Five Penn State campuses have been awarded PepsiCo Challenge Mini Grants to expand community engagement efforts through Penn State’s Sustainable Communities Collaborative (SCC). Penn State Abington, Altoona, Beaver, Behrend and Brandywine will take part in a three-year pilot program to expand the SCC to Penn State communities outside of University Park.
Penn State Altoona will present "The Waiting Room" as its fall theatre performance on Oct. 26-28, in the Wolf Kuhn Theatre of the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts.
Penn State Altoona will open the doors of its newly renovated and expanded Steven A. Adler Athletic Complex to the public on Oct. 29 with community tours.
Exercise is Medicine Week 2017, set for Oct. 9-13, will include the opening of the Center for Fitness and Wellness' new space in the IM Building, as well as campus-wide events and activities focused on fitness, health and wellness.
An inexpensive biomaterial that can be used to sustainably replace plastic barrier coatings in packaging and many other applications has been developed by Penn State researchers, who predict its adoption would greatly reduce pollution.
Penn State's partnership with Quest Diagnostics provides University medical plan members and their covered dependents the opportunity to save money when they choose to have nonurgent laboratory testing completed at one of the 225 Quest Diagnostics facilities across the Commonwealth.
Jerry Zolten, associate professor of communication arts and sciences and integrative arts at Penn State Altoona, and Academy Award–nominated film producer Frank Christopher collaborated on "Time to Lay It Down: The Soundtrack of the Vietnam War," a two-part radio program that will air on WPSU at noon on Sept. 16.
The Penn State Alumni Association will recognize 14 graduates on Oct. 4 with the lifelong title of Alumni Fellow, the highest award given by the Alumni Association.
