The Data Sciences program at Penn State Abington is designed to help meet the demand for trained data scientists, which the Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts will increase by 36% in the next decade.
A new art practice and history combine for Penn State Abington students enrolled in a collaborative tile making course at the Moravian Pottery and TileWorks, a working history museum in Bucks County.
Hip-hop scholar and freestyle MC Justin De Senso will teach a summer course at Penn State Abington that examines the genre’s worldwide impact. Area artists will be invited to take part, and students will have the opportunity to participate in cyphers — a tight circle of performers and spectators.
Keisha Johnson originally traveled to Ghana for 10 days with Penn State Abington faculty to support students enrolled in an embedded course — and ended up helping young women and girls who live 5,000 miles away from her Philadelphia home.
Penn State Abington students enrolled in a collaborative course at a Bucks County working history museum spent the spring semester immersed with working artisans and developing skills that have led to internships and jobs. Their work also resulted in a new exhibition in the Penn State Abington art gallery.
Students will develop skills to advance solutions to complex societal problems while earning the new race and ethnic studies degree, which is only available at Penn State Abington.
A boatbuilding process by Penn State Abington students will be featured in the campus art gallery in September and blog posts and a video document their adventures leading up to the launch in the Delaware River this summer.
The Penn State Office for General Education announced four faculty who will serve as leaders to help to elevate General Education across the University, including Kira Hamman, assistant teaching professor of mathematics, Penn State Mont Alto.
