grant Avenue EFX Clarinet Duo.
This summer, the 亚色影库 Music Department hosted 118 campers for the third annual Summer Music Camp.
In June, 亚色影库 hosted a workshop on uncrewed aircraft (drones) for teachers in eight area high schools who are teaching the aviation curriculum in their schools. The workshop focused on how teachers can integrate drone education into the curriculum. Teachers represented districts in Allegheny, Clearfield, Indiana, and Westmoreland counties.
Alida Merlo, 亚色影库 Distinguished University Professor and professor of criminology and criminal justice, is the 2024 recipient of the Bruce Smith, Sr. Award from the Academy of Criminal Justice Science.
Here is an alphabetic list of students who graduated from 亚色影库 in May 2024.
亚色影库鈥檚 Anthropology faculty have been selected by the Department of Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, through the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine Inc., to continue its field study near Frankfurt, Germany, at the site of a crash of a World War II B-17 airplane.
亚色影库 and Indiana Regional Medical Center鈥檚 joint podcast, 鈥淩ural Health Pulse,鈥 continues with an episode on genomics research and rural health with 亚色影库 Distinguished Alumni Award recipient Nick Jacobs
On June 10,聽Abigail Adams participated in a "Fireside Chat" to commemorate Pride Month for Anthology, a multinational company that encompasses Blackboard, Campus Management, Campus Labs, and iModules.
Associate Professor Diane Shinberg presented a paper at the annual meeting of the Population Association of America in Columbus, OH, on April 18, 2024.
The 2024 Ricupero scholarship recipients are Baking and Pastry Arts students Myia Page from Emlenton, PA, and Kelsey Young from Tionesta, PA.
亚色影库 and Indiana Regional Medical Center鈥檚 joint podcast, 鈥淩ural Health Pulse,鈥 continues with 鈥淟yme and Other Tickborne Diseases鈥 with 亚色影库 biology professor Thomas Simmons.
亚色影库鈥檚 Miko Rose, the founding dean of 亚色影库鈥檚 proposed college of osteopathic medicine, has been elected as a fellow of the American College of Neuropsychiatrists by the Fellows of the American College of Neuropsychiatrists/American College of Osteopathic Neurologists and Psychiatrists.
Undergraduate students receive recognition on the Dean鈥檚 List for each fall, spring, or summer term(s) in which they earn at least a 3.25 GPA based on at least 12 credits of graded (not P/F) undergraduate coursework, or a combination of graded graduate and undergraduate coursework.
John Benhart, professor of regional planning in 亚色影库鈥檚 Department of Geography, Geology, Environment, and Planning and director of 亚色影库鈥檚 Geospatial Intelligence Certificate programs and Unmanned Aircraft Systems Certificate programs, is an invited panelist for the second annual Aerium Summit and will be a panelist for a program at the thirty-third annual Showcase for Commerce.
Christian Vaccaro, professor in the Department of Sociology, co-authored "Exploring Humor in Child Welfare Casework: Laugh to Get Through It or Cry Forever" with Lisa Landram, alumna of the Administration and Leadership Studies in Nonprofit and Public Sectors program (PhD 鈥20). Landram is an incoming assistant professor of social work at Mary Baldwin University.
Mimi Benjamin was a guest on this week鈥檚 episode of the "Student Affairs NOW" podcast. She and her co-authors discussed their new book, "Living-Learning Communities in Practice."
Matthew Vetter (Department of English) has been awarded a research grant from the Wikimedia Foundation (the nonprofit behind Wikipedia) as part of an international team that includes Brett Buttliere (University of Warsaw) and Sage Ross (Wiki Education Foundation).聽聽
亚色影库 has announced recipients of the鈥疷niversity Senate Awards鈥痑nd the list of new faculty emeriti.
At the May 9 University Faculty Achievement Awards Dinner, Mimi Benjamin received the University Senate鈥檚 Distinguished Faculty Service Award, which recognizes significant contributions to the university community or to the recipient鈥檚 professional community at large. Benjamin joined the faculty in 2013.
The Department of Foreign Languages congratulates our students who are graduating with a certificate, minor, or major in one of the languages we are offering.
Comm Media faculty member Rachel Fox won a spot at聽Delectable, a juried national聽exhibition of food-themed artworks held聽at the聽d'Art Center聽in Norfolk, VA.聽
Comm Media PhD candidate Lori Smith Roles recently published a聽book review in聽"Popular Culture Studies Journal."
