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FaceTime with Grandma: Do we grow wiser when reading facial expressions?

Jennifer Tehan Stanley, associate professor of psychology at the University of Akron, has done extensive research on how older adults read facial expressions. That's what she will discuss when she visits Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, for the next presentation of the Colloquium Series in Psychological Sciences and Human Behavior.
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First full-time female NBA coach to speak at Penn State Behrend

Becky Hammon, the NBA's first full-time female coach, will discuss her career journey Sept. 13 when she visits Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, as part of its Speaker Series. Her presentation — “ASSIST: The Keys To Successful Leadership & Teamwork” — begins at 7:30 p.m. in the college’s Junker Center.
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Penn State’s NSF I-Corps program seeks applications by Sept. 15 and Oct. 15

The National Science Foundation has joined in supporting Penn State’s goal of taking more of its discoveries to market by awarding Penn State a five-year, $500,000 Innovation Corps (I-Corps) grant to establish the Invent Penn State I-Corps Site in collaboration with Ben Franklin Technology Partner’s TechCelerator, Happy Valley LaunchBox, and Invent Penn State’s Innovation Hubs.
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Behrend poet discusses why verse still works

"Poetry infuses the world with meaning," says George Looney, distinguished professor of English and creative writing at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College. "It challenges conventional assumptions about us and our place in the world."