During finals week, Penn State University Libraries offers the De-stress Fest, which takes place at all five branch libraries across the University Park campus and at five campuses across the commonwealth, offering free snacks, games, activities, art therapy and other stress-management options that vary at each location.
Six Penn State faculty members have received the 2026 George W. Atherton Award for Excellence in Teaching. They are Brianna Blackburn, instructor in nursing in the Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing; Lisa Goguen, program coordinator and associate professor of psychology at Penn State Hazleton; Joseph Houck, teaching professor of chemistry in the Eberly College of Science; Lisa Mangel, assistant teaching professor of biology and elementary and early childhood education programs at Penn State Behrend; Michael Mashtare, assistant professor of agricultural and biological engineering in the College of Agricultural Sciences and Elizabeth Womack, associate professor of English at Penn State Brandywine.
The Brandywine LaunchBox kicked off its third season of Road to LionCage — a series of pitch competitions that award prize money and guarantee the first-place winners’ entry into November’s LionCage Pitch Competition — on March 18 in the Brandywine Makerspace.
Undergraduate students at Penn State Brandywine developed an environmentally friendly and easy method to synthesize compounds from plant-derived molecules for potential use in therapeutics. Their work was highlighted in a special issue of a journal of the American Chemical Society.
For the first time in eight years, three student-led parties are competing for leadership positions in Penn State Brandywine’s Student Government Association, signaling a renewed sense of student engagement on campus.
To teach students how to network and dine in a professional setting, Penn State Brandywine’s Housing and Food Services, Career Services, Development and Student Affairs offices collaborated to hold “Pass the Plate” on March 26.
Sustain Penn State will host a virtual screening of “Sally” from 7 to 9 p.m. on Wednesday, April 8, as part of the Intersections Film Series. The event will offer students, faculty and staff an opportunity to explore themes of sustainability, equity and social change through the lens of trailblazing astronaut Sally Ride.
Eight Penn State Brandywine students traveled to Mechanicsville, Virginia, during spring break to participate in an Alternative Spring Break program, building affordable housing for families in the community in partnership with Habitat for Humanity.
