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A photo of Smeal dean Corey Phelps speaking at a lectern in the Business Building Atrium.

Penn State Smeal honors Hammond Society inductees, Alumni Award honorees

March 28, 2025

All-American Rejects headline annual student-run Movin' On music festival

March 28, 2025

Photo of four authors participaing in Writing in Displacement event occuring at Penn State on April 4, 2025

Award-winning Sri Lankan authors to visit Penn State on April 4

March 28, 2025

Students, faculty, and guests interact at the annual Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities Fair

Altoona to host Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities Fair April 12

March 28, 2025

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Visual Arts Annual Graduate Research Exhibition to be held March 28

March 28, 2025

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App to connect dancers with partners and resources wins IdeaMakers Challenge

March 27, 2025

Parent volunteers with the Penn State Parents Council gather for a group photo.

Parents Council can be a vital bridge between Penn State and students' families

March 27, 2025

Center for Arts and Crafts Artists and Instructors Exhibition

March 27, 2025

Dancers from Penn State Altoona's Ivyside Dance Ensemble rehearse for their spring 2025 performance.

Penn State Altoona’s Ivyside Dance Ensemble to hold spring performance

March 27, 2025

Caucus celebrations to honor graduating students and local communities

March 27, 2025

A woman discusses her research with a poster session attendee

Call for posters for 2025 Penn State Climate Solutions Symposium

March 27, 2025

Image of Sara Guyer, dean at University of California Berkley, standing in front of bookshelf

Penn State Humanities Institute to host Annual Celebration on March 31

March 26, 2025

Entertainment venue programmer to be Arts and Architecture commencement speaker

March 26, 2025

Left to right: Cinnsire Warner, Emma Moniz, Will Auman, Michael Halloran, and Debbie Canole stand at the new exhibit honoring John C. Halloran.

Penn State Altoona history students honor World War II Altoona railroader

March 26, 2025

A full gym floor at the PAW Center, with the floor being full of employers, students, alumni and community members during the career fair.

Students, community members make connections at Penn State DuBois career fair

March 26, 2025

Celebrate women in STEM at the Women’s History Month Festival

March 25, 2025

Penn State student helps festivalgoer tap tree stump

Maple-sugaring class at Shaver’s Creek connects students to nature, community

March 25, 2025

April 2 seminar: Emissions trading effect on water quality, carbon sequestration

March 24, 2025

Student cybersecurity organization to host national Capture the Flag competition

March 23, 2025

Picture of Duke University professor Eileen Cheng-yin Chow in front of a bookshelf

Eileen Cheng-yin Chow to deliver inaugural Janssen Lecture on March 28

March 20, 2025

Things to Do at Penn State Harrisburg: March 25-31

March 20, 2025

2025 Climate Solutions Symposium registration open

March 20, 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

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Things to Do at Penn State: March 20-27

March 19, 2025

Ross Student Farm Garden Grow-How succulents in handmade clay pots.

Ross Student Farm to host 'Garden Grow-How'

March 19, 2025

A model truck painted red with the word "Pennsylvania" sits beside a model railway track

Hidden Gems: The Penn State Model Railway Club

March 19, 2025

Exterior photo of Recital Hall

Penn State Rock Ensemble makes its debut performance on April 29

March 19, 2025

A photo of a female speaker at a podium during a past Powerful Women Paving the Way conference.

Registration still open for Powerful Women Paving the Way Conference

March 19, 2025

Powwow dancer in Native American regalia

Traditional American Indian Powwow scheduled March 29-30 in State College

March 18, 2025

Postponed: Harrisburg to host virtual 'Women and Innovation' roundtable March 27

March 18, 2025

Student explaining research project to faculty judge

Shape the next generation: Volunteer judges needed for Undergraduate Exhibition

March 18, 2025

Penn State to host North American Saxophone Alliance Regional Conference

March 18, 2025

From left to right, a student and a spectator stand looking at a research poster during AI Week.

Penn State Artificial Intelligence Week 2025: April 14-17

March 18, 2025

Black and white image of Tim Ingold.

