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Build it and they might come

5/2/18

For decades, Gay and Jim Dunne have donated their time, money and expertise toward preserving Centre County culture, architecture and history. Their dedication to sensory beautification of the musical type earned the couple the 2018 Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State Distinguished Service Award.

Graduate student excellence celebrated at awards luncheon

4/27/18

Penn State President Eric Barron presented 11 awards to more than 30 graduate students in recognition of outstanding achievement during the annual Graduate Student Awards Luncheon, held April 25 at the Nittany Lion Inn.

Four graduate students receive the Professional Master’s Excellence Award

4/27/18

Four Penn State graduate students received the 2018 Professional Master’s Excellence Award. The award recognizes outstanding achievement in a professional master’s degree program in any discipline, based upon the student’s academic record in the graduate program and the quality and impact of the student’s culminating experience, including creative works, performance and projects conducted in a professional setting.

Fourteen graduate students receive the Alumni Association Dissertation Award

4/27/18

Fourteen graduate students received the Penn State Alumni Association Dissertation Award and Distinguished Doctoral Scholar Medal in recognition of their outstanding professional accomplishments and achievements in scholarly research in any of the disciplinary areas of arts and humanities; social sciences; physical and computational sciences; life and health sciences; and engineering.

Guests at the Gala in 2017

Come Get Entangled with the Palmer: Museum's vibrant annual gala set for May 18

4/24/18

Tickets are still on sale for the Friends of the Palmer Museum of Art's annual gala and auction, set for 6:30 p.m. to midnight May 18 at the Nittany Lion Inn. This year’s theme, “Come Get Entangled with the Palmer,” is entwined as a whimsical nod to "Plastic Entanglements: Ecology, Aesthetics, Materials," the thought-provoking blockbuster exhibition currently on view at the museum through June 17.

Student and judge interacting

Undergraduate Exhibition wraps up record year

4/23/18

Hundreds of students and judges bustled about in the HUB-Robeson Center Wednesday evening for the 2018 Undergraduate Research Exhibition on the University Park campus of Penn State. From musical presentations in the Flex Theater to posters in Alumni and Heritage halls, the University's best were promoting the fruits of their academic and artistic pursuits.

Judy Chicago Art Education Award ceremony

2018 Judy Chicago Art Education Award presented to Michigan teacher

4/19/18

Melissa Leaym-Fernandez, a teacher at Flint, Michigan Community Schools, has been awarded the Judy Chicago Art Education Award for her submission titled "The Power of our Mothers." She was presented with the award in a ceremony at Foster Auditorium, Paterno Library, University Park, on Tuesday, April 17.

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