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Henry C. "Hank" Foley [4] (Professor of Information Sciences and Technology, Ph.D in Physical Chemistry, Penn State) is the university's vice president for research and dean of the Graduate School. In his current role, Dr. Foley is responsible for overseeing a research enterprise with over $765 million in expenditures and over 10,000 graduate ...
Penn State Great Valley, founded in 1963 to provide graduate engineering programs to employees of local businesses, was housed in a rented school building in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania and was known as the King of Prussia Graduate Center. In 1974, the center began offering courses off-site at area businesses.
This is a list of universities in the United States classified as research universities in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.Research institutions are a subset of doctoral degree-granting institutions and conduct research.
The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State or PSU) is a public state-related land-grant research university with campuses and facilities throughout Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 1855 as Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania, [13] Penn State was named the state's first land-grant university eight years later, in 1863.
Today, with 13 academic departments and degree programs, [1] over 11,000 enrolled undergraduate and graduate students (8,166 at the University Park campus, and 3,059 at other campuses), [1] and research expenditures of $124 million for the 2016–2017 academic year, [1] the Penn State College of Engineering is in the top 20 of engineering ...
With classes set to begin in just three weeks, Penn State is providing a clearer picture of its latest COVID-19 precautions and guidelines. This fall, Penn State will greatly reduce its on-campus ...
The Pennsylvania State University is a geographically dispersed university with campuses located throughout Pennsylvania.While the administrative hub of the university is located at its flagship campus in Penn State University Park, the 19 additional commonwealth campuses together enroll 37 percent of Penn State's undergraduate student population.
Penn State started offering distance education courses in 1892, when it launched one of the nation's first correspondence study programs to farmers around Pennsylvania. More than one hundred years later, in 1998, the University reaffirmed its commitment to providing accessible learning to all who need it with the launching of Penn State World Campus.