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WYOMISSING, Pa. — “As soon as the British left, the Japanese arrived. Nicky saw them on bicycles, adorned with their flags… as they made their way to Taiping town... These Japanese soldiers set up a camp… and would raid homes looking for food, goods and women. This...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa — In 2020, more than four-in-10 people in the United States had obesity, an increase from three-in-10 people in the year 2000, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. To better understand eating behaviors and food choices that...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — There are more than 28,000 wildlife species on the brink of extinction, each with varying levels of protection and support from the global community. In a new project, Penn State researchers will develop an interactive game that, for the first...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Christina Grozinger, Publius Vergilius Maro Professor of Entomology, has been awarded the 2023 President’s Award for Excellence in Academic Integration. The award is given to a full-time faculty member who has exhibited extraordinary achievement...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Expect to hear a story of resilience from Samantha Wheeler, director of AI Alliances at VAST Data, when she shares her unconventional journey to a career in technology with the Penn State community on March 29. Her AI Distinguished Speaker...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Heather Toomey Zimmerman, professor of education in the Penn State College of Education Department of Learning and Performance Systems, is leading a project exploring using augmented reality to enhance rural families’ learning about local...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A new ethane cracker plant in western Pennsylvania may transform the Ohio River Valley into an industrial hub, but its footprint will extend far beyond the energy sector. Jenn Baka, associate professor of geography at Penn State, received a...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Computer games are an effective way to teach ecological issues and build pro-environment policy support, according to published research by an interdisciplinary group of Penn State scholars. The study compared the effects of reading a website to...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Immersive, interactive technologies are changing the way we learn, teach and conduct research and the Center for Immersive Experiences — CIE — is helping prepare the Penn State community to take advantage of the opportunities emerging from this...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa — Virtual reality (VR) may provide nutrition teachers and dietitians with an entirely new way to serve real lessons on healthy eating, according to a team of Penn State researchers. In a study, students learned about nutrition both through an...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Top Penn State donors and leaders, along with students and faculty who have benefited from philanthropic support, gathered in the Bryce Jordan Center on the evening of Friday, April 22, to celebrate the success achieved by the University’s...

Original posting: https://www.psu.edu/news/administration/story/achievements-and-legacy-president-eric-j-barron/ "... Strategic planning To help guide Penn State, Barron, and University leadership developed an institution-wide strategic plan for 2016 through 2020,...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The ways Penn State is applying immersive technology in the classroom and how it can enhance learning will be discussed by President Eric Barron and a pair of University guests during the next episode of WPSU’s “Digging Deeper” on Sunday, Oct....

Although immersive virtual reality is attractive to users, we know relatively little about whether higher immersion levels increase or decrease spatial learning outcomes. In addition, questions remain about how different approaches to travel within a virtual...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - The 2020 Thinking Within symposium, sponsored by the Center for Immersive Experiences and co-organized by Temple University and University of Pittsburgh, will take place on Saturday, March 28. It will be held at University Park inside Pattee...