Penn State Ranked No. 1 as Best Employer for New Grads in Higher Education

Forbes partnered with market research firm Statista and surveyed over 28,000 young and early career professionals. Penn State ranked first in higher education and 21st overall. Read the full article.

Penn State Chemist Stephen Benkovic Named Atherton Professor

Stephen Benkovic, Evan Pugh Professor and Holder of the Eberly Family Chair in Chemistry at Penn State, has been honored by Penn State with the title of Atherton Professor. The University created the Atherton Professorship to recognize the continuing high level of scholarly or creative activity Evan Pugh Professors may pursue after their retirement. Read more.​​

Judges and Advisers Needed for Second Annual Biotech Boardroom

We need your help to make the second annual Biotech Boardroom a success! This initiative brings alumni, students, and faculty together.

We invite you to support the event by serving as a judge or as an adviser to students on how to make their idea or pitch more powerful.

If you are interested in participating in the Biotech Board Room, please complete this short survey.

Nominations Being Accepted for the Penn State Alumni Fellow Award

The Alumni Fellow Award is the most prestigious award given by the Penn State Alumni Association. Since 1973, the Alumni Fellow Award has been given to select alumni who, as leaders in their professional fields, are nominated by an academic college and accept an invitation from the President of the University to return to campus to share their expertise with students, faculty, and administrators. Please contact Jenn Lawrence if you would like to recommend someone for this award.

Eberly's Study Abroad Programs Spotlighted by Penn State Global

Joel Waters, coordinator of education abroad and international programs, was recently featured in a video collaboration between the Eberly college, Penn State Teaching and Learning with Technology's Immersive Experience Lab, and Penn State Global.

Waters has compiled a library of videos—including 4K-resolution 3D footage—taken by students as part of their study abroad experience in countries such as Italy, Costa Rica, Kenya, and Switzerland.

"My goal," Waters said, "was to generate content so that our students here on campus who were thinking about education abroad would have as much information as possible before they had to commit a substantial amount of resources, a substantial amount of time, to that program;  as much as they can, use footage that their peers have taken in the past, where they can really put themselves in their peers' shoes, where they can really say, 'That's someone who looks like me or who's about my age or is from my academic background.'"