Photo of the Day set for December 2012. Penn State's University Park campus.
Seasons Greetings POTD 12 22 12
Season's greetings from Penn State.
The Inn
The holly berries were bright Dec. 20 outside the Nittany Lion Inn on a cloudy day at Penn State University Park.
12 19 12 POTD Freshman Dink
This cap, on display in Old Main, was worn by a Penn State freshman in 1954. The tradition of the freshmen dink began in the fall of 1906, when the upper classes voted to have freshmen wear something that would distinguish them from the rest of the students. Freshmen were required to wear their dink in class and at sporting events, and to tip their caps to passing upperclassmen. The practice was discarded in 1969. To view the full-size photo, click on the image above.
12 15 12 POTD Candles for Conn
The Penn State community has been placing notes, candles and flowers near the front steps of Old Main on the University Park campus throughout the weekend to honor the victims and families of the tragedy in Newtown, Conn. The public is welcome to add to the impromptu memorial or stop by to reflect.
12 10 12 Mud Current POTD
Jordan Antetomaso, a Penn State sophomore majoring in biochemisty, examined the glow of an LED light from a microbial fuel cell filled with mud that he constructed in his microbiology 202 class. Students built experimental fuel cells with the goal of harnessing enough energy from random mud samples to light a small LED. The current is being generated by bacteria from the soil sample. Research at Penn State is attempting to harness more and more energy from the bacteria found in soil. Go to www.engr.psu.edu/ce/enve/logan/ for more information about microbial fuel cell research at Penn State.
12 7 12 POTD Rain on Memorial
Raindrops fell on the shield at the Michael P. Murphy Veterans Memorial as students made their way to classes at Penn State's University Park campus on the morning of Dec. 7. Flags are at half-staff around the University Park campus in remembrance of the Pearl Harbor attack seventy-one years ago today that led to U.S. involvement in World War II. Go to
12 5 12 Ten Thousand Villages POTD
Amy Roberson, assistant manager from 'Ten Thousand Villages,' arranged handcrafted scarves at the annual 'Ten Thousand Villages Festival Sale' in the HUB-Robeson Center on Dec. 5. 'Ten Thousand Villages' is an independent and nonprofit organization that sells handmade gifts from diverse cultures of artisans all over the world. This week a percentage from all sales will go to 'SpringfieldFTK' an annual contributor to THON. The sale will continue through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Go to www.tenthousandvillages.com/ for more information. Visit www.springfieldftk.com/ for more about 'SpringfieldFTK.'
12 4 12 POTD Lion
Students making their way around Penn State's University Park campus on the morning of Dec. 4 were surpised to see a familiar feline roaming the mall near the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences. Many stopped to say hello or get a photo with the Nittany Lion. Go to www.psu.edu/ur/about/nittanymascot.html to learn more about the Penn State Nittany Lion.
12 3 12 POTD Full Size Biochem Lab
Lauren Rajakovich, a first year graduate student studying biochemistry, microbiology and molecular biology, worked in an isolation chamber to separate protein from the nucleus of a safe E.Coli cell on Dec. 3 in a lab located in South Frear building on Penn State's University Park campus. Her experiment will lead to understanding how specific proteins covert from light energy to chemical energy and become food for a cell. Go to science.psu.edu/ for more information about Penn State's Eberly College of Science.
