Guests at the open house included contributors to the curation as well as leadership from across the University, faculty, staff and community members. The Penn State community is welcome to visit the exhibit in 304 Old Main on weekdays (excluding holidays).
Penn State College of Arts and Architecture Dean B. Stephen Carpenter (left) and Daryl Branford (right), the director of Science-Art Initiatives at The Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences attended the open house that showcases work from their respective areas. Branford’s work is displayed, and he was also part of the installation team.
Senior Vice President for Research Andrew Read welcomed guests at the open house and shared the importance of the intersection between art and research.
Ascoma Sonya Aboud, 2018: This clay representation of the ascoma, the fruiting body of the Cordyceps fungus, shows a cross-section that reveals the spores. It is the spore-producing structure that grows from the ant’s head after it’s death bite into the underside of a plant. It then releases the fungus’s spores into the environment. This traveling interdisciplinary project by Huck SciArt explores the research of David Hughes, revealing the invisible world of Cordyceps.
Winners of the 2024 Penn State University Libraries Outstanding Student Employee Awards, clockwise from top left: Ben Brosius, Outstanding Service Award; Jordan Johnson and Madhav Manoj, Student Leadership Award; Ana Julia De Simone Brito Dos Santos, Innovation Award; and Lauren Peng, Outreach Award. Not pictured: Methmi Muthugala, Outreach Award.
Winners of the 2024 Penn State University Libraries Outstanding Student Employee Awards, clockwise from top left: Ben Brosius, Outstanding Service Award; Jordan Johnson and Madhav Manoj, Student Leadership Award; Ana Julia De Simone Brito Dos Santos, Innovation Award; and Lauren Peng, Outreach Award. Not pictured: Methmi Muthugala, Outreach Award.
Jared Frederick, right, assistant teaching professor of history, worked with WWII veteran John Homan to author the memoir "Into the Cold Blue: My World War II Journeys with the Mighty Eighth Air Force.”
Jared Frederick, right, assistant teaching professor of history, worked with WWII veteran John Homan to author the memoir "Into the Cold Blue: My World War II Journeys with the Mighty Eighth Air Force.”
