Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s American Medical Student Association (AMSA) recently visited LECOM Seton Hill Medical School in Greensburg.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania will celebrate innovation, student and faculty research, and alumni success during IUP’s 2025 Research Appreciation Week, planned for April 7 to 11.
Thomas Baker ’05, a graduate of IUP’s Cook Honors College and the Madia Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Physics, and his wife have committed $100,000 to IUP to establish a scholarship to support students in chemistry or biochemistry research programs.
The Pennsylvania Drone Association selected Indiana University of Pennsylvania for its 2024 Ellie Education Award, recognizing IUP as “an educational institution that has helped to elevate the drone industry in our commonwealth in a meaningful and significant way. “
Recipients of the 2024 Distinguished Alumni Awards were honored in April at a gala sponsored by the IUP Alumni Association.
In an office and laboratories on the upper floors of Kopchick Hall, Skip Kingston ’73, M’75 occupies a unique place in the life of IUP. Kingston is a visiting scientist, or scientist in residence, continuing his work on various projects relating to analytical chemistry.
One of the things Tracey Cekada loves about safety sciences is that jobs in the field are everywhere, and she has helped put IUP graduates in many of them. Learn more about her in this installment of Meet Our Faculty.
Four graduates of Indiana University of Pennsylvania have been selected for the 2024 IUP Young Alumni Achievement Award: Brianne Lenhart, Donte Palmer, Casey Ryan, and Mark Smith.
Waleed Farag’s career can be compared to a quote from Mark Twain: “Find a job you enjoy doing, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” Learn more about him in this week’s Meet Our Faculty.
Twelve IUP archeologists participated in service events at Historic Hanna’s Town in Westmoreland County and at the historic Lebanon Cemetery in York, PA, on Saturday, October 26.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Cejka Planetarium in John J. and Char Kopchick Hall will host two programs during the fall semester: “Magical Lights: Stars” and “How Many Are There? Planet Nine.” These programs are free and open to the community.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Institute for Cyber Security, in collaboration with the PC4A Project and Information Technology Support Center, will host the seventeenth annual Cyber Security Day on October 29 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the IUP Hadley Union Building Ohio Room.
The Department of Anthropology, Geospatial and Earth Sciences at Indiana University of Pennsylvania will hold its annual Community Archaeology Day on October 12 from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. in celebration of International Archaeology Day. All Archaeology Day events are free and open to the community.
Chris Schaney went to graduate school and landed in the world of geographic information systems. He now shares his passion as a member of the IUP faculty. Learn more about him in this week’s installment of Meet Our Faculty.
Faculty member Chris Schaney and graduate student Lilee Lux spent part of their summer researching the effects and pace of erosion on Saxis, Virginia, a tiny fishing village along the Chesapeake Bay.
Since he was little, Josiah Townsend has been curious about anything that lives and breathes. He took that curiosity and made a career for himself. Learn more about him in this week’s Meet Our Faculty feature.
In June, Indiana University of Pennsylvania hosted a workshop on uncrewed aircraft (drones) for teachers in eight area high schools who are teaching the aviation curriculum in their schools. The workshop focused on how teachers can integrate drone education into the curriculum. Teachers represented districts in Allegheny, Clearfield, Indiana, and Westmoreland counties.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Anthropology faculty have been selected by the Department of Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, through the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine Inc., to continue its field study near Frankfurt, Germany, at the site of a crash of a World War II B-17 airplane.
Retired Rear Admiral CJ Jaynes has made a donation to establish an endowed scholarship for full-time students at IUP who are veterans studying in a STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) field.
Retired Rear Admiral CJ Jaynes has made a donation to establish an endowed scholarship for full-time students at IUP who are veterans studying in a STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) field.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania and Indiana Regional Medical Center’s joint podcast, “Rural Health Pulse,” continues with “Lyme and Other Tickborne Diseases” with IUP biology professor Thomas Simmons.
IUP’s long-awaited science building, Kopchick Hall, opened for classes at the start of the spring semester in January.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania has announced recipients of the University Senate Awards and the list of new faculty emeriti.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania anthropology professor Ben Ford, IUP’s 2023–24 Distinguished University Professor and chair of IUP’s Department of Anthropology, has been selected as a Fulbright US Scholar for 2024–25.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Cejka Planetarium, in the university’s newly opened John J. and Char Kopchick Hall, will host three shows during the spring semester, all free and open to the community.