Colleges and Universities
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- Student Aid, Office of
- View information about University tuition and other expenses, start understanding student aid and the application process, review frequently asked questions, and even download publications.
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- Undergraduate Education, Office of
- Works with the faculty senate and academic administrative offices in areas affecting the curriculum, teaching and learning, and advising across the colleges and campuses of the University.
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- University Budget Office
- Review University budgets and expenditures from the current years and past, view budget graphs and presentations, browse the Fact Book, and even find information about faculty and staff.
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- University Faculty Senate
- The representative body of the faculty with authority on all matters that pertain to the educational interests of the University, which also acts as an advisory and consultative body to the President.
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- Office for Communication
- Provides new students, including freshmen as well as advanced standing and change-of-assignment students, at University Park with information regarding the academic and student development opportunities of the campus and the University in general.
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- Research, Office of Vice President for
- Responsible for the $507 million-per-year in University research programs, which span many disciplines and are integrated into the academic environment at both undergraduate and graduate levels.
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- Biomechanics Laboratory
- Applies biomechanical principles to motor control problems, and understands how muscle properties dictate the coordination of movement.
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- Center For Healthy Aging
- Strives to advance the study of aging sciences; stimulate communication among scholars of different disciplines and among others; promote development of courses in adult development and aging; and foster applied research that improves the quality of life and welfare.
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- Children, Youth, and Families Consortium
- Researches developmental processes, factors that promote and compromise child and family well-being, and the design and evaluation of applied intervention strategies. Also includes innovative teaching and service-outreach methods, and efforts to influence and evaluate the impact of social policies.
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- Computer Vision Laboratory
- Research spans a broad range of topics, such as autonomous navigation, automated visual inspection, document image analysis, human-computer interface systems, medical imaging and visualization, object recognition, telerobotics, and visual information management.
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- Earth System Science Center
- Brings together the Departments of Geosciences, Meteorology, Geography, and Energy, Environmental, and Mineral Economics to search for links between the Earth's physical processes and past and future global change.
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- Innovation Park
- Facilitates University collaborations with business and government, helps entrepreneurs bring ideas to the market place, and allows easy access to faculty researchers, state-of-the-art laboratory facilities, and undergraduate and graduate students.
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- Innovative Sintered Products, Center for
- Extends a national investment in applied materials research at Penn State through an engineering focus on product and process development for new materials and applications of sintering.
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- Land Analysis Laboratory
- Specializes in the use of geographic information systems (GIS) and related advanced information system technologies for environmental assessment and land management.
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- Materials Research Science and Engineering Center
- Assembles a team of researchers to capitalize recent advances in the synthesis of novel ordered porous hosts to understand the role of confinement on the behavior of selected materials.
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- Media Effects Research Laboratory
- Dedicated to conducting empirical research on the psychological effects of media content, form, and technology.
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- Molecular Toxicology and Carcinogenesis, Center for
- Created as expansion of the existing molecular toxicology program in the Life Sciences Consortium to include a number of related ongoing research programs across various colleges at Penn State.
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- Pennsylvania Space Grant Consortium
- Seeks to increase the development and utilization of space resources; encourage training, research, and public service in space-related areas; recruit and train professionals for space-related careers; promote a strong science, math, and technology educational base; and promote opportunities for underrepresented groups.