Jennifer Nesbitt, professor of English at Penn State York, has been appointed interim director of academic affairs at Penn State Brandywine, effective June 21. Nesbitt, who will serve in the interim role for the 2023-24 academic year, brings 20 years of research, teaching, and service along with extensive experience in administrative and committee leadership roles.
Research examining how sexual orientation and gender identify affect interactions in multiplayer online video games — conducted by a Penn State Brandywine alumna and a professor — revealed that all gamers witness or experience negative comments aimed at LGBTQ+ players concerning sexual orientation and gender identities.
The Pride Plus Collection on the upper level of Vairo Library at Penn State Brandywine allows users to find fiction and nonfiction books about the LGBTQIA+ community in an inviting and centralized location.
Penn State Brandywine’s Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship held its annual Youth Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math (STEAM) and Startup Day on May 11. More than 100 seventh-grade students from four local middle schools attended the event to learn more about physics, entrepreneurship, robotics and more.
