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Pedro Robles

Pedro Robles, assistant teaching professor of cyber analytics and operations at Penn State Lehigh Valley, has been appointed to an assembly of academic advisers and IT and cybersecurity professionals tasked with creating a governance framework around artificial intelligence.

Professor Pedro Robles Headshot

Pedro Robles

Pedro Robles, assistant teaching professor of cyber analytics and operations at Penn State Lehigh Valley, has been appointed to an assembly of academic advisers and IT and cybersecurity professionals tasked with creating a governance framework around artificial intelligence.

Members of a band hold instruments while standing around a black car

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The musicians of Las Cafeteras — Jose Cano, Denise Carlos, David Flores, Hector Flores, Daniel French, and Leah Gallegos — fashion a patchwork quilt of “urgent, relevant music” with infectious live performances. Las Cafeteras will present a performance at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 10, in Eisenhower Auditorium at University Park.

Dolores Huerta smiling at an event

Dolores Huerta

Legendary labor organizer Dolores Huerta, cofounder with César Chávez of the United Farm Workers, spoke at Penn State's first annual Dolores Huerta Day of Service in 2019.

Members of a band hold instruments while standing around a black car

Las Cafeteras.jpg

The musicians of Las Cafeteras — Jose Cano, Denise Carlos, David Flores, Hector Flores, Daniel French, and Leah Gallegos — fashion a patchwork quilt of “urgent, relevant music” with infectious live performances. Las Cafeteras will present a performance at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 10, in Eisenhower Auditorium at University Park.

2023 Open Champion Awards

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Clockwise, top left: Andrew Marshall, Rosemary Martinelli and Bryan McGeary, Greater Allegheny; Mary Murphy, Abington (with Christina Riehman-Murphy of the OAER Working Group); Zack McLaughlin-Alcock, Abington (with Riehman-Murphy); Michelle Kaschak, Lehigh Valley; Abdullah Konak, Berks. Not pictured: Renee Borromeo, Mont Alto; Kimberly Schultz, Brandywine.

2023 Open Champion Awards

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Clockwise, top left: Andrew Marshall, Rosemary Martinelli and Bryan McGeary, Greater Allegheny; Mary Murphy, Abington (with Christina Riehman-Murphy of the OAER Working Group); Zack McLaughlin-Alcock, Abington (with Riehman-Murphy); Michelle Kaschak, Lehigh Valley; Abdullah Konak, Berks. Not pictured: Renee Borromeo, Mont Alto; Kimberly Schultz, Brandywine.

2023 Open Champion Awards

Second annual Open Champion award winners honored for work with open education

At the end of the spring 2023 semester, six Penn State Commonwealth Campuses named faculty members as Open Champions, recognizing their work with open education in the second year of Penn State’s Open and Affordable Educational Resources (OAER) Champion Awards. A collaboration between Penn State University Libraries and the University-wide OAER Working Group, the OAER Champion Award began as a pilot initiative in 2022 and seeks to recognize excellence, innovation and impact in open educational practices at Penn State campuses.