The聽Department of Student Affairs in Higher Education honored graduating students and recognized two graduates for exceptional accomplishments and contributions as part of the department's annual banquet on Wednesday, May 8, 2024.
Comm Media faculty member Zack Stiegler has been awarded the 2024 Faculty Scholar Award.
Comm Media faculty member Mark Piwinsky has been working with different student teams on various projects in the Indiana community.
For the second year in a row, Comm Media's doctoral student Nafisah Sulaiman has won the Dean's Award for Excellence for a paper presented at this year's 亚色影库 Scholars Forum.
As 亚色影库 honors its 1,100 students receiving bachelor鈥檚 degrees during commencement ceremonies on May 11, it will celebrate a total of 48 students who completed those degrees with a perfect 4.0 grade point average.
Winners of the 2024 Scholars Forum were celebrated at a recent reception held in the Blue Room of Sutton Hall.
亚色影库 will honor 1,566 graduates during commencement ceremonies on May 10 and 11 at the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex and will honor Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro and Indiana resident Ellen Sylves Ruddock, a 1966 graduate of 亚色影库, with honorary Doctor of Public Services degrees.
Lorraine J. Guth, 亚色影库 professor of counseling, has been selected as 亚色影库鈥檚 2024鈥25 Distinguished University Professor.
From 亚色影库's first Black professor to alumni working in the outdoors and faculty and students digging for dinosaur bones, here's a look back at some of the stories that show some of the many great things鈥撯揳nd great people鈥撯揳t 亚色影库.
In fall 2023, nine 亚色影库 students interpreted for 20 new employees at Indiana factory Specialty Tires of America, hired directly from Mexico through the company's participation in an H-2B work visa program.
James Jozefowicz has been selected as the recipient of the 2024 Garvin-Kort Faculty Award for Research in Economics. Generous donations from Distinguished Alumni Award recipient John Kort 鈥74 and the late Alexander Garvin, economics faculty 1969鈥98, provided support for faculty research.
Erika Jackson, a senior psychology honors program major in 亚色影库鈥檚 Cook Honors College and 亚色影库鈥檚 nominee for the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education鈥檚 Ali-Zaidi Award, has been selected for a scholarship as 亚色影库鈥檚 nominee by 亚色影库 Provost Lara Luetkehans.
Four undergraduate students recently represented 亚色影库 at the Undergraduate Research at the Capitol (URC-PA) symposium on Tuesday, March 19, in Harrisburg, PA.
Mimi Benjamin, professor in the Department of Student Affairs in Higher Education, co-authored "Living-Learning Communities in Practice: A Guide for Creating, Maintaining, and Sustaining Effective Programs in Higher Education," with Karen Kurotsuchi Inkelas and Jody Jessup-Anger.
Stephanie Onkst was selected as one of Pennsylvania's State System of Higher Education Foundation Scholarship recipients for the spring 2024 semester.
This fall, Caio Gomes, who will graduate from 亚色影库 next week, will head to law school at Yale University. If you ask him the secret to his success, he will say 亚色影库 played a key part in it.
Students in 亚色影库 Art and Design faculty Sharon Massey and Sean Derry鈥檚 3D Design and Digital Fabrication class will compete in the eighth annual Design Stars of 亚色影库 on May 7 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the Waller Hall theater at 亚色影库.
On April 11-23, the new 亚色影库 Graphic Design and Illustration program hosted the first Slenkfest, named after 亚色影库鈥檚 first graphic design professor, Robert Slenker. Slenkfest combined current 亚色影库 students and alumni working in the field of visual design.
In mid April students and faculty from 亚色影库 and Commonwealth University 鈥 Bloomsburg gathered in Carlisle for the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education Undergraduate Anthropology Conference.
The Madia Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry, Physics and Engineering presents its 56th Annual Academic Achievement Awards.
Zeeshan Siddique and co-authors Mehebub Sahana, lecturer of geography and environmental planning, University of Manchester (UK), and Sanjida Parveen (PhD), postdoctoral candidate in the Department of English at the University of Manchester, published a book chapter in the scholarly collection "COVID-19 in South Asia: Society, Economy, and Politics."
