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PSGV to Host Open House, Panel Discussion on Value of Advanced Education on March 24
The Penn State Great Valley School of Graduate Professional Studies will host an open house and panel discussion in its Conference Center, located at 30 East Swedesford Road in Malvern, on Tuesday, March 24 from 5-7 PM. Penn State Great Valley extends the resources and reputation of one of the nation’s leading research universities to…
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Competitor in Penn State Great Valley’s Lion Cage Aims to Improve Bicycle Safety
One summer day in 2017, after finishing a bike ride, Glenmoore resident Doug Thompson got home and began reading the latest issue of Bicycling. The magazine laid out a harsh reality: 50,000 bicycling accidents and 1,800 fatalities per year in the United States. Most cyclists hit by cars were struck from behind, never seeing what…
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Penn State Great Valley’s John Sosik One of PSU’s 10 Distinguished Professors for 2020
Penn State’s Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs has named John J. Sosik, professor of management and organization at Penn State Great Valley, as one of the university’s 10 distinguished professors for 2020. The distinguished professor title recognizes outstanding academic contribution to the university. This special academic title is bestowed upon a limited…
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Penn State Great Valley Professor Demonstrates Immersive Learning Modules at University Park
When Penn State’s newly established Center for Immersive Experiences (CIE) recently hosted an immersive technology open house at the University Park campus, Penn State Great Valley had a strong presence, with Ashkan Negahban, assistant professor of engineering management, and his research team demonstrating their immersive simulation-based learning (I-SBL) approach. Negahban’s project focuses on transforming online…
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PSGV Students Win Hackathon, Defeat Competitors with Decades of Data Analytics Experience
Penn State Great Valley students Harsh Anand, Atharva Mungee, and Rahul Sharma wanted to learn more about solving sales forecasting problems when they decided to attend the Wawa HCL Hackathon last fall. Participating in their first hackathon in the United States, the three data analytics graduate students won first place. “Our approach was to learn…
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Local Entrepreneurs Step Into the Lion Cage at Penn State Great Valley’s Annual Pitch Competition
Penn State Great Valley recently hosted the third annual Lion Cage pitch competition, giving budding entrepreneurs the opportunity to pitch their products or ideas to a panel of judges of startup and business experts. Career Navy SEAL officer and former FBI Task Force officer Jonathan Cleck delivered the keynote address. Cleck is the founder and…
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Take a Look Inside Vanguard’s New Office Building Designed to ‘Attract Tomorrow’s Talent’
Vanguard has officially opened its new Neptune building, an innovative office facility situated on the firm’s 87-acre Malvern West campus. Comprising more than 225,000 square feet and adjacent to the Orion and Defence buildings, the Neptune building is four stories and will accommodate approximately 1,350 members of Vanguard’s Retail Investor Group. “After nearly two years…
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Annual Lion Cage Pitch Competition at Penn State Great Valley Provides Pathway for Entrepreneurs
Penn State Great Valley will host the third annual Lion Cage pitch competition from 10 AM-4 PM on Saturday, Nov. 16. Lion Cage gives budding entrepreneurs the opportunity to pitch their products or ideas to a panel of judges, all of whom are startups and business experts. Each participant has five minutes to present their…
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New Initiative Promotes Alternative Travel Methods To Address Worsening Traffic on 422 Corridor
The “422 My Way” initiative is promoting alternative travel methods in the hopes of addressing the worsening traffic conditions on the 422 corridor, writes Justin Heinze for the Phoenixville Patch. The Greater Valley Forge Transportation Management Association wants to improve this situation through outreach and education on vanpooling, carpooling, public transit, and biking. Currently, the…
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Penn State Great Valley Prof Helps U.S. Army Build Unified Teams as It Undergoes Reorganization
The research conducted by Penn State Great Valley faculty has an extensive reach, not only in Greater Philadelphia and in terms of academics, but also across the country and throughout industry and the military. Kathryn Jablokow, associate chief academic officer and professor of engineering design and mechanical engineering, recently expanded her work with the U.S.…
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Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital’s Art Ability Helps People with Disabilities Find Inspiration Through Art
Painting has always been Carol Spiker’s passion, but it wasn’t until after her life-altering accident that she understood just what the brush and canvas truly mean to her. In 1998, Spiker – an active woman who worked for an ad agency, started a lacrosse program that ran for 26 years, and studied painting in college…
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Pottstown’s Sly Fox Partnering with Reading Art Center to Open a Restaurant at Its Campus
Pottstown-based Sly Fox Brewing is partnering with GoggleWorks Center for the Arts in Reading to open a new restaurant at the center’s campus, writes Jon Fassnacht for the Reading Eagle. Called ‘The Den’, it will replace the outgoing Belly Kitchen & Drinkery, which announced earlier this month it is relocating to West Reading. As part…
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Penn State Great Valley to Host Free Talk on LGBT History on Oct. 30
October is national LGBT History Month. and to shed light on how far the gay rights and civil rights movement has come in recent years, Penn State Great Valley is presenting a free talk, “Queer History Uncovered.” Matthew Riemer, co-author of We Are Everywhere: Protest, Power, and Pride in the History of Queer Liberation, will…
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Entrepreneur Brings Birds’ Sounds Inside with Passion Project Supported by Penn State Great Valley
More than a decade ago, Wayne Frick was struck with an idea for an invention, an idea that always lingered in his mind. He enjoyed listening to the sound of birds at his birdfeeders, but as the weather got colder, he couldn’t have the windows open. It would be great to be able to hear…
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Smart Caption Glasses to premier at People’s Light theatre in Malvern
The Smart Caption Glasses display a synchronized transcript of the play’s dialogue and sound from the production directly onto the lenses of the smart glasses (manufactured by Epson). Lightweight and entirely customizable, smart caption glasses provide a radical departure in how open captioning is delivered, according to a press release. Residents in the Greater Philadelphia…
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Luxury hotel for dogs to open in Malvern
Local dog owners will soon have a new option when it comes to spoiling their four-legged friends while they are away, according to a report from CBS Philly. K9 Resorts: Luxury Daycare & Hotel will open its doors later this month on Lancaster Avenue in Malvern. The 13,000-square-foot hotel is already being referred to as…
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K9 resorts to offer upscale doggie daycare and boarding to the Main Line
The bedding is designed to provide orthopedic comfort in the opulent luxury suites. The shampoo is from France. The hospital-grade air filtration system is designed to purify the air and eliminate 98 percent of bacteria. Italian tile, antimicrobial flooring and individual room humidifier systems are balanced with a stunning lobby chandelier, architecturally distinctive moldings, in-room…
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At current growth rate, Vanguard could one day control 30 percent of Nation’s Stock Market
Vanguard could one day own 30 percent of the nation’s stock market, if it ever reached $20 trillion in asset ownership, writes Erin Arvedlund for inquirer.com. The company has been recording massive growth for decades. Founder Jack Bogle referred to any concentration of ownership as a worrying trend and wrote that much of the stock…
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