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Spanier gives Harrisburg speech on benefits of research universities

10/24/11

Penn State President Graham Spanier was a guest speaker today (Oct. 24) at the Pennsylvania Press Club in Harrisburg, where he talked to a large crowd about the benefits of a complex research university -- such as Penn State -- to innovation, job growth, the economy and well-being of the Commonwealth and its citizens. The talk will be broadcast on PCN at 8 p.m. tonight. To read the text of his talk, click on the link to the full story.

Probing Question: What causes stuttering?

2/8/11

"Stuttering is a neurophysiological problem, not a psychological
problem, but what causes it is still a mystery," explains Gordon
Blood, professor of communication sciences and disorders.

World as Garden, Garden as Self

6/1/96

I am a gardener, deep into spring in my third garden, which came to me from its 98-year-old creator when we bought her house last summer. For nearly 70 years, it was Maisie's garden: it's been mine for only a few months. The Irish writer Penelope Hobhouse says that "Nature soon takes over if the gardener is absent," and, as near as anyone recollects, Maisie was "absent" for about ten years before the stewardship of her garden was transferred to me.

When Children Can’t Speak

3/1/96

Janice Light leans over and points to an interviewer's pad. "Look at what you're doing. You're writing to disseminate information to other people.

"We write to make notes to remember things. We write for lots of reasons.

"For people who have severe communication disabilities, there's added importance. Very often they use writing as their channel of communication. If they can't speak, and they want to be able to tell you things, to tell you absolutely anything that occurs to them, they need to be able to write and spell.

Spanier gives Harrisburg speech on benefits of research universities

10/24/11

Penn State President Graham Spanier was a guest speaker today (Oct. 24) at the Pennsylvania Press Club in Harrisburg, where he talked to a large crowd about the benefits of a complex research university -- such as Penn State -- to innovation, job growth, the economy and well-being of the Commonwealth and its citizens. The talk will be broadcast on PCN at 8 p.m. tonight. To read the text of his talk, click on the link to the full story.

Probing Question: What causes stuttering?

2/8/11

"Stuttering is a neurophysiological problem, not a psychological
problem, but what causes it is still a mystery," explains Gordon
Blood, professor of communication sciences and disorders.

World as Garden, Garden as Self

6/1/96

I am a gardener, deep into spring in my third garden, which came to me from its 98-year-old creator when we bought her house last summer. For nearly 70 years, it was Maisie's garden: it's been mine for only a few months. The Irish writer Penelope Hobhouse says that "Nature soon takes over if the gardener is absent," and, as near as anyone recollects, Maisie was "absent" for about ten years before the stewardship of her garden was transferred to me.

When Children Can’t Speak

3/1/96

Janice Light leans over and points to an interviewer's pad. "Look at what you're doing. You're writing to disseminate information to other people.

"We write to make notes to remember things. We write for lots of reasons.

"For people who have severe communication disabilities, there's added importance. Very often they use writing as their channel of communication. If they can't speak, and they want to be able to tell you things, to tell you absolutely anything that occurs to them, they need to be able to write and spell.