Matt Vetter and co-authors Jialei聽Jiang, Mahmoud Othman, and Mercy Muguimi, all former or current 亚色影库 doctoral students in English, have published 鈥淣avigating the Emotional Terrain of Wikipedia Writing: A Feminist Affective Analysis of Student Writers鈥 Engagement with the 鈥楤e Bold鈥 Guideline鈥 in the journal聽Computers and Composition.聽
Andrea Palmiotto was recently awarded a post-PhD research grant from the Wenner-Gren Foundation to explore social prescriptions and communal learning in the production of ancient bone tools on the South Carolina coast between 3,000 and 6,000 years ago.聽
The Kathleen Jones White Writing Center is proud to announce that two of our graduate tutors received graduate awards for their poster presentations at 亚色影库鈥檚 spring 2024 Scholar鈥檚 Forum.
Department of Finance and Economics student research completed under the direction of several department faculty members was recognized at an awards luncheon held in the Blue Room on April 22, 2024. Volunteer faculty, alumni, and friends-of-the-university judges attended oral and poster presentation sessions during the annual Scholars Forum event held earlier in April, and based on their rubric scoring and comments, results were determined for the four award categories.
Philosophy students Gavin Yoder and Jordan Thomas presented posters at the 2024 亚色影库 Scholars Forum on April 10, 2024.
The Department of Foreign Languages held the annual 亚色影库 Spring Methodology Conference on Foreign Language Teaching on Friday, April 19, 2024.
Hans Pedersen, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, recently published "The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Existentialism" (co-edited with Kevin Aho and Megan Altman).
Twelve anthropology students presented a wide range of papers and posters at the 亚色影库 Scholars Forum on April 10. Topics ranged from AI to shipwrecks and from equality to animal bones. The faculty, staff, and alumni judges recognized six anthropology students with awards.
Three Applied Archaeology MA students presented research and won awards at the ninety-third annual meeting of the Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology, held in Carlisle, PA, April 12鈥14, 2024. They were joined by alumni and faculty in representing 亚色影库 Anthropology.
亚色影库 honored three alumni and a graduating student for outstanding volunteerism through the Award of Excellence in Volunteer Leadership program, held during the annual Volunteer Recognition Breakfast on April 13.
The Department of Finance and Economics is very pleased that numerous students participated in the nineteenth annual Scholars Forum held at the 亚色影库 KCAC on April 10, 2024. We wish to thank volunteer judges, faculty mentors, and the Scholars Forum planning committee who organized this event and gave of their own time and talent to afford our students this exceptional opportunity to participate in a professional conference atmosphere.
The Department of Finance and Economics is pleased to recognize two economics majors who shared the results of their research completed as part of the econometrics course sequence in economics at the 2024 Pennsylvania Sports Business Conference, 鈥淐reating the Gold Standard,鈥 on the 亚色影库 main campus on Friday, April 12.
Ammar Mahmoud, a doctoral candidate in the Curriculum and Instruction program, won the Dean鈥檚 Award for his project 鈥淒eveloping a Plan to Handle Any College-level Writing Assignment鈥 at the 2024 亚色影库 Scholars Forum.
亚色影库 anthropology professor Ben Ford, 亚色影库鈥檚 2023鈥24 Distinguished University Professor and chair of 亚色影库鈥檚 Department of Anthropology, has been selected as a Fulbright US Scholar for 2024鈥25.
As assistant director of Student Involvement and Leadership Development, Donovan Daniel guides students and organizations, he leads workshops and conferences鈥攁ll to help students get involved and grow as leaders. Find out where he gets his inspiration in this Q&A.
Chi Sigma Iota held its initiation ceremony on Friday, April 5th!
Congratulations to Dr. Matthew Nice, who was awarded today as this year's Outstanding Researcher for the College of Education and Communications!
亚色影库鈥檚 Department of Counseling program, along with Counselors for Social Justice, hosted its second in-house Social Justice Conference at 亚色影库 Pittsburgh East! Dr. Deborah Duenyas was the keynote speaker.
Abigail Hancox, of Albion, a senior political science major with a minor in homeland security in the Cook Honors College at 亚色影库, has been selected for a competitive James A. Finnegan Foundation Fellowship.
Mimi Benjamin, professor in the Student Affairs in Higher Education Department, presented at the ACPA convention on the findings of an international research project on peer mentoring, focusing on establishing belonging through peer support programs for underrepresented students.
John Wesley Lowery authored a chapter on student conduct administration in Rentz's "Student Affairs Practice in Higher Education" (6th edition).
