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Conference: The Business of Water and Energy Sustainability

The Center for Global Business Studies at Penn State's Smeal College of Business, together with the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), hosted a forum to address the role of business in energy and water sustainability. "The Business Challenges and Opportunities of Energy and Water Sustainability" was held on Oct. 13 at CSIS in Washington, D.C.

Global Innovation Tournament Helps Students Find Their Inner Entrepreneur

Hundreds of students from Penn State and other universities are gearing up to compete in a most unusual global competition: They will have just eight days to create innovative solutions to a mystery challenge using very limited resources, and to convey their results in a short video posted to YouTube. Called the Global Innovation Tournament, the competition is organized by the Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP) at Stanford University.

Smeal Partners with U.S. Army to Offer Logistics Training to Iraqi Officials

The Center for Supply Chain Research at Penn State's Smeal College of Business is working with the U.S. Army's Iraq Training and Advisory Mission (ITAM) to assist in the logistics training of Iraqi officials.

Smeal to Co-Host Advanced Invention to Venture Workshop

Penn State's Smeal College of Business and the College of Engineering will host the Advanced Invention to Venture (AI2V) workshop Nov. 20 to 23 on the University Park campus.

Smeal Professor Testifies Before Senate Committee on Pensions

A faculty member at Penn State's Smeal College of Business has been called to testify before the U.S. Senate regarding pension funding during recessions. Ron Gebhardtsbauer, faculty-in-charge of Smeal's Actuarial Science Program, testified Oct. 29 before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP).