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Trustee committee hears update on Student Disability Resources May 06, 2021 UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Penn State’s support of students with disabilities, even in the remote environment, and the future of disability awareness at the University were discussed during the Board of Trustees Committee on Academic Affairs, Research and Student Life today (May 6). Leah Zimmerman, Student Disability Resources executive director, presented the office’s responsibilities, service, goals and future plans with a particular focus on broad disability awareness to the larger University community. Student D...

Melbourne’s next generation trams could be trackless with rubber wheels We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Save Normal text size Advertisement Rubber wheels. Electric batteries. No overhead wires. This could be the future for Melbourne’s trams. By 2025, brand-new trams will be cruising through Melbourne’s streets, thanks to a $1.5 billion Andrews government injection to fund 100 “next-generation trams”. Nimble, low-floor and energy-efficient, the new vehicles will replace lumbering A and Z-Class trams built in the ...

Share Maureen Hayden ’21 has always had her sights firmly set on a career as a scientist and the possibilities that lie ahead. For the longest time, it was about the only thing she could see clearly. Hayden, a graduate student at Texas A&M University working toward her doctorate in marine biology, is legally blind. She was born with retinopathy of prematurity, an eye disorder that primarily affects premature infants. Because the retina in her right eye is completely detached, the vision Hayden does have is limited to her left eye and clinically classified as 20/400. Navigating through her d...

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Student Association proposes changing start date of legislative session Annabelle Gordon | Asst. Photo Editor The proposal also changes the structure of SA to elect assembly members based on representative groups rather than their home school or college. Facebook Subscribe to our newsletter here. Members of Student Association proposed an amendment to its constitution Monday that would shift the start of each legislative session to the end of the spring semester. Under SA’s current constitution, legislative sessions began in the fall semester. The new system, which SA’s Parliamentarian J...