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Penn State reached a record $1.034 billion in research expenditures during fiscal year 2021-22, an overall 4.1% increase from the previous year. The funding, which comes from federal and state agencies, industry sponsors, private donors, the University and other sources, advances research innovations and enables Penn State faculty and students to push the boundaries of discovery, bringing experiences into the classrooms, and offering a world-class education to undergraduate and graduate students.
Congratulations to our Steidle Winter Door Decorating winner Meg Abplanalp!
Thank you to everyone who participated!
Penn State College of Medicine is among the Mary Kay Ash Foundation’s 2022 cancer research grant recipients. The foundation announced $1 million in grants awarded to 10 individuals who are conducting groundbreaking research in cancers that primarily affect women. The grants fund innovative, translational research efforts to help with better detection, prognosis and treatment of cancer. Since 1996, the foundation has awarded more than $26 million to more than 265 researchers across the country.
The 2022 Van Horn Distinguished Lectures, presented by Case Western Reserve University’s Department of Materials Science and Engineering, will be held from November 1-3, 2022. The Kent R. van Horn Lectureship honors the1926 alum, who had a distinguished career as a metallurgist, director of research, and ultimately corporate vice-president of Alcoa. Provision for endowing the lectureship was made possible by his sons, Karl and Neil Van Horn. Three lectures on varied topics of interest to both academia and industry are to be delivered over three successive days.
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Jean Paul Allain, Huck Chair Professor and head of the Ken and Mary Alice Lindquist Department of Nuclear Engineering in the College of Engineering at Penn State, was appointed to serve on the Fusion Energy Science Advisory Committee. The national committee provides advice and recommendations on scientific, technical and programmatic issues relating to fusion energy sciences program, overseen by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science.
Congratulations MatSE Students!
Jessica Sly, graduate student, won the Alfred R. Cooper Award from the American Ceramic Society.
Meddelin Setiawan, undergraduate student, won third place in the MS&T undergraduate poster competition.
MatSE is committed to building an inclusive culture that welcomes people from all backgrounds. As a top-ranked program, the department thrives on partnerships between faculty, staff, students, and researchers to promote a well-rounded academic experience and generate innovative research opportunities. Our goal is to nurture a diverse community, to encourage rich collaboration, and to achieve academic success and research excellence.
With a commitment to increasing diversity within the department, and with a focus on equity and inclusion, we turn to our alumni and friends to help make this vision a reality. In celebration of the department’s 115th anniversary, we invite you to help us in establishing a new Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) Fund. This fund will financially support our goal to create a more inclusive environment for students, faculty, staff, and researchers of all backgrounds. Once created, this endowment will ensure that our commitment to inclusivity will last in perpetuity.
We believe it is imperative to offer an educational experience that is both accessible and world-class to every one of our students. Today, we are focused on creating equity to eliminate opportunity gaps and bringing innovative solutions to some of the world's most challenging social issues. This DEIB fund will help meet the changing needs of students from underrepresented populations in MatSE, as well as those of faculty and staff. A fund like this might, for example, support engagement opportunities, social events, or visits from guest speakers.
Your contribution to this new DEIB Fund will support our continuing efforts of pursuing sustained equity and belonging for all. In the coming weeks, you will be receiving more information by email on how you can help and be a part of this exciting initiative.
MatSE is dedicated to building an inclusive community for all our students, so they will be able grow to their fullest potential. With your help, we are making an impact around the world and building well-rounded future leaders.