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Things to Do at Penn State: Jan. 24-31

1/23/19

What's happening at Penn State? Highlights include Coach Ken Carter speaking at Penn State Harrisburg, dance troupe BodyTraffic and the return of "Back to the Future" to the big screen at Penn State York.

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SoVA faculty member rejuvenates decade-old project with New York gallery exhibit

1/22/19

Since Bonnie Collura, associate professor in the Penn State School of Visual Arts, was awarded a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship in 2005 for “The Prince Project,” her work completed around the concept has taken many forms — and the latest is on display at Smack Mellon Gallery in Brooklyn, New York, through Feb. 24.

Barbara R. Palmer

Penn State mourns passing of philanthropist and arts patron Barbara Palmer

1/21/19

Barbara Palmer, whose lifetime of philanthropy is evident across Penn State and the Centre region, died peacefully on Sunday, Jan. 20. She was 93. Recognized by the University as an honorary alumna in 1987, Palmer was deeply engaged as a donor and a volunteer at the institution and in many organizations throughout the region.

Libby Gopal

Music Ed alumna receives N.J. governor's Educator of the Year Award

1/17/19

Penn State alumna Libby Gopal, 2002 bachelor of science in music education, was recently selected as the recipient of the New Jersey governor’s Educator of the Year Award for East Orange Campus High School for her educational contributions at the local, district and state level.

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1/17/19

Watch the quintet perform a cover of “Take on Me” by A-ha.

A man stands on a park bench and outstretches his arms while a group of sitting children and adults surround him and each raise their right arm to him.

Things to Do at Penn State: Jan. 17-24

1/16/19

What's happening at Penn State? Upcoming events include Martin Luther King Jr. activities, the Broadway musical "Finding Neverland" and March for Our Lives co-founder David Hogg.

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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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