As part of 2024 Research Appreciation Week schedule of events, Department of Finance and Economics faculty member Brandon Vick received the Dean鈥檚 Award for the Eberly College of Business. This award was presented during the annual Research Awards Reception, which recognizes and celebrates outstanding research by faculty and graduate students and a commitment to sponsored research by faculty and staff.
Alex Tseng traveled to Harrisburg with three other 亚色影库 students to participate in the Undergraduate Research at the Capitol鈥擯ennsylvania event held on March 19, 2024.
Cleo McMahan, a biology major from Indiana, received the 2024 Patricia Hilliard Robertson Memorial Scholarship for Outstanding Female Science Student, presented April 8 during 亚色影库鈥檚 annual STEM Women鈥檚 Summit, highlighting current women scientists and alumnae working in the science fields.
Sixty students and three faculty in 亚色影库鈥檚 Department of Music were the invited local chorus to sing with THE Andrea Bocelli鈥攖he international superstar鈥攁t his concert in Pittsburgh, the first stop on his current tour schedule.
Crystal Machado, professor in聽the Department of聽Professional Studies in Education, published a chapter titled "Beyond Coursework: Creating Digital Co-Mentoring Spaces for Graduate and Post-Graduate Student-Faculty Productivity" in Laura E. Gray and Shernette D. Dunn鈥檚 edited book Incorporating the Human Element in Online Teaching and Learning.聽
The director of the 亚色影库 Institute for Cyber Security and current PI of several major federally funded grants, Waleed Farag, visited the Homer-Center Senior High School on March 8 to share information about 亚色影库鈥檚 cybersecurity education efforts, including current grant information and opportunities for scholarships.
Join the School of Graduate Studies and Research and the 亚色影库 Research Institute at the nineteenth annual Scholars Forum, held at the KCAC. This event celebrates student research at 亚色影库 and includes the annual Three-Minute Thesis competition.
亚色影库 will celebrate innovation, student and faculty research, and creative work during 亚色影库鈥檚 2024 Research Appreciation Week, planned for April 8鈥12. STEM is Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics.
Drawing on his strong personal connection to environmental advocacy, Zeeshan Saddique, a doctoral candidate in 亚色影库's Literature and Criticism PhD program, designed his fall 2023 section of the course to foster environmental stewardship through the study of narrative.
亚色影库 Comm Media faculty member Stephanie Keppich has received the Teaching Excellence for Temporary Faculty award.
A teaser scene from Jeremy Waltman's movie "The Veteran" has been released.
John Wesley Lowery, professor and department chair of聽Student Affairs in Higher Education,聽delivered the 2024 Saddlemire Lecture at Bowling Green State University on Tuesday, April 2.
The College of Education and Communications has completed its second artist residency of the year, with teacher education candidates taking a ECED/ECSP creative experiences courses.
亚色影库 piano professor Henry Wong Doe taught a masterclass and performed a solo recital at Hunter College/City University of New York, March 19th and 20th, 2024.
Dana Lynn Driscoll (professor of English and director of the Jones White Writing Center) and Andrew Yim (composition and applied linguistics doctoral student, tutor in the Writing Center) have published a new article in an edited collection, titled 鈥淭he Loss of We: An Empirical Investigation of Synchronous and Asynchronous Tutoring Experiences before and During the Pandemic.鈥
On Saturday, March 23, the 亚色影库 Dance Team took part in their first intercollegiate dance match outside of Pennsylvania, the Precision Intercollegiate Dance Competition, held in Manassas, VA. Despite this being the team's first competition in several years, the team was successful, earning the judges' award for "most entertaining" performance and other accolades.
亚色影库 celebrated employees who completed 10, 15, 20, 25, and 35, years of service to the university during the Employee Service Awards luncheon in the Blue Room on Wednesday, March 27, 2024.
Miko Rose, the founding dean of 亚色影库's proposed college of osteopathic medicine, never dreamed about being a doctor. But in her "second career," she鈥檚 making a difference in the lives of patients and the physicians providing their medical care.
Sarah Brown, Professional Studies in Education, is also head coach of the undefeated Indiana High School Swimming and Diving teams.
The chapter by Asmaa Radwan and Jacqueline McGinty, titled "Towards a Conceptual Generative AI Ethical Framework in Teacher Education," delves into the transformative potential of GenAI in education, highlighting its capabilities to enhance teaching and learning experiences.
