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Palmer Museum welcomes two pivotal new staff members

April 01, 2025

Choir Mosaic 2024

Penn State School of Music presents two choir concerts April 6

April 01, 2025

PSCS Alice in Wonderland

Penn State Centre Stage presents ‘Alice in Wonderland’

March 31, 2025

Entertainment venue programmer to be Arts and Architecture commencement speaker

March 26, 2025

Picture of person sitting at table with image projected in the background.

University supports Ukrainian academics through Nonresidential Scholars Program

March 26, 2025

Photograph of Old Main surrounded by summer foliage

Penn State congratulates Fall 2024 Emerging Academic Leaders on program completion

March 26, 2025

Sun streaming through Penn State's Old Main bell tower

Penn State Emeritus Academy welcomes distinguished Spring 2025 inductees

March 26, 2025

Margalo Guo in her room, surrounded by art supplies

College of Arts and Architecture student makes her mark through mural painting

March 25, 2025

Capture of animated film

2025 Happy Valley Animation Festival kicks off March 27

March 24, 2025

Classical guitarist Cinzia Milani to perform April 2 at Penn State

March 24, 2025

Classical guitarist Massimo Delle Cese to perform April 9 at Penn State

March 24, 2025

Art History to host film, Q&A about Black Africans in Renaissance Europe

March 23, 2025

A publication called "Growing Greener" and a flyer promoting the publication atop grass.

Penn State graphic design students earn national recognition in two competitions

March 21, 2025

Three trail marker signs for a wooded preserve tell visitors how long and how difficult each trail is

'Sustainable Narratives: Visualizing Data, Design and Community' exhibit to open

March 20, 2025

Large vertical video screens hang above a band and a choir.

Bang on a Can All-Stars to perform David Lang’s ‘Before and After Nature’

March 19, 2025

A young woman assists another woman with accessing tickets on her mobile phone.

Download the new, free Arts Ticket Center app for an easier event experience

March 19, 2025

Exterior photo of Recital Hall

Penn State Rock Ensemble makes its debut performance on April 29

March 19, 2025

Penn State to host North American Saxophone Alliance Regional Conference

March 18, 2025

A promotional graphic for a pianist concert

Pianist Christopher Guzman returns to give free recital at Penn State

March 18, 2025

Black and white image of Tim Ingold.

Esteemed social anthropologist, author to visit the Stuckeman School

March 18, 2025

Agar face sculpture growing microbes.

BioArtist Mellissa Monsoon to present 'Collaborating with Microbes'

March 17, 2025

Three dresses and a men's suit displayed on mannequins as part of an exhibition.

Arts and Architecture’s Golumbic Scholarship exhibition opens March 18

March 17, 2025

Man in a black shirt and pants speaks in front of a group of students gathered around him in a circle

STAGES festival connects School of Theatre students to industry professionals

March 17, 2025

Three Minute Thesis Finalist from 2024

Stage set for final round of Three Minute Thesis competition on March 29

March 17, 2025

School of Music

Penn State Symphonic Band selected to perform at 2025 PMEA Conference

March 14, 2025

Image of Kevin Richardson, one of the exonerated Central Park Five

2025 Osaze Osagie Memorial Lecture brings Kevin Richardson to Penn State

March 13, 2025

penn state centre stage rehearsal

Penn State Centre Stage presents ‘Love’s Labour’s Lost the Musical’

March 12, 2025

A diverse cast of actors dressed in dark, gothic, and monstrous costumes pose for a family portrait.

Broadway tour of ‘The Addams Family’ comes to Penn State for two shows April 1–2

March 11, 2025

A Black man with dreadlocks wears sunglasses.

Grammy Award-winning artist Leon Thomas to perform March 25 at Eisenhower

March 11, 2025

Two students look at architectural designs tacked to a wall.

Designers, scholars plan interdisciplinary design institute for high school students

March 10, 2025

Three teen-age boys dance in unison in a semi-circle.

‘Dear Evan Hansen’ comes to Eisenhower Auditorium on March 27

March 06, 2025

Italian guitarist Alberto La Rocca to present concert, masterclass, March 18-19

March 06, 2025

Penn State Early Music Ensemble

Early Music Ensemble to present concert on March 31

March 06, 2025

An illustration of a boy looking at a rabbit.

