In the News
January 24, 2002

Second state budget
freeze hits University
A second freeze in the state appropriation was announced last week, meaning Penn State will lose more than a total of $10 million in funds this year.

Crime busters: Fingerprinting system
puts suspects' digits in state database
Book 'em Dano."
That recurring line from a vintage television series has taken on new meaning at University Police headquarters in University Park where the Centre Region Booking Center is located.

Construction to alter
parking deck access
A planned expansion to Nittany Parking Deck, adding 523 spaces, was scheduled to begin Monday morning, Jan. 21, with the demolition of the existing two-story section of the deck. Part of the ongoing University Park Master Plan, the construction will temporarily remove 301 spaces and change traffic patterns for entering and exiting the deck until at least spring semester 2003.

Faculty Senate agenda items
include proposed change
to have retired faculty serve
The University Faculty Senate will meet at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 29, in 112 Kern Graduate Building, University Park.

Agreement provides free virus detection
software for students, faculty, staff
A contract recently signed between Penn State and Symantec will make Norton AntiVirus software available at no cost to students, faculty and staff throughout the University.

Nominations sought
for Schraer Award
Nominations are being sought for the annual Rosemary Schraer Mentor Award, sponsored by the Commission for Women. The award, created in memory of Rosemary Schraer, former associate provost for Penn State, honors a current University employee who has excelled in helping others to recognize and achieve their potential professionally and personally.

Institute assists
social sciences research
What links research concerning school financing in elderly communities, surveys about African-American smoking habits, and studies examining the balance between work and family in rural areas? These projects, among many others, require research resources beyond the ordinary. The University's newly founded Social Science Research Institute provides the means for researchers to find the answers to complex social problems.

Research team gets
$1.8 million grant from NASA
Long-Qing Chen, associate professor and associate head of graduate studies in materials science and engineering, and his research team received $1.8 million from NASA to develop revolutionary materials technologies for future generation turbine engine propulsion systems under NASA's Ultra Efficient Engine Technology program.

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