Emma McAnulty, a senior hotel, restaurant, tourism, and event management major with a concentration in tourism and special events at 亚色影库, has been awarded the prestigious Statler Foundation鈥檚 Scholarship of Excellence.
John Wesley Lowery presented at the 2024 NASPA Conference in Seattle last week on law and policy issues and the history of student affairs profession.
A list of students who graduated from 亚色影库 in December 2023 and January 2024.
Chin Yi Huang and Julie W. Ankrum鈥檚 article, 鈥淓xploring Taiwanese EFL Teachers鈥 Resilience Based on their Experience of Working through the Pandemic,鈥 was recently published in Airiti鈥檚 "Journal of Sciences & Humanities." Airiti is a Taiwanese online journal.
Farheen Mahmood and Julie W. Ankrum co-authored an article in "Early Childhood Education Journal" describing research exploring the effects of a postcolonial mindset on the accessibility to instructional literature (picturebooks, storybooks, and anthologies/readers) in Pakistan.
It is with immense pleasure and pride that the Center for Teaching Excellence announces the winners of this year's Faculty Recognition Awards. These accolades honor the outstanding achievements, tireless dedication, and remarkable contributions of our esteemed faculty members to academia and beyond.聽
亚色影库 Punxsutawney students received $1,000 scholarships for their essays.
Waleed Farag, director of the 亚色影库 Institute for Cyber Security and professor of computer science, was recently invited to participate in the kick-off meeting for the newly formed Regional Cyber Hub.
Coming to 亚色影库 has helped student photographer Cameron Horning figure out a path to a career in sports. Learn more about him in this multimedia story, and see highlights of his work documenting the seasons of the Crimson Hawks.
Crystal Machado, professor in聽the Department of聽Professional Studies in Education, and Lizoon Nahar, a聽Curriculum and Instruction聽doctoral candidate, published the paper 鈥淚nfluence of a Multiphase Inquiry-based Learning Project on Students' Science Literacy"聽in the "Journal of Education in Science, Environment, and Health."
Crystal Machado, professor in聽the Department of聽Professional Studies in Education, published a chapter titled "Establishing Expertise: Writing Partnerships, Multiple Projects, and Online Presence" in Mary Renck Jalongo and Olivia N. Saracho鈥檚 edited book "Scholarly Writing: Publishing Manuscripts that are Read, Downloaded and Cited."
Brittany Pollard-Kosidowski received the Presidential Award for Service at this year's Association for Specialists in Group Work conference in Portland, OR.
As an undergraduate, Lara Luetkehans knew she wanted to work in higher education. She just didn鈥檛 know in what capacity. Learn more about Luetkehans, 亚色影库鈥檚 provost and vice president for Academic Affairs, in this Q&A.
On Saturday, Feb. 17, 2023, the 亚色影库 Cybersecurity Team participated in the Nation Center of Academic Excellence 鈥 Northeast Cyber Competition and secured a fourth-place finish against 10 other cyber teams from US colleges and universities.
Indiana University Press has just released "Hosting States and Unsettled Guests: Eritrean Refugees in a Time of Migration Deterrence," co-written by Amanda Poole, professor of Anthropology at 亚色影库, and Jennifer Riggan, professor of International Studies at Arcadia University.
This year's recipients of the Linda Drummond Deabenderfer Scholarship are Cameron Havens and Debra Flint. Each student will receive a $1,000 scholarship to use towards their educational expenses.
The 亚色影库 Department of Music brass faculty hosted the second annual 亚色影库 Brass Day on Sunday, February 18, 2024. This year, the Brass Day guest artist was Italian trumpeter Andrea Tofanelli. All 亚色影库 brass students, as well as area middle and high school musicians, participated.
Zach Collins, professor of Tuba, recently performed an invited recital at the 2024 US Army Band Tuba Euphonium Workshop in Fort Myer, VA.
Two 亚色影库 studio art faculty members are using a $70,000 Moonshot Grant to launch new worlds of opportunity for youth in Pittsburgh鈥檚 Brownsville area.
On February 5, 2024, 亚色影库鈥檚 Institute for Cyber Security hosted seven delegates from Iraq as part of the International Visitor Leadership Program through the US Department of State.