Mokita Dialogue will discuss ‘Health and Healing Through the Arts’ on March 19

March 06, 2025

2025 President's Concert and Reception set for April 3 in Philadelphia

March 05, 2025

The Nittany Lion mascot

Sending a 'We Are!' to these Penn Staters — March 5

March 05, 2025

Penn State Recital Hall

School of Music to host 2025 Penn State New-Music Festival and Symposium

March 05, 2025

Amanda Demuth stands in front of a regional sandstone wall in one of the Palmer Museum of Art’s galleries.

Penn State student blends art and philosophy to promote accessibility

March 04, 2025

Black and white photo of Luisa Caldas.

Architect focusing on virtual immersive environments to visit Penn State March 5

March 03, 2025

Black and white drawing with three-dimensional geometrical, diamond shapes.

Woskob Gallery reception: ‘Incident and Accident: Daily Drawings’ on March 7

February 28, 2025

A young Black woman looks at a portrait on the wall.

Student Kennedy Ferguson explores Black girlhood, community through portraits

February 27, 2025

Architecture professor recognized with national brick education award

February 27, 2025

Penn State Concert and Symphonic bands to present concert on March 6

February 25, 2025

Centre Dimensions Mosaic 2024

Penn State School of Music presents Mardi Gras Concert on March 5

February 25, 2025

Portrait of Nina-Marie Lister

Leading landscape architect and ecologist named Bracken Fellow

February 24, 2025

Drawing of a theatre set

School of Theatre professor helps bring the magic to Disney Treasure cruise ship

February 21, 2025

A Black woman holds a saxophone like an offering.

Grammy Award-nominated jazz artist to make Penn State debut Feb. 26

February 21, 2025

Cassie Mansfield and Charles Youmans

Elizabeth Mansfield and Charles Youmans named Penn State distinguished professors

February 21, 2025

A student presents her 3d model figurine concept to a panel of judges during the Arts Business Idea Competition. Mimicking the look of her 3d model, she wears a pink ponytail wig and vibrant outfit.

College of Arts and Architecture launches arts entrepreneurship minor

February 21, 2025

Church of the Holy Trinity Ritenhouse Square

Penn State School of Music presents 2025 President's Concert in Philadelphia

February 20, 2025

A black and white portrati of Iman Fayyad.

Stuckeman School to host Harvard architecture professor for talk Feb. 26

February 20, 2025

Climate Solutions Accelerator

Penn State Climate Consortium awards 5 workshops focused on climate solutions

February 19, 2025

A split screen image of Doug Tallamy on the left and Nina-Marie Lister on the right.

Stuckeman Research Symposium explores the role of animals in design, ecology

February 18, 2025

Nittany Lion Shrine

Penn State names 10 new distinguished professors for 2025

February 17, 2025

Philharmonic Orchestra

Philharmonic to perform works by Wagner, Stravinsky, Paganini and Debussy

February 13, 2025

An image shows hands painting a panel of a sneaker.

Public invited to 'Stompers' painting workshop March 3 in Eisenhower Auditorium

February 13, 2025

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Centre Stage presents 'How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying'

February 13, 2025

A woman working on a costume

School of Theatre graduate student values ‘knowing a little bit about everything’

February 11, 2025

A person rowing a boat on a river among houses on stilts.

Stuckeman School exhibition to showcase urban floodplain communities in Peru

February 11, 2025

Recital Hall interior with empty audience seats and a piano on stage in the center

School of Music presents final installment of 'Mavericks' Recital Series

February 11, 2025

Patrick Williams Philadelphia Orchestra

Principal Flutist of Philadelphia Orchestra residency at School of Music

February 11, 2025

A Black woman wears braids and sunglasses while she holds a saxophone.

Jazz saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin to perform Feb. 26 in Eisenhower Auditorium

February 10, 2025

Former Blue Band Director O. Richard Bundy Jr. poses for a portrait in a tuxedo.

Alumnus, former Blue Band director Bundy to receive Distinguished Alumni Award

February 07, 2025

HUB-Robeson Galleries, Capacities of Care

'Capacities of Care' exhibition at HUB Galleries to explore care relationships

February 07, 2025

Black and white image of a black man with a large bundle of long-stemmed vegetation on his back

Woskob Gallery to hold reception for ‘A Conversation with the World’ on Feb. 13

February 07, 2025

Roberto Fabbri and Fabio Macera playing guitars

Classical Guitar Club presents 'Nylon and Steel Experience' on Feb. 19

February 06, 2025

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