Dr. Luis Melara, mathematics department, was the organizer of Minisymposium: Control Problems in Natural Resource Management and presented the talk entitled “A Two-Patch Epidemic Model with State-Dependent Dispersal Behaviors and Optimal Preventive Strategies” at the 2nd Joint Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics/The Canadian Applied and Industrial Mathematics Society Annual Meeting. In addition, Melara’s paper…
Dr. Robert Hewitt, professor emeritus of social work and gerontology, was one of a team of panelist who participated in a ZOOM presentation to the Directors of Bridge of Hope Network from different parts of the country. Hewitt’s presentation was entitled “The Power of Cultural Humility as An Approach for Anti-Racism and Beyond”. The presentation…
Dr. Kurt Fuellhart, geography/earth science, recently co-authored two articles: “Modeling the Evolutionary Mechanism of China’s Domestic Air Transport Network”, which will appear in the journal Sustainability and “Economic Influences on Air Transport in Vietnam 2006–2019”, which will appear in Journal of Transport Geography. The articles’ co-authors included two recent Ph.D. graduates from Ghent University on…
Shippensburg University’s return to campus was featured on Fox43 on August 24. Provost Tom Ormond highlighted the measures taken across campus to return during the COVID-19 pandemic. Watch the full story.
President Carter appeared in a WHYY article on August 24. The article discusses the State System’s efforts to support racial equality at all 14 system schools. Read the full article.
The student-led rally, planned for August 27 in response to a recent raced-based incident on campus, was featured in a Sentinel article. The article featured comments from Stephanie Jirard, chief diversity officer. Read the full article.
Senior accounting major Taylor Zampelli was mentioned in an August 25 article on Pennlive. Zampelli is one of four local college students awarded a $2,500 scholarship from Members 1st Federal Credit Union. Read the full article.
Shippensburg University’s participation in the state Department of Environmental Protection’s Local Climate Action Program (LACP) was mentioned in a Daily Item article on August 26. Ship and the Center for Land Use and Sustainability (CLUS) and Dickinson College’s Center for Sustainability Education (CSE) are among 12 colleges and universities participating in the program. LCAP pairs municipalities…
Reading School District Superintendents Dr. Khalid Mumin’s and the Superintendent Kid appeared in a video together, offering a pep talk to all as the country navigates the COVID-19 pandemic, a contentious presidential election and social unrest. The video was shared by the PA Department of Education, superintendents across the state and anyone just needing a…
Cumberland Drive will be closed from Lebanon Drive to the F-1 parking lot on Thursday, August 27, from 2:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. for the Student Involvement and Services Fair. Traffic will still be able to access the F-1 and F/S-16 lots.