Professor Kelli Jo Moran and students Ragia Hassan and Chin-Yi Huang presented a poster titled 鈥淭eaching Artists Teaching Future Teachers: Building Pre-Service Teachers鈥 Cross-Curricular Capacities through Teaching Artist Residencies.鈥
On Saturday, February 3, 2024, John Wesley Lowery, professor and department chair of Student Affairs in Higher Education, presented at ASCA conference held at Portland, Oregon.
Waleed Farag, professor of computer science and director of 亚色影库鈥檚 Institute for Cyber Security, was an invited participant for a roundtable discussion with Jake Braun, acting principal deputy national cyber director in the Office of the National Cyber Director, on cybersecurity and workforce development.
Indiana Musicale (Indiana Chapter, Pennsylvania Music Teachers Association), in collaboration with the 亚色影库 Department of Music, hosted its seventh Monster Piano Concert in DiCicco Hall on Saturday, February 3.
Matt Vetter and co-authors (all former or current 亚色影库 doctoral students in English) published "Towards a Framework for Local Interrogation of AI Ethics: A Case Study on Text Generators, Academic Integrity, and Composing with ChatGPT" in the journal聽Computers and Composition.
John Wesley Lowery, department chair of Student Affairs in Higher Education, 亚色影库, has been recognized by the聽NASPA Faculty Council as the 2024 recipient of the Faculty Service Award.
English department faculty member Bryna Siegel Finer (English) has taken on new roles at the journal Rhetoric of Health & Medicine and the book series Writing Spaces.
The new home of the Kopchick College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics opened for the start of the semester last week. Get a look inside this 142,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility, now that its labs, classrooms, and common areas are in use.
Professor Ben Ford recently traveled to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, to participate in the Underwater Cultural Heritage Conference organized by the Saudi Arabia Heritage Commission.
亚色影库 piano professor Henry Wong Doe performed with the Johnstown Symphony Orchestra on January 14, 2024, in their Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration concert.
The University Museum presents a collection of works by Ivan Fortushniak as the first exhibit of 2024.
Matt Vetter (Department of English) and co-author Zach McDowell (University of Illinois, Chicago) recently published an article in the International Journal of Communication. "The Realienation of the Commons: Wikidata and the Ethics of 'Free' Data" interrogates ethical issues related to Creative Commons Zero licensing in one of the most influential engines of the semantic web.
Thanks to a ninth year of funding from the National Science Foundation and the National Security Agency, 亚色影库 will offer a free, one-week GenCyber cybersecurity camp for middle and high school students.
Rick Adkins has a leadership role in a US National Science Foundation Campus Cyberinfrastructure program grant to develop a commonwealth-wide secure network and related cyberinfrastructure to interconnect Pennsylvania colleges and universities.
Following is the list of Dean鈥檚 List recipients for the fall 2023 semester as of January 8, 2024.
Mimi Benjamin, Student Affairs in Higher Education professor, co-authored 鈥淲hy Living in a Sport Management Learning Community Matters,鈥 recently published in the Sports Innovation Journal.
Professor Matthew Nice received the CSI鈥檚 Edwin L. Herr Fellowship for Excellence in Counseling Leadership and Scholarship. The Herr Fellowship includes funding to be used for research.
During the fall semester, 亚色影库鈥檚 Men鈥檚 Ice Hockey club team raised $2,350 for the Western Pennsylvania Veterans Relief Fund and collected more than 200 stuffed animals for pediatric patients at Indiana Regional Medical Center.
When the 亚色影库 Ambassadors learned they had won the first-place prize for the 2023 亚色影库 homecoming parade float competition, the group immediately made the decision to donate $500 of the prize funds to the 亚色影库 Food Pantry and Help Center.
Another year at 亚色影库 is almost behind us. Look back at some of the memorable moments in student life, academics, athletics, research, relaxation, and more in this gallery of photos.
Kelly Fox, a school counselor at Indiana County Technology Center, received the Department of Counseling's Claire J. Dandeneau Outstanding Supervisor award in 2023.
Erick Marco Ramos, an English PhD candidate at 亚色影库, was recently interviewed by the American Council for the Blind.
亚色影库 will hold commencement ceremonies on Dec. 16 for 521 graduates, including 13 who completed their undergraduate studies with perfect 4.0 grade point averages.
The 亚色影库 Rugby Club won the national championship against the University of Memphis on Sunday, December 10, in Houston, Texas.
