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Aliya Karim, a pre-med student at University Park who is from Ghana, takes a soil sample on the University Park campus. Karim, who served as an undergraduate mentor in the EnvironMentors program last year, researched the effects of soil health on microbial diversity along with high schooler Fatima Nadeem (not pictured).

Angela Pettitt

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Assistant Teaching Professor of English Angela Pettitt presents at Penn State Shenango's first Faculty Lecture Series event of the fall 2023 semester on Thursday, Sept. 28 at 4:30 p.m.

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The musicians of Las Cafeteras — Jose Cano, Denise Carlos, David Flores, Hector Flores, Daniel French, and Leah Gallegos — fashion a patchwork quilt of “urgent, relevant music” with infectious live performances. Las Cafeteras will present a performance at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 10, in Eisenhower Auditorium at University Park.

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Legendary labor organizer Dolores Huerta, cofounder with César Chávez of the United Farm Workers, spoke at Penn State in September 2019 during National Hispanic Heritage Month, and inaugurated the University's annual Dolores Huerta Day of Service.

Members of a band hold instruments while standing around a black car

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The musicians of Las Cafeteras — Jose Cano, Denise Carlos, David Flores, Hector Flores, Daniel French, and Leah Gallegos — fashion a patchwork quilt of “urgent, relevant music” with infectious live performances. Las Cafeteras will present a performance at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 10, in Eisenhower Auditorium at University Park.

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Dr. Sara Curran, Director of the Center for Studies in Demography & Ecology, University of Washington, will discuss current and future research to catalyze next generation, scientific innovations during the upcoming De Jong Lecture Oct. 4.

Tammy and Jessica Divens in Paris, France

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Associate Teaching Professor of Occupational Therapy Tammy Divens, along with her daughter and current Shenango student Jessica Divens, gave a presentation titled “Well-being, Happiness, and Self-Modulation" to students and faculty at Université Paris Nanterre.

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Shenango student Jessica Divens gives a presentation titled “Well-being, Happiness, and Self-Modulation" to students and faculty at Université Paris Nanterre.