HARRISBURG

The Penn State Harrisburg women’s soccer team won its third United East Championship with a 4-3 penalty kick victory over St. Mary’s College of Maryland. Goalkeeper Alexis Valenta was named the United East Tournament Most Valuable Player.

BEHREND

The new Center for Manufacturing Competitiveness will include plastics and metal-casting labs, will house the nation’s first heavy-haul battery testing facility, and will be supported by a $6.5 million grant from the Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program. The center will also host a full-scale recycling line for manufacturer testing of an array of materials for their recyclability and seek to support companies as they invest in their own operations and transition to sustainable technologies that ultimately will reduce pollution in and near the region’s freshwater resources.

HERSHEY

Dr. Amyn M. Rojiani, chair of the Department of Pathology at Penn State College of Medicine, was honored with the 2024 College of American Pathologists Lifetime Achievement Award for his significant contributions and excellence in teaching, mentoring, and leading the next generation of pathologists. Rojiani is also the first pathologist nationwide to be named a distinguished fellow by the American Association for Physician Leadership, and he serves on the board of directors of the Pennsylvania Association of Pathologists and the Association for Academic Pathology’s executive council.

WORLD CAMPUS

Joe Thompson ’24 EMS was honored at a ceremony hosted by the San Diego chapter of the Climate Action Campaign for creating a climate action plan for Orange, Calif. Thompson was part of the first Local Climate Action Program cohort facilitated by Penn State. He and fellow members of the Orange Sustainability Committee worked with environmental science and policy majors at Chapman University on how to conduct a greenhouse gas inventory, then guided them on how to keep implementation cost-appropriate for the city and helped them look at funding options.