The Penn State Brandywine chapter of Phi Beta Lambda recently sent five students to PBL’s 2016 National Leadership Conference in Atlanta, and Brandywine computer science major Sushrut Shringarputale took home first place in the programming concepts category.
Penn State Brandywine assistant professor of psychology Daniela Martin is on the frontline of significant research. With the first generation of cochlear implant recipients reaching adulthood, Martin and her colleagues are out to discover the long-term psychological outcomes of this relatively new medical procedure.
It may only be Haleigh Swansen’s second semester on campus, but the first-year Schreyer Honors Scholar isn’t wasting any time making a positive impact at Penn State Brandywine. The communications major was recently honored by Penn State with the Recording of Academic Research (ROAR) Award for her research video submission.
For undergraduate students passionate about learning, working side-by-side with a faculty mentor can be an invaluable experience. Just ask Penn State Brandywine psychology major Rebecca Slomowitz, a senior currently conducting research about the intricacies of infant memory in the Brandywine Child Development Lab alongside Jennifer Zosh, assistant professor of human development and family studies.
Senior psychology major and Schreyer Honors Scholar Ebony Ford is taking her college learning experience to a whole new level, implementing a research study alongside Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Studies Marinda Kathryn Harrell-Levy that investigates transformative relationships.
Megan Griffith took advantage of every opportunity to do research during her career as a psychology major at Penn State Brandywine. In her final year, her go-getting approach paid off, granting her an amazing journey. She, alongside Assistant Professor of Psychology Dana Martin, completed a cross-cultural research study that delves into the representation of women in the media in the United States and Italy.
In a recently published article, Jennifer Zosh, assistant professor of human development and family studies at Penn State Brandywine, and collaborator Lisa Feigenson, associate professor of psychological and brain sciences at Johns Hopkins University, found when infants are given an array of different objects they can remember up to their working memory capacity.
Human development and family studies major Lauren Lomas, a Schreyer Honors Scholar, is one of the eight Penn State students from across the commonwealth selected to showcase their research in Harrisburg at the 13th annual Undergraduate Research at the Capitol – Pennsylvania conference.
Students who are new to Penn State and all students living in University housing are reminded that they must submit their immunization records using myUHS through a new three-step process. As part of this process, students who do not submit their immunization records prior to Sept. 15 will be unable to register for spring 2017 classes.
According to University officials, phone systems have been stabilized on Penn State's University Park, Brandywine and Hazleton campuses, however, work continues to pinpoint the root cause of the problem. Additional updates will be provided as necessary.