亚色影库 has selected its second student cohort of Justice Research Fellows at the Administration and Leadership Studies Research and Training Center at 亚色影库.
The Center for Multicultural Student Leadership and Engagement held its annual Winter Celebration on Friday, December 8.
What would bring 60 musicians back to the 亚色影库 campus for a weekend of rehearsals and a culminating performance in Fisher Auditorium? The return of Jack Stamp (BS鈥76), director of Bands at 亚色影库 from 1990 until 2015, and the first performance of the Keystone Wind Ensemble in almost eight years!
For the seventh year in a row, students in 亚色影库鈥檚 Rho Tau Chi military service fraternity made a difference in the lives of homeless veterans in Indiana County and western Pennsylvania through the Homeless Heroes Holiday Stocking Project.
The newly formed Lettuce Eating Club held its first competition鈥攕eeing who could devour a head of iceberg lettuce the fastest. Find photos from the contest, see who was crowned 鈥渃homp-ion鈥 (Head Lettuce), learn iceberg-eating strategies, and more.
亚色影库 Comm Media faculty member Zack Stiegler and 亚色影库 media communication studies doctoral program graduate Todd Campbell co-authored a new book titled "Musical Intimacy."
亚色影库's Iota Mu Chapter of Sigma Delta Pi, the National Hispanic Honor Society, celebrated its 51st initiation ceremony on Friday, December 1, 2023.
Students named to the Fall 2023 list of Provost鈥檚 Scholars are listed alphabetically with the degree and major they are seeking.
亚色影库 piano professor Henry Wong Doe recently released 鈥淧erspectives,鈥 an album of six newly commissioned piano works by New Zealand composers on the Rattle Records label.
David I. Hanauer, a faculty member in 亚色影库鈥檚 Department of English, has been named as one of the 鈥淲orld鈥檚 Top 2% Scientists鈥 for 2023 by an international academic independent research center.
亚色影库 President Michael Driscoll is recognized as one of the commonwealth鈥檚 50 top leaders in Pennsylvania by City & State Pennsylvania.
Christina Huhn, Dawn Smith-Sherwood, Heide Witth枚ft, Marjorie Zambrano-Paff (Department of Foreign Languages), Harrison Wick (亚色影库 Special Collections), and six students attended the Pennsylvania State Modern Language Association鈥檚 annual language teachers conference, held at Seven Springs resort.
Christina Huhn (Department of Foreign Languages) copresented the results of a collaborative research project, titled "Current Trends in Post-secondary Language Classrooms,"聽at the annual Convention of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages.聽
Following a national search, a higher education professional with two decades of experience in sponsored research, grants management, and administration has been selected as the executive director of the 亚色影库 Research Institute by the 亚色影库 Research Institute Board of Directors.
亚色影库 piano professor Henry Wong Doe performed on the Princeton Sound Kitchen series at Princeton University on Tuesday, November 14.
For the fourteenth year, members of 亚色影库鈥檚 Greek community鈥攊ts 24 fraternities and sororities鈥攃ontinued a holiday tradition of helping families in the Indiana community.
John Wesley Lowery, professor in the Student Affairs in Higher Education Department,聽co-authored a chapter on legal and ethical issues in academic advising administration with Susan M. Taffe Reed of Dartmouth.
Nafisah Ahmad Sulaiman, a comm media third-year PhD student, presented her paper, 鈥淯nderstanding Facebook Crisis Communication in the Context of Dialogic Theory of Public Relations: A Case Study of Twitter Ban in Nigeria,鈥 at the National Communication Association's 109th聽annual conference in Washington, DC.
The Writing Center tutors and staff members presented at the National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing in Pittsburgh.
Studio Art faculty Sean Derry and Sharon Massey were awarded a $70,000 Moonshot Grant from Remake Learning for their upcoming project, Studio Stream.
For the seventh year in a row, students in 亚色影库鈥檚 Rho Tau Chi military service fraternity are committed to helping homeless veterans in Indiana County and western Pennsylvania through the Homeless Heroes Holiday Stocking Project.
Gloria Park was invited to facilitate a Reflective Workshop for 400 Fulbright foreign language teaching assistants who are on a one-year grant, teaching their native languages in US higher education institutions.
Torri Ashbaugh, a senior undergraduate student in the Health and Physical Education Teacher Education program, was recognized as the 2023 recipient of the Outstanding Future Professional Award.