The PSUAC Executive Committee voted unanimously to cancel all intercollegiate athletics competition for fall and winter team sports during the 2020-21 academic year. The sports affected by this decision include men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s soccer, and volleyball, at Penn State Beaver, Brandywine, DuBois, Fayette, Hazleton, Greater Allegheny, Lehigh Valley, Mont Alto, New Kensington, Scranton, Schuylkill, Shenango, Wilkes-Barre and York.
Penn State has decided to delay the start of in-person classes and transition to a fully remote learning environment for the beginning of the spring 2021 semester at all campus locations. This decision was made following extensive analysis and scenario planning given worsening virus conditions nationally and across the state indicating predictions of rising hospitalization rates in the coming weeks.
George W. Franz, who served as associate professor of history and American studies, director of academic affairs and interim chancellor during a nearly four-decade career at Penn State Brandywine, died Dec. 10, following a four-year battle with multiple myeloma. He was 78.
Transitioning from high school to college can be challenging under the best of circumstances. But for many first-year students, beginning college during a pandemic added an unusual aspect to the adjustment.
Penn State Brandywine’s fall graduates will celebrate their milestone achievement at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 19 with a University-wide virtual commencement ceremony, preceded by video conferencing with campus faculty and staff at 1:15 p.m.
When Penn State Brandywine opened its first residence hall in August 2017, it was a milestone in the campus’ 53-year history. Four years later, hundreds of students have spent at least some time living in the 250-bed Orchard Hall, but at least half a dozen have resided there since it opened.
A documentary co-written by Penn State Brandywine Adjunct Instructor in English Mary McDermott about the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide will air on Philadelphia’s public broadcasting station WHYY at 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 8.
Two Penn State Brandywine students — both pursuing the campus’ new degree in cybersecurity analytics and operations (CYAOP) — recently attended a virtual conference on Women in Cybersecurity.
Penn State released preliminary coronavirus testing results for the period of Nov. 13 to 19 on its COVID-19 dashboard today (Nov. 20). The University Park campus received 164 positive on-demand test results and two positive random test results from student testing during the period of Nov. 13 to 19.
Penn State has updated its public COVID-19 dashboard with the University's on-demand testing and random testing results from tests administered during the period of Nov. 13 to 15, as well as new University testing results from the prior week. As of Nov. 16 at University Park, there are 273 active student cases, down from 319 at the last update on Nov. 13, and 4,200 students have completed their isolation period and are no longer active cases.
