Faculty Expertise

"The Envy of the World"

Andrew Read, Penn State’s senior vice president for research, makes the case for federal support of the essential research done at universities such as Penn State.
Ryan Jones '95 Com

Teaching Turmoil

Education should be seen as an investment, says Javier Lopez, director of strategic partnerships in the College of Education.
Savita Iyer

Agreeing to Disagree

A conversation with Penn State political science professor Christopher Beem, whose new book, The Seven Democratic Virtues: What You Can Do to Overcome Tribalism and Save Our Democracy, assesses the risks to American democracy and offers a practical guide for the sort of citizenship that can help sustain it.
Ryan Jones '95 Com

He's (Still) Alive!

Penn State English professor Michael Bérubé, editor of a new edition of Mary Shelley’s classic Frankenstein, talks about his unusual perspective on the familiar tale, the novel’s impact on popular understandings of science, and why the story of a human-made monster is still relevant more than 200 years later.
Ryan Jones '95 Com