Center Updates
Penn State Assists in Development of First Multi-Municipal Shade GTree Commmission in Pennsylvania
The Penn State Center - Pittsburgh is excited to announce the development of the first multi-municipal Shade Tree Commission in Pennsylvania. The Commission is comprised of the neighboring municipalities of Baldwin, Brentwood and Whitehall. The Brentwood-Baldwin-Whitehall Multi-municipal Shade Tree Commission was finalized last night with an affirmative vote from Brentwood’s Council. Dr. [More]
Winter 2012 Newsletter
Student Internships Offer Measurable Impact
Native Plants Promise New Revenue
200 Plants Rescued from Civic Arena Site
NELC – National Energy Leadership Corps [More]
Fall 2011 Newsletter
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Summer Dreamers
Technical Workshops
Summer Interns
(AFRI) Grant [More]
Announcing Online Bachelor of Arts Degree in Energy & Sustainability Policy
Penn State is pleased to offer an online Bachelor of Arts degree in Energy and Sustainability Policy (ESP), in a collaboration between the Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering, the Dutton e-Education Institute, and the World Campus. [More]
Stormwater Workshops Scheduled
The Penn State Center will host a series of technical workshops focusing on Pennsylvania EPA Stormwater Best Management Practices, as well as Green Infrastructure as defined by 3 Rivers Wet Weather. [More]
Green Infrastructure Technical Workshops to Continue through Summer and Fall
The Penn State Center—Engaging Pittsburgh launched its Green Infrastructure Technical Workshop Series on April 12, with Sustainable Sites Initiative Primer. José Almiñana of the Technical Core Committee of the Sustainable Sites Initiative™ (SITES ™), and his associate, Laura Hansplant from Andropogon, conducted the workshop. [More]
Summer Interns
The Penn State Center welcomes the following five students as interns at The Penn State Center for the summer semester:
Karl De Ciantis, a communications major at the University of Pittsburgh, will enter his senior year in the fall. He looks forward to working on the Summer Dreamers program and helping at the Rosedale Block Cluster with their effort to implement and operate a sustainable urban garden. [More]
Penn State Landscape Architecture Student Wins Award
At the April 2011 American Society of Landscape Architects’ Pennsylvania-Delaware chapter annual meeting at Skytop Lodge in the Poconos, Josh Lippert, a Penn State landscape architecture student, received a Merit Award for his student project in West Pittsburgh.
This project, the Corliss Art Corridor, was part of the Pittsburgh Studio that Professor Ken Tamminga holds each fall. Josh chose to create a new gateway through the Corliss Tunnels into Sheraden, a Pittsburgh city neighborhood. [More]
Students’ Green Dreams Turn into Reality
Summer Dreamers targets middle school students’ summer slump by immersing them in a highly engaging learning environment and exploring sustainability in science and technology. The “Get Green. Make Green.” program is designed for students to investigate urban farming, sustainable landscaping, renewable energy, and green entrepreneurship, through Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences. [More]
Penn State Landscape Architecture Professor Wins Magrath Award
Penn State landscape architecture Professor Ken Tamminga was named the northeast regional winner of the 2011 Outreach Scholarship W.K. Kellogg Foundation Engagement Award by the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU) and the National Outreach Scholarship Conference. The Magrath Award looks to identify colleges and universities that have redesigned their learning, discovery, and engagement functions to become even more involved with their communities. [More]