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Campers from last summer's science camp watch a bottle volcano erupting

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Campers from last year's Cool Science camp watch a bottle volcano erupt that they created using an empty plastic soda bottle, Mentos candy and cola. It was one of several experiments the young campers got to build and create during this STEM camp.

Six faculty members receive 2024 Atherton Award for Excellence in Teaching

Six Penn State faculty members have received the 2024 George W. Atherton Award for Excellence in Teaching. They are Sommar Chilton, associate teaching professor of communication sciences and disorders in the College of Health and Human Development; Linda Istanbulli, Caroline D. Eckhardt Early Career Professor of Comparative Literature and assistant professor of comparative literature and Arabic in the College of the Liberal Arts; Siu Ling "Pansy" Leung, associate teaching professor of mechanical engineering in the College of Engineering; Kuei-Nuan Lin, associate professor of mathematics at Penn State Greater Allegheny; Sarah Nilson, assistant professor of biology at Penn State Beaver; and Kara Stone, assistant teaching professor of English at Penn State Scranton.