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$5 million gift endows directorship of Behrend’s School of Engineering

A $5 million endowment and estate gift has created Penn State Behrend's first named school directorship: The James R. Meehl Director of the School of Engineering. The fund also will support Behrend's School of Science.




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WATCH: Honoring military on Veterans Day

ABC News’ Bob Woodruff and philanthropist Craig Newmark share a preview of the Woodruff Foundation’s annual “Stand Up for Heroes” event.




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New Kensington prepares for Spring 2024 commencement

Penn State New Kensington will honor its fall 2023 and spring 2024 graduates on May 6 with an in-person ceremony at 10 a.m. The ceremony will also be livestreamed. Adis Juklo, alumnus and current meteorologist at WPXI-TV in Pittsburgh, will serve as the event’s keynote speaker.




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New Kensington engineering student earns scholarship

Jacob Guerrini, a junior electro-mechanical engineering technology student at the New Kensington campus, was named the 2024 Berger Scholarship recipient.




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Special Collections Library offering six $4,000 research travel grant awards

The Eberly Family Special Collections Library at Penn State University Libraries has announced that the application period for 2025-26 research grants is now open. Awards are available to support travel and research expenses while utilizing the Eberly Family Special Collections Library at Penn State’s University Park campus. The application deadline is Dec. 10.




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Former inmate to share journey of rehabilitation during talk at Penn State Fayette

Eric Wicklund, co-author of "Through a Convict’s Eyes: An Overlooked View of the Criminal Justice System," will visit Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus at 12:15 p.m. on Oct. 29 to discuss his insights on criminal rehabilitation. He will be joined by his co-author, Lavarr McBride, who has worked in the criminal justice field for 39 years and serves as a professor of criminal justice at Penn State Fayette.




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High schoolers learn about surveying engineering at Penn State Wilkes-Barre

Penn State Wilkes-Barre held its first Surveying Career Summit on Oct. 16, providing high school students interested in surveying engineering with the opportunity to visit the campus and learn more about their field of interest.




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New initiative in Law, Policy and Engineering trains state governor’s fellows

Faculty and staff in Penn State’s Law, Policy, and Engineering (LPE) initiative were recently tapped by the governor’s office to lead a two-day training program in September in Harrisburg on science and technology policy. The faculty and staff are part of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Science and Technology Policy Program, which is run by LPE and aims to improve public and environmental health, economic and social equity, and public scientific discourse in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.




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CommAgency seeks clients for communications work in spring 2025

Offices in need of digital communications assistance for the spring 2025 semester can receive support from CommAgency, Penn State’s student-run media production agency. Clients for spring 2025 should inquire by Nov. 17, 2024.




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Caring for the fatherless

OM workers in Córdoba make weekly visits to a local orphanage to connect with the children and minister to the pain in their hearts.




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Sharing in parks and shoe stores

Sharing about Christ isn’t bound to a location, experienced OM team members in Buenos Aires, Argentina, recently.




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Sharing God's Word through colouring books

Team members in Buenos Aires see a hunger for God's Word in a children's home and start using Bible-story colouring booklets to teach the kids.




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From practicing English to sharing God's love

One young woman’s life is transformed by God’s grace after years of investment by OM workers in an English ministry in Buenos Aires, Argentina.




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Penn State DuBois, Engineering Ambassadors host annual Discover Engineering Day

High school students from the region recently gathered at Penn State DuBois to participate in Discover Engineering Day, an event designed to introduce them to the vast opportunities available within the engineering field.




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Friendships are for sharing

Worker uses local friend’s introductions to intentionally share truth with young men.




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Sharing the good news with kids

In spite of fluctuating numbers, an OMer knows God is working in the hearts of those who attended the kids’ club and heard the gospel.




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Sharing God's love through literacy

"At the end of the class, over tea and mini-cakes, we take time to get to know them, to help them with administrative tasks or to discuss Bible stories," shares Louise.




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Learning Subtraction Strategies by Talking Through Number Strings (Video)

Elementary math specialist Kristin Gray helps her 2nd graders understand different subtraction strategies by talking through their thought processes.




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How to Talk to Students About the Coronavirus Without Scaring Them

What you say about the coronavirus depends on the child's developmental stage. Here are examples of the best age-appropriate language for discussing the pandemic.




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How to Really Close Opportunity Gaps During Our National Racial Reckoning

"Colorblind" teaching isn’t going to cut it, writes Vanderbilt University’s H. Richard Milner IV.




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The prayer-answering God

A young Bangladeshi man combines his faith and passion for football after experiencing God’s transforming power in his and his family’s lives.




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Tailoring for transformation

Two young Bangladeshi women experienced great joy and release from the OM tailoring courses, bringing dignity, honour and financial gain to their communities and families.




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Believe to receive – sharing the hope of Easter

Small outreach teams will share the life-changing message of the gospel with hundreds of women in brothels and on the street this Easter.




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English-Language Learners Need More Support During Remote Learning

These four evidence-based suggestions can help educators offset learning loss for young English learners, write Leslie M. Babinski, Steven J. Amendum, Steven E. Knotek, and Marta Sánchez.




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Reopening Schools During COVID-19: Lessons Learned From Around the World

The consequences of reopening schools in Denmark, Israel, and South Korea offer valuable insights for U.S. schools.




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Aerospace engineering graduate students awarded Department of Defense fellowship

Five Penn State aerospace engineering graduate students, including two brothers, were selected for the Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation Scholarship-for-Service Program, which is administered by the U.S. Department of Defense.




