Megan Povelones, assistant professor of biology at Penn State Brandywine, has been named recipient of the distinguished National Science Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award by the National Science Foundation (NSF), a five-year grant to study mitochondrial structure and function.
Organic chemistry professors at Penn State Brandywine, Abington and Schuylkill have designed a way to integrate independent research directly into their regularly scheduled classes.
The first students in Penn State Brandywine’s bachelor of science in biology program earned their degrees during the campus’s 2016 spring commencement ceremony, becoming the inaugural graduates of the program since it launched in fall 2014.
Penn State Brandywine named Sarah Kurpel as its director of athletics on Jan. 3. Kurpel, who will oversee the campus’ 13 varsity sports as well as its club sport and intramural programs, is the sixth full-time director of athletics in Brandywine’s 48-year history of varsity athletics.
Penn State Brandywine awarded 67 diplomas at its fall commencement ceremony on Dec. 16. Chancellor Kristin Woolever welcomed the graduates, families and friends who gathered in the Commons/Athletic Center on campus.
Anjanette (AJ) Downey recently became the new administrative assistant for academic affairs at Penn State Brandywine. In addition to years of experience in the education sector, Downey is a Penn State alumna who graduated from the Brandywine campus.
This fall approximately 5,247 Penn State students will receive their diplomas. University-wide there will be 252 associate, 3,936 baccalaureate, 762 master's, 11 law and 286 doctoral degrees awarded. Following is a compilation of commencement ceremonies and speaker information for Penn State's 24 locations.
Most Penn State students use Thanksgiving break as a chance to go home and prepare for their final weeks of class. Instead, 24 students and two instructors from Penn State Brandywine and University Park traveled to Barcelona, Spain through Brandywine Global Programs.
Bridget O’Donnell was recently named the new assistant director of student activities at Penn State Brandywine. She brings impressive experience in student affairs and residence life programming to the campus.
