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‘Me … Jane’ to celebrate adventures of animal activist Jane Goodall Feb. 10

1/15/19

The Center for the Performing Arts will present “Me … Jane: The Dreams and Adventures of Young Jane Goodall” at 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 10, in Eisenhower Auditorium. The Kennedy Center Theater for Young Audiences on Tour’s new musical celebrates the life of the young, plucky animal activist and her stuffed chimpanzee Jubilee.

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Kasdorf, Rubin to discuss 'Shale Play' book project on Jan. 24

1/15/19

Julia Spicher Kasdorf and Steven Rubin will discuss their collaborative book project, ”Shale Play: Poems and Photographs from the Fracking Fields,” at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 24, in Paterno Library’s Foster Auditorium on the University Park campus of Penn State.

Me Jane

1/15/19

Watch a preview of “Me … Jane: The Dreams and Adventures of Young Jane Goodall.”

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AAUW to feature 2 Humphrey Fellows at annual luncheon

1/15/19

Anjusha Durbarry and Susan Heidarishad, Humphrey Fellows in Penn State's College of Education, will serve as panelists for the State College chapter of American Association of University Women annual luncheon on Friday, Feb. 1.

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Palmer Museum of Art hosts exhibition of teacher and abstract artist Robert Reed

1/15/19

On Jan. 5, the Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State opened its first exhibition of the 2019 season, "Subjective Spaces: Drawings and Collages by Robert Reed." The intimate retrospective features 16 selections from Reed’s drawings and collages that are rich in the geometric nonobjectivity, born almost exclusively within the imagination, that marked his entire career.

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I Am Woman: Jane Goodall

1/15/19

Naturalist Jane Goodall came of age during a time in England when charming and connected young women were shopped off to successful marriages. She was a good student with good looks, but she entertained a dream that didn’t fit into what tradition would dictate.

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Desire to help people leads undergraduate student to aid in research project

1/15/19

When senior kinesiology major Arthur Minahan found out about the opportunity to participate in an innovative research project investigating potential additional benefits of a popular pain management gel, he jumped at the chance to participate. Supported by an endowment, Minahan gained real-world research experience that will help him excel both in his classes and his career.

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