(Clockwise from top) Nathan Piekielek, head of the Donald W. Hamer Center for Maps and Geospatial Information at Penn State University Libraries, has developed an efficient computer workflow to convert digitized archival aerial photographs (such as the one at bottom right) into geospatial data that is compatible with modern mapping and research tools. Piekielek tested and refined the workflow with help from student assistants (bottom left).
The Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State has been approved by the National Endowment for the Arts for a Grants for Arts Projects award to support “What Does PURPLE Sound Like?” by Sydnie L. Mosley Dances.
American culinary historian, lawyer and public policy adviser Adrian Miller will offer an engaging and educational journey through the lives of African Americans who have served as cooks for U.S. presidents, "Black Chefs in the White House," at 7-8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 26, via Zoom and also in-person at the Paul Robeson Cultural Center Library in the HUB. More information and registration is available at this link.
Penn State Sustainability and WPSU are hosting this online film screening of “Fire Through Dry Grass” at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 12, online via Zoom. The film details the experience of disabled African American artists in a New York City nursing home trying to survive during the COVID-19 pandemic and highlighting the disproportionate impacts the pandemic had on communities of color and those with health preconditions. A panel discussion will follow featuring experts from Penn State about lessons from COVID-19 about the social determinants of health and how we can better support community health for all. Free and open to all campuses to attend. Pre-registration is required at this link.
“What Does PURPLE Sound Like?", a multimedia art installation by Sydnie L. Mosley Dances, will be presented at 7 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb. 4 and 5; and 2 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 6, at Eisenhower Auditorium.
Pictured are the student winners of the Innovation and Business Idea Challenge (left to right): Mitchel Nevryanskiy and Ugochukwu Ike-Egolum of EMU Productions; Christian Clarke, Grace Yost and Xander Van Wyk of B.E.A.N.; and Prisha Kumar Dass and Ahmad Raja of Campus Connect. Not pictured: Emily Marks and Ethan Zekhster.
Penn State Berks collaborated and shared their research with students from the National Technical University of Ukraine as part of an Experimental Digital Global Engagement collaboration offered through Penn State Global Programs.
