A Penn State New Kensington radiological sciences student team took the win in the 2024 Pennsylvania Society of Radiological Technologists Techni-bowl competition held March.
Penn State’s Commonwealth Campuses and the state’s community colleges have announced a new collaboration aimed at expanding educational opportunities in Pennsylvania and removing barriers to degree completion among college students. The collaboration builds upon long-standing relationships between the campuses and the community colleges and a shared commitment to access and affordability in higher education.
Higher education faculty members from 20 colleges and universities in the Southwestern Pennsylvania region attended the Future Readiness Workshop to learn about the opportunities and challenges presented by artificial intelligence (AI) and how it relates to higher education.
Students, faculty and staff across all Penn State campuses will now have free access to virtual technology programming provided by the Technology Council of Central Pennsylvania (TCCP), thanks to a newly expanded partnership with TCCP spearheaded by Penn State Harrisburg, a longtime member of the council.
Researchers at the Penn State Institute for Computational and Data Sciences, together with collaborators at other institutions within Pennsylvania, have been awarded approximately $1.1 million in funding under the U.S. National Science Foundation Campus Cyberinfrastructure program to develop a commonwealth-wide secure network and related cyberinfrastructure to interconnect Pennsylvania colleges and universities.
Gwen Ross, director of workforce development for the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development, kicked off Pennsylvania's “Manufacturing Week’ on Oct. 6 by announcing a $200,000 Manufacturing PA Training-to-Career grant to boost the skill sets of individuals participating in training at Penn State New Kensington's Digital Foundry.