Esteemed social anthropologist, author to visit the Stuckeman School

March 18, 2025

Bike Den to host Wet Weather Biking 101 workshop on March 26

March 18, 2025

Woman wearing red sitting at a TV anchor desk

Award-winning journalist set as Bellisario College spring commencement speaker

March 18, 2025

A group of students dressed to sort waste

EcoReps reduce waste at basketball games in February, host Earth Hour in March

March 18, 2025

2024 Graduate Exhibition

Community invited to judge 2025 Graduate Exhibition

March 17, 2025

Flavor Madness bracket

Voting for Berkey Creamery favorites tees off in this year’s ‘Flavor Madness’

March 17, 2025

Native American woman dancing in colorful attire

Pre-Powwow Celebration scheduled March 27 inside Bellisario Media Center

March 17, 2025

One student stands behind a table selling jewelry on display, another student stands in front of the table looking at the displayed jewelry.

Explore innovation and entrepreneurship opportunities at Penn State this March

March 16, 2025

bridge over pond at Arboertum

CAPS launches new 'Nurture in Nature' trail at the Arboretum

March 14, 2025

Large group of people standing arm in arm

Abington events: Free Cuban music concert, human trafficking prevention workshop

March 14, 2025

Studio portrait of Roxanne Brown, vice president of United Steel Workers

Roxanne Brown to deliver 2025 Philip Murray Memorial Labor Lecture

March 13, 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

A woman soldier in military gear

Penn State Altoona to host military women’s panel March 27

March 13, 2025

Three students posing cheerfully against the Fayette campus' lion shrine.

Penn State Fayette to host Suicide Prevention Walk on April 25

March 12, 2025

Image of the poet Adrienne Su

Poet Adrienne Su to offer reading at Penn State on March 20

March 12, 2025

A woman dancing with her hands in the air at the front of a crowd.

Community invited to all-abilities dance workshop at Penn State Wilkes-Barre

March 12, 2025

A three dimensional artwork shaped like a blue cat with yellow eyes and covered in vines

New textile-based sculpture exhibition, 'nosegay,' to begin at HUB Galleries

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

Joan Trumpauer Mulholland

Harrisburg's Kulkarni Cultural Series to screen film on civil rights activist

March 11, 2025

A group of students, faculty, staff and donors posing for a photo at the induction of the 14th class of Sheetz Fellows

Penn State Altoona inducts 14th Sheetz Fellows class

March 11, 2025

The Washington Memorial in D.C. surrounded by cherry blossoms

Penn State Altoona to host Washington, D.C., trip on April 10

March 10, 2025

National Museum of Civil War Medicine

Penn State Altoona to host tour of National Museum of Civil War Medicine

March 10, 2025

A photo of the exterior sign of the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications.

Alumnus to lead ethics-focused discussion on AI, market research

March 07, 2025

Participants prepare to answer questions during their preliminary round during the senior scholastic challenge in the Hiller Auditorium at Penn State DuBois.

Area scholars take part in Senior Scholastic Challenge at Penn State DuBois

March 07, 2025

Friedman Lectures in Astronomy and Astrophysics set for April 15, 16

March 06, 2025

Marker Lectures in Astronomy and Astrophysics and Physics set for March 25, 26

March 06, 2025

A head and shoulders photo of a smiling Slava Rubin

Acclaimed entrepreneur, innovator to speak at Penn State Smeal

March 06, 2025

Cafe Laura Entrance

Things to Do at Penn State: March 6-20

March 05, 2025

The words "Invest in Founders" appears overtop of an image of an individual sitting at a table explaining their business to an investor

Registration open for Invent Penn State Venture & IP Conference

March 05, 2025

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Fall 2025 commencement at University Park to take place Sunday, Dec. 21

March 05, 2025

A group of acrobats circle to catch another in midair.

Acrobatic cirque company Circa’s ‘Duck Pond’ comes to Penn State on March 22

March 04, 2025

Audience members listen in at the Hard Freight Cafe event

Altoona's Hard Freight Café open mic event set for March 25

March 04, 2025

The Center for Arts and Crafts at Penn State

Center for Arts and Crafts offers spring classes and workshops beginning Mar. 17

March 04, 2025

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