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Penn State's Dominic DiFulvio competes on the parallel bars during the Nittany Lions' 2015 meet with Iowa.

No. 3 men's gymnastics heads to Puerto Rico Challenge

3/5/15

The No. 3 Penn State men's gymnastics team is traveling to San Juan, P.R., to compete in the Puerto Rico Gymnastics Challenge Friday, March 6. Penn State will compete against the Puerto Rican national team, No. 5 Michigan and No. 18 Temple.

Penn State men's gymnast Alexis Torres on the still rings at Rec Hall during a meet against Army.

Men's gymnastics sweeps Big Ten weekly awards

3/5/15

Following their performances Friday night against Iowa, Thad Lawson (Chesapeake, Va.) has been named the Big Ten Freshman of the Week and Alexis Torres (Catano, Puerto Rico) has been named the Big Ten Gymnast of the Week, as announced by the conference office Monday afternoon. This is the second career award for both Lawson and Torres.

Penn State fencer Kaito Streets raises his arms after a victory at the National Collegiate Championships

Fencers head to NCAA Regionals

3/5/15

The Penn State men's and women's fencing teams are gearing up to travel to North Carolina this weekend for the Mid-Atlantic/Southern NCAA Regional competition on March 7.

Penn State infielder Taylor Skerpon fields a groundball

Baseball begins spring break trip to Charleston

3/5/15

Penn State opens its spring break trip of eight games in 10 days with a three-game series against Charleston Southern in CSU Ballpark Friday-Sunday. First pitch Friday has been moved two hours earlier to 4 p.m.

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Festival will bring Malaysian ambassador, 600 students to Penn State

3/5/15

Penn State will host more than 600 Malaysian students for the first ever East Coast Festival on March 6 to 8. The festival will bring Malaysian students studying in America and Canada as well as a delegation from the Embassy of Malaysia to University Park for a weekend of sports, debate and a Battle of the Bands.

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'Tip of the iceberg' in concussion treatment

3/5/15

In an attempt to find a better approach to treating and preventing sports-related concussions, a Penn State faculty member is using cutting-edge medical technology to explore the effects of cooling helmets on brain injuries.

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Online master's degree in curriculum and instruction has expanded areas of study

3/5/15

Teachers with advanced knowledge in subject areas such as science, technology, engineering and math are needed to help improve STEM education in the country’s schools. STEM education is one of the emphases teachers can study in the expanded Penn State online master of education in curriculum and instruction. The expanded program, offered through Penn State World Campus and the College of Education, now has five emphasis areas for study.

Nittany Lion Inn in the snow

Special on-campus hotel room rates in effect for bad weather

3/4/15

With inclement weather expected through the evening today (March 4), Penn State's Nittany Lion Inn and Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel are making single or double occupancy rooms available to faculty and staff who may not want to travel home.

Lecture to explore Ezra Pound

3/4/15

At 12:30 p.m. March 16, Mykola Polyuha, assistant professor of Russian and German at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, will present “The Labours of Tovarisch: Ezra Pound’s Slavic Worlds,” in Room 102 of the Kern Building.

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