The Aegean Sea served as both a classroom and biology lab for a group of 20 students from all over the U.S. studying the environmental impact of microplastics this past summer. The students, including five from Penn State, traveled to Greece as part of the Connecting Humans and Nature through Conservation Experiences (CHANCE) program.
Penn State CHANCE — Connecting Humans And Nature through Conservation Experiences — is offering students hands-on research experience in Greece this summer. Students will study, develop solutions to reduce plastic pollution in Aegean Sea.
Penn State Lehigh Valley's Business Society recently organized a women’s clothing drive for The Perfect Fit for Working Women, a program of the YWCA Allentown that provides a week’s worth of professional clothing to women who may not have the financial means to purchase new items for job interviews or their first week of work.
Seven Penn State faculty teams have received seed grants for biodiversity research as part of the 2021 “Mainstreaming Biodiversity in a Decade of Action” symposium, developed by Christina Grozinger, Publius Vergilius Maro Professor of Entomology and director of the Center for Pollinator Research, in collaboration with Penn State’s Sustainability Institute.
Lehigh Valley LaunchBox will host a two-part sustainability speaking series in May and June. The first event is titled "Living Sustainably Begins at Home" and will be held via Zoom on May 25.
Sundance Award-winning filmmakers Cristina Ibarra and Alex Rivera will participate in a discussion after an online screening of their film "The Infiltrators" at 6:30 p.m. this Friday, October 9, open to all campuses and their communities. The event is co-presented by the Latina/o Studies Program and Penn State’s Sustainability Institute as part of the "Intersections: How We Respond" film series and Penn State’s Hispanic Heritage Month. Attendees can sign up at: intersections.edgepointedges.com/the-infiltrators.
