The doodles on Google’s home page – animated tributes to Ronald Dahl, Les Paul and Ida Bell Wells, among others – show the value the tech company’s leaders see in the arts and humanities. Google’s HR department sees it as well: In 2010, then-Vice President Marissa Mayer said 80 percent of that year’s hires would have a liberal arts background.
The doodles on Google’s home page – animated tributes to Ronald Dahl, Les Paul and Ida Bell Wells, among others – show the value the tech company’s leaders see in the arts and humanities. Google’s HR department sees it as well: In 2010, then-Vice President Marissa Mayer said 80 percent of that year’s hires would have a liberal arts background.
Cory Scherer, an associate professor of psychology at Penn State Schuylkill, has conducted evolutionary-based research on sex differences in jealousy with regard to emotional versus sexual infidelity. He will discuss this research and present findings on why widowers are at an advantage with regard to dating when the Colloquium Series in Psychological Sciences and Human Behavior returns to Penn State Behrend Oct. 21.
With more than 1,200 students in attendance at the fall Career and Internship Fair at Penn State Behrend, Malinda Miller knew she had to stand out.
However, the senior software engineering major was also wise enough to trust in her abilities.
“Being social and friendly is helpful, and I think previous internship experience and projects are important,” Miller said. “I think a lot of companies are more interested in your projects than your grades.”
The Erie region’s economy appears to have hit a plateau, said Ken Louie, director of the Economic Research Institute of Erie and an associate professor of economics at Penn State Behrend’s Black School of Business. Though six of the eight economic indicators he tracks with the Erie Leading Index showed growth in the second quarter of 2015, the index itself rose by just 0.05 percent.
The Erie region’s economy appears to have hit a plateau, said Ken Louie, director of the Economic Research Institute of Erie and an associate professor of economics at Penn State Behrend’s Black School of Business. Though six of the eight economic indicators he tracks with the Erie Leading Index showed growth in the second quarter of 2015, the index itself rose by just 0.05 percent.
Craig Warren first heard the Rebel yell at Kings Dominion, an amusement park in Virginia. He was sitting near the back of a wood-track roller coaster, gripping the lap bar as the cars clattered into a tunnel, where everyone screamed.
The Confederate Rebel yell — a yowling holler, equal parts hog call and Indian war whoop — unnerved Civil War soldiers, who heard the threat before they could pinpoint its direction. A new book by Craig Warren, an associate professor at Penn State Behrend, traces the origin and evolution of the yell, which continued long after the war had ended.
Creative writing majors at Penn State Behrend are exposed to works from some of the most accomplished writers in the world.
With more than 1,200 students in attendance at the fall Career and Internship Fair at Penn State Behrend, Malinda Miller knew she had to stand out.