Abington students Thomas Van Osten IV and Hudson Saffell explore historic Seattle while in town for the Association of Writers and Writing Programs conference.
A Massachusetts Internet entrepreneur and his wife donated a pair of Google Glass to Penn State Abington, and Information Sciences and Technology students were early adopters.
Snow days have made the One Button Studio at Abington, one of only five within the Penn State system, especially important resource for faculty and students who are recording lectures and presentations that would have occurred during classtime.
A group of nearly 40 volunteers, including Penn State students and staff, spent a hot Saturday afternoon last semester revamping two green infrastructure sites in the heart of central Philadelphia. A video about their project supports Penn State Public Media’s “Water Blues, Green Solutions,” an interactive documentary airing nationwide about water issues across the country. The documentary airs Feb. 13 on WPSU-TV.
In October 2013, the Sustainability Institute announced its new internal grant program, The Reinvention Fund, intended to support collaborative projects by faculty, staff and students that will improve and expand sustainability efforts at Penn State. Of the more than $700,000 allocated for investment in these projects, $102,000 has been dedicated to support proposals received by student teams.
Twenty-two proposals were received from interdisciplinary student teams, and 11 were selected to be funded. The funded proposals represent innovative ideas from four of Penn State's campuses -- Abington; Berks; Erie, The Behrend College; and University Park.
