RECORD 23 NCAA BERTHS HIGHLIGHT YEAR FOR ATHLETICS
The Penn State Nittany and Lady Lion athletic teams recently concluded an outstanding 2000-01 athletic year, highlighted by a school-record number of appearances in NCAA Championships. More than 30 All-Americans and a record-tying nine Academic All-Americans helped spur Penn State on to another memorable year. Penn State saw 23 of its 29 teams advance to NCAA Championship play or have individuals qualify for championship action, besting the school record of 22 set in 1995-96. The Nittany and Lady Lions placed 10th in the final Sears Directors' Cup standings, giving Penn State its sixth Top 10 finish in the survey's eight years. In addition, Penn State had one national freshman of the year and more than 70 All-Big Ten selections. For complete details on the accomplishments of Penn State student-athletes during 2000-2001, visit http://www.GoPSUSports.com.
STUDY OF MARKMAN'S AIM MAY HELP TREMOR PATIENTS
A new approach to analyzing the steadiness of a marksman's aim, developed by researchers from Penn State and the University of Verona, Italy, eventually may also be useful in diagnosing and monitoring tremors in patients with neuro-muscular disorders. Joseph P. Cusumano, Penn State associate professor of engineering science and mechanics, says, The analyses that we are developing, with cooperation from the members of an Italian air pistol team, may enable us to develop a sort of steadiness profile or body tremor finger print for any individual. The profile is based on an analysis of an individual's movement while they are accomplishing a specific task, namely, aiming. Most previous work has only looked at tremor independent of any task. For the full story by Barbara Hale, visit http://www.psu.edu/ur/2001/steadiness.html.
RESEARCHERS WORK TO CONTROL ELECTORN SPIN
Researchers from Penn State and the University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB) report in the June 29 issue of the journal Science on an ability to quickly manipulate electron spins that could positively impact the development of items such as quantum computers. The research suggests an ability to quickly manipulate electron spins by loosening the stringent requirements of coherence times. The use of ultra-fast laser pulses to manipulate spins would represent a speed-up of the process by 100,000 times when compared with conventional methods, and opens new directions for research into solid-state implementation of quantum computers. For the full story, visit http://www.science.psu.edu/alert/Samarth6-2001-2.htm.
JOHN MICHAEL MONTGOMERY COMING TO JORDAN CENTER
Country music superstar John Michael Montgomery will perform at the Bryce Jordan Center on Penn State's University Park campus at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, July 29. Montgomery has scored 10 No. 1 singles, sold more than 14 million albums and won several national awards. Country music group BlackHawk will perform as the opening act. Tickets go on sale Saturday, June 30 at 10 a.m. at the Bryce Jordan Center, Eisenhower Auditorium, selected Uni-Mart ticket outlets, Commonwealth Campus ticket outlets, or charge by phone at (800) 863-3336 or locally at (814) 865-5555, or online at http://www.bjc.psu.edu. Tickets are $35 and $25 for reserved intimate, theatre-style seating. Wristbands will be made available today (June 29) until 6 p.m. and tomorrow (June 30) from 8 a.m. until 9 a.m. Wristbands are for ticket buyers wishing to purchase tickets at the Bryce Jordan Ticket Center only.
HOSPITAL TO PAY THE WAY THROUGH NURSING PROGRAM
The Evangelical Community Hospital of Lewisburg is seeking to expand its pool of registered nurses by offering to pay tuition and fees for its licensed practical nurses who wish to earn an associate degree in nursing from Pennsylvania College of Technology, an affiliate of Penn State in Williamsport. This week, Penn College and Evangelical officials announced a partnership that is intended to make it affordable and convenient for men and women who work as practical nurses to advance into RN positions. We wanted our LPNs to have a convenient educational opportunity to help them earn their RN degree, said Paul Tarves, vice president of nursing at the hospital. Upon completion of the program, the employees will earn an associate degree from Penn College and will be eligible to sit for state board examinations to become registered nurses. For the full story, visit http://WWW.PCT.EDU/news/pctoday.shtml.
GRANT SUPPORTS LIBRARIAN'S WORK ON NEW MANUAL
Debora Cheney, head of the Social Sciences Library for the University Libraries, has received the 2001 Readex/GODORT/ALA Catharine J. Reynolds Grant in support of her work to create a new edition of a comprehensive style manual on Citing Government Information Resources. Cheney has been active in the Government Documents Round Table (GODORT), an American Libraries Association (ALA) organization that provides a forum for the exchange of ideas by librarians working with government documents who wish to increase use, availability and bibliographic control of documents; enhance communication between documents librarians and other librarians; and improve the education and training of documents librarians. The new edition is scheduled for publication in July 2002. For news from the University Libraries, visit http://www.libraries.psu.edu/pubinfo/news/.