UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., May 8 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news release:
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Five Penn State professors have been named Evan Pugh University Professors, an elite and prestigious distinction conferred by the University on only 84 faculty members since the establishment of the designation in 1960.
The five professors newly bestowed with the University's highest faculty honor, effective July 1, are:
* W. Niel Brandt, Eberly Family Chair Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Eberly College of Science
* Long-Qing Chen, Hamer Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
* Runze Li, Eberly Family Chair Professor of Statistics, Eberly College of Science
* Karen...