A free event sponsored by Penn State Abington on April 22 will examine the legacy of enslavement in local communities and explore the historical efforts to end slavery in America by residents of Abington and Cheltenham townships, including early abolitionist Benjamin Lay.
The Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence announced the inaugural recipients of its spring 2023 Advancing Equity and Inclusion grants. The aim of the grant program is to enable change at a broad level and focus on a program, department, division, college or campus.
A Penn State Abington engineering major is flourishing academically and laying the groundwork for the future by capitalizing on opportunities open to undergraduates, including research and presenting at professional conferences with the support of his faculty mentor.
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.
The full-semester study abroad experience in Paris was a game changer for a Penn State Abington student who is the first in her family to attend college.
Explore more than 100 years of music by Ukraine’s most celebrated contemporary composers at a free concert at Penn State Abington on Wednesday, Nov. 9.
A $5,000 grant supported visits by Penn State Abington elementary and early childhood education majors to three independent bookstores in Philadelphia that center their collections around traditionally marginalized populations.
Chancellor Margo DelliCarpini announced the appointment of Boni Wozolek, assistant professor of education, as Penn State Abington’s first cabinet-level director of diversity, equity, and inclusive excellence.
New University President Neeli Bendapudi met with Penn State Abington students, faculty, staff, and stakeholders this week. Meeting Bendapudi was emotional for some faculty and staff at Abington, the most diverse campus in the Penn State system, since the new president is the first woman and first person of color to lead the University.
Penn State Abington senior Angelea Francesco presented her research on Pennsylvania adolescents with gender dysphoria at the World Professional Association for Transgender Health scientific symposium, where she shared her findings that transgender youth describe their gender in various ways but have a clear idea of who they are and are certain of the medical care they want.
