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Undergraduate Research Awards: Excellence in Information Literacy 2023 winners

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The John Sr. and Kimlyn Patishnock Undergraduate Research Award: Excellence in Information Literacy is awarded to University Park students who achieved outstanding undergraduate student research at the Undergraduate Research Exhibition. From left, Kimlyn Patishnock; Ben Chang, Third Place; Yash Dixit, Grand Prize; Charles Colvin, Honorable Mention; Chloe Engin, First Prize; Logan Wincott, Honorable Mention; and John Patishnock Jr. 

Olivia Spotto posing in front of the Penn State Fayette lion shrine.

Undergraduate student uses grant to study environment-based LGBTQ+ concealment

Olivia Spotto, an undergraduate student in the Human Development and Family Studies program at Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus, was one of 52 students awarded the Erickson Discovery Grant to fund an undergraduate research project at the University. She is using her grant for a project titled “The Relationship Between Environment and Concealment of Sexual Identity in Working College Students.”

University updates COVID protocols, resources

As it has from the beginning of the pandemic, Penn State will continue to follow CDC guidance on COVID-19, and university officials urge all members of the Penn State community to take recommended preventative steps to keep themselves and others healthy.