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DSHA To Host A Virtual Public Hearing To Gather Input On The Home-American Rescue Plan Program

Priorities include homeless shelters, permanent supportive housing, and low-income housing Dover, Del. December 15, 2022 – The Delaware State Housing Authority (DSHA) will host a virtual public hearing to obtain public input on the HOME-American Rescue Plan Program (HOME-ARP). The plan is Delaware’s application and distribution plan for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s […]




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Sharing in the beauty of the Amazon

Participants of a short-term outreach event in July demonstrated God's love and plan for salvation with people in Manaus, the capital of the Amazonas State.




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Child Abuse Prevention, Awareness During COVID-19

WILMINGTON – To begin Child Abuse Prevention Month, the Delaware Children’s Department, Prevent Child Abuse Delaware, and other stakeholders are raising awareness of how to nurture resilient families and prevent, recognize, and report child abuse and neglect.  April is traditionally recognized as Child Abuse Prevention Month. This year’s awareness campaign, “Growing a Better Tomorrow for All […]



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How to Really Close Opportunity Gaps During Our National Racial Reckoning

"Colorblind" teaching isn’t going to cut it, writes Vanderbilt University’s H. Richard Milner IV.




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Sharing in a parking lot

OM Chile shares the gospel by offering free services, doing dramas and performing a flash mob as part of a church youth camp.




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Sharing, encouraging and volcano climbing

OM Chile's Intensive Training participants travel around the south of Chile for two weeks sharing the gospel, encouraging local churches and doing adventure activities.




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Flexibility during an afternoon of film

OM Chile's homeless ministry planned to show a movie on the street for around 100 homeless friends. They had to get creative when problems arose.




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Sharing the Gospel with a cardboard coffin

Street evangelism - that’s how Nicolas ended up carrying a 2 meter high cardboard coffin on a bus across Santiago, Chile.




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Bringing bread to Uzbeks

OM works behind the scenes to help Uzbek believers who are providing spiritual bread for their people also provide physical bread for their families.




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Winning respect, sharing hope

Fierce competition on the football field opens doors for sharing hope with non-believers on both sides of prison walls.




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Inspiring creativity and worship

A new recording studio aims to bring Central Asian musicians together for collaboration and worship.




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Discovering Jesus

Through community development projects, workers in Central Asia meet people interested in Jesus.




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Pioneering in Central Asia

A small team share stories and spread hope among least-reached Muslims in Central Asia.




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Transform 2016: Bringing love from the Sunshine State

During a Transform outreach in Germany, a short-term team enjoys God’s provision of good weather as they facilitated outdoor children’s programmes for refugees.




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Probe Agency Links Assets Worth Rs 4 Crore To Chinese Man In Money Laundering Case

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday said it has attached fresh assets worth Rs 4 crore as part of a money laundering investigation against a Chinese national staying "illegally" in India and his associate.




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UK May Soon Bring 'Assisted Dying' Law. Lawmaker Explains Its Safeguards

A proposed law allowing terminally ill adults in England and Wales to end their lives was published on Tuesday, setting out safeguards such as ensuring the approval of doctors and judges to try to ease concerns in Britain over its possible misuse.




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Insight: These Countries Offer 'Assisted Dying' Or Are Considering It. How It's Done

Britain is to debate whether to legalise assisted dying for the terminally ill, potentially paving the way for the law to change. Below is a list of countries which allow people to choose to end their lives or are considering doing so.




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Android 15 Brings Support for True Adaptive Refresh Rate on Smartphones and Other Devices

Android 15 was released globally in August and since then, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) such as OnePlus, Oppo and Realme have introduced their iterations of the new operating system (OS) for their smartphones and other devices. The update is said to bring support for true adaptive refresh rate (ARR) which leverages discrete VSync steps to adapt to the frame rate of the on-screen content without changing the current display mode.




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Apple Vision Pro 2 to Launch Between Fall of 2025 and Spring 2026 With Same Design as Current Model: Mark Gurman

Apple unveiled its first mixed-reality headset Vision Pro at WWDC last year. Rumours about its successor have been circulating online for a while, and now Bloomberg's Mark Gurman has suggested the launch timeline for the next generation Apple Vision Pro. Gurman claims that the upcoming model will have a similar design as the current model.




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Cryptocurrency Mixer Bitcoin Fog Convicted of Crypto Money Laundering

Prosecutors said Bitcoin Fog processed more than $400 million in untraceable transactions, including $78 million involving known darknet markets. Defense lawyer Tor Ekeland called the verdict “disappointing” and said they will appeal.




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Samsung Galaxy Ring Now Available in Qatar, Romania, UAE and More Markets

Samsung Galaxy Ring’s availability has been expanded to several Gulf countries and eastern European markets, the company announced on Tuesday. The smart wearable is available in a total of nine sizes, three finishes, and boasts features such as AI-powered health tracking and sleep monitoring courtesy of various sensors. It is touted to deliver up to seven days of battery life on a single charge and runs on the Samsung Health platform.




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Xiaomi Shows Off HyperConnect Feature for Easy File Sharing With iPhone and Other Apple Devices

Xiaomi announced the the latest operating system (OS) for its devices dubbed HyperOS 2.0 last month. A company official has now previewed another new feature which improves compatibility of Xiaomi smartphones with Apple devices such as the iPhone, enabling the user to share files easily across ecosystems.




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Prateik Babbar Reveals He Started Taking Drugs At Age 13: "Had A Different Upbringing, Family Situation Was Complicated"

Prateik clarified that it was not money and recognition that pushed him into taking drugs, as people often think




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Mukesh Khanna On Bringing Shaktimaan Back To Screens: "Today's Generation Is Running Blindly"

Shaktimaan, which originally aired in 1997 on Doordarshan, became one of the most popular superhero shows in India