Alok Ishwar, a fourth-year cybersecurity analytics and operations major, reflects on his Brandywine experience thus far and discusses how his coursework and professional experiences have helped him
Jacob Campbell, a fourth-year student majoring in multidisciplinary studies and minoring in environmental inquiry, honored the 50th anniversary of the Endangered Species Act in his capstone project, titled “Endangered Species: Captured through Art and Data."
Students in a Penn State Brandywine engineering course are helping their local community through their educational experiences. Led by Lecturer Megann Hedgecock, Cornerstone Engineering Design (EDSGN 100) works with members of the community, whether on or off campus, on engineering design challenges.
Kaur began her Penn State journey at the Brandywine campus in 2017, after transferring from a nearby university. She majored in information sciences and technology and minored in security risk analysis. During her time at Brandywine, Kaur held two internships and worked two jobs.
Signorella and Gillin, who earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology in 2019, published their research examining how sexual orientation and gender identify affect interactions in multiplayer online video games in Sage Journals’ Psychological Reports. They also penned a blog post about the study on Sage Perspectives on June 1 for Pride Month.
Sixteen students, eight from Penn State Brandywine and eight incarcerated at a nearby county jail, overcame their apprehensions, challenged their ideas about the criminal justice system and studied public speaking during a semester-long course offered through the Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program.
Penn State alumna Nora Margulis, who graduated in 2022, was still taking her courses virtually in spring of 2021, working toward her undergraduate degree in biology at Brandywine when Anna Sigmon, assistant professor of chemistry, offered her the opportunity to collaborate on research that could potentially help society cope with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. She jumped at the chance.
Penn State Brandywine’s human development and family studies (HDFS) program does more than prepare students for internships and jobs; it also helps students get ready for graduate programs.
Victor Ficarra, a senior business major at Penn State Brandywine, recently completed a remote internship with J.P. Morgan that reaffirmed his post-undergraduate goals and gave him the professional connections and experience needed to navigate his career path.
