Films like “The Godfather” and “Goodfellas” have created indelible stereotypes about those involved in organized crime. This summer, 19 Penn State students learned the real history behind the Mafia during “Organized Crime in Film and Society,“ a three-week course taught on site in different locations in Palermo and Rome, Italy.
Two Penn State professors are taking a closer look at alcohol consumption among students at rural colleges. Nicole Ryerson, assistant professor of psychology at Penn State Lehigh Valley, and Jessica Saalfield, assistant professor of psychology and assistant coordinator for the honors program at Penn State Schuylkill, were awarded an early career grant for their research from the Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center at University Park in April. This semester, both were invited to join the center as faculty affiliates.
Poetry has been Midhat Rehman’s artistic outlet since high school. But the research teaching specialist and 2019 Penn State Lehigh Valley graduate turned instructor never thought about publishing her work until she experienced a mini-health scare two years ago that prompted a new lease on life.
On Wednesday Oct. 18, the American Advertising Foundation Greater Lehigh Valley chapter will hold “Marketing Beyond Limits: The AI Advantage,” a program taking a comprehensive look at AI, at Penn State Lehigh Valley from 5 to 7 p.m.
Recently tenured and promoted Penn State faculty across the University were honored Oct. 2 through Penn State’s Promotion and Tenure Recognition Program, now in its 21st year, during a private event held in the Paterno Family Humanities Reading Room on the second floor of Pattee Library at the University Park campus.
After studying social stratification and the roots of the U.S. housing crisis, students in Penn State Lehigh Valley's introduction to sociology class elected to go to the Sixth Street Shelter in Allentown to help rehabilitate apartments. Students completed physical tasks including painting, cleaning, removing debris and minor repairs like clearing plumbing pipes to make the apartments move-in ready.
On Sept. 25, Penn State Lehigh Valley recognized the passage of the landmark Rehabilitation Act of 973 with a Celebration of Disability Rights, a campus-wide event that acknowledged and celebrated the work that has been done around disability rights but recognized there is much work left to do.
Events at Penn State Lehigh Valley inspired a University-wide podcast exploring the journey behind scholarly and creative pursuits across Penn State, and will launch its second season in mid-October.
Mark Gruskin, finance and accounting professor at Penn State Lehigh Valley, was devoted to Penn State and donated millions to the University during his lifetime.
