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The Medical Minute: Keeping your teen safe behind the wheel
5/23/19
A tragic trio of inexperience, strong emotions and distractions combines to make vehicle crashes the leading cause of death and disability among American teenagers.
Economic revitalization: A collaborative effort underway in New Kensington
Through entrepreneurship and innovation, Penn State is helping to revitalize the community of New Kensington and prepare its workforce for the digital age.
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Penn State officially changed the name of Building 328 at Innovation Park to the Warren M. Washington Building during a dedication ceremony held May 17.
A crew builds scaffolding leading up to the Old Main bell tower as a renovation project that will include stone and brick masonry, limited stone replacement, and waterproofing, gets underway on the
Penn State conducted Spring Commencement Ceremonies at locations around the University Park campus and the state of Pennsylvania May 3, 4 and 5, awarding more than 13,000 diplomas to students Unive
All branches of ROTC at Penn State conducted Commissioning Ceremonies throughout the day of May 3 at Schwab Auditorium.
An unseasonably cool evening was heated up by a line-up of dynamic, musical acts at Movin' On 2019, the annual music festival that traditionally celebrates the end of spring-semester at Penn State.
The Penn State football team welcomed more than 60,000 fans to Beaver Stadium as they wrapped up spring-practices on April 13 with the annual Blue White game.
A gallery of photos from the annual Graduate Exhibition Showcase along with a glimpse behind the scenes into the studios at Penn State's School of Visual Arts.
The Nittany Lion mascot was on hand to celebrate the grand opening of the Mascot Hall of Fame on April 6 in Whiting, Indiana. The lion was inducted in the hall in 2017.
Penn State's Claire Swedberg attempts to lay down a bunt during game action vs Wisconsin. The 2019 Nittany Lion Softball Team will host St. Francis in a doubleheader on April 3.
The Penn State community joined together on April 5 to celebrate the LGBTQA+ community and their allies at the annual Pride March and Rally hosted by the LGBTQA Student Resource Center.
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Researchers, educators, practitioners and policy-makers gathered recently for the Consortium to Combat Substance Abuse Conference where they discussed solutions to the opioid epidemic in Pennsylvania. ow.ly/qS7950u1P1L
Eastern forests shaped more by Native Americans' burning than climate change
5/21/19
Native Americans' use of fire to manage vegetation in what is now the Eastern United States was more profound than previously believed, according to a Penn State researcher who determined that forest composition change in the region was caused more by land use than climate change.
Students lead another strong finish in 'Pulitzers of college journalism'
5/24/19
Penn State finished third overall — the best performance by any school in the Big Ten Conference or Northeast — in the Hearst Journalism Awards Program, often referred to as “the Pulitzers of college journalism.”
Penn State students take a global look at sustainable agriculture in Costa Rica
5/24/19
A group of Penn State students explored a different type of classroom when they traveled to the tropics over spring break as part of the embedded course “Environmental Resource Management 499: Costa Rica Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resources,” offered in the College of Agricultural Sciences.
Panera Bread coming this fall to Penn State's University Park campus
5/24/19
Changes in campus retail dining are on the horizon for the fall 2019 semester, as Panera Bread will replace Au Bon Pain at four University Park locations.
Penn State Harrisburg track-and-field athlete wins NCAA title in discus throw
5/24/19
Penn State Harrisburg senior Cameron Yon became the first student-athlete in school history to win a national championship when he secured gold in the discus throw at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships, held Thursday, May 23, at the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio.
New scholarship will help adult learners at Penn State Behrend
5/24/19
James Schlaudecker worked in an auto garage for $1 an hour. Then he enrolled at Penn State Behrend. He and his wife recently created a new scholarship for adult learners at the college.
Penn State School of Visual Arts alumnus wins Rome Prize
5/24/19
Award-winning potter and political activist Roberto Lugo began his art career on the streets, and now he’s taking his work to the streets of Rome. Lugo, a 2014 master of fine arts alumnus of the Penn State School of Visual Arts, is a 2019–20 winner of the Rome Prize, which supports advanced independent work in the arts and humanities.
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