Penn State Brandywine will hold its 18th annual Litapalooza Literary Festival with readings from guest poet John Hoppenthaler on Thursday, April 10, at 11:30 a.m. in the Tomezsko Classroom Building lounge. During this public event, students are encouraged to share their own creative works by reading, reciting, chanting and narrating.
On May 20, 2013 a tragedy occurred in Oklahoma that shattered an entire community. An EF5 tornado with winds up to 300 miles per hour ripped through the town of Moore, Okla., taking the lives of 24 people and injuring several hundred. Among the losses was 9-year-old Sydney Angle, who went to school that day at Plaza Towers Elementary and never returned home.
Local band Glenn E. Williams and the Jazz Trio will visit Penn State Brandywine to perform and discuss their latest original album, "Harp's Revenge." Students, faculty, staff and community members are invited to the event, which will be held on Thursday, April 10, at 6 p.m. in the Main Building Auditorium, room 101.
Assistant Professor of Biology Megan Povelones is showing her students the practical side of science, working in the lab on real-life science research. The Penn State Brandywine professor and her student team are carrying out a molecular biology study that could help people better understand overall human health and disease.
Molecular biology deals with the understanding of interactions between various parts of the cell, exploring the cell's characteristics and chemical processes.
Penn State Brandywine held its annual "A Night with the Pride" fundraising event on Friday, Feb. 28, bringing in nearly $8,000 to support Brandywine's athletic programs.
One year of planning, hard work and fundraising culminated on Sunday evening after 46 hours of non-stop dancing. Penn State's 42nd annual dance marathon to benefit the fight against pediatric cancer wrapped up with yet another record-breaking reveal.
Penn State students from across the Commonwealth raised a total of $13,343,517.33.
Senior business majors Shayna Cedeno and Shoeb Hasan are leaving their desks behind at Penn State Brandywine and earning credits toward their bachelor's degrees a little differently this semester. The go-getting duo recently started a comprehensive internship program at the Clinical Practices of the University of Pennsylvania (CPUP) working in the department of neurosurgery.
Penn State Brandywine's
spring semester is in full swing and students are hard at work in their
courses, but their opportunities to learn aren't limited to textbooks
and lectures. Undergraduates are working with new technology across all
academic disciplines, enhancing their college experience and making it
more hands-on and engaging.
The ballot for election of the two University College Student Senators to the University Faculty Senate in 2014-2015 has been finalized. The election is now open. Vote for the students that you want to represent you. Voting will close on Monday, March 3, 2014 at 11:59 p.m. Please cast your vote online and urge your classmates to vote.
