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Cyclists in Copenhagen

Study abroad program aims to examine Copenhagen’s bicycle culture

5/8/18

“Biking Culture and Urban Design” is a faculty-led program in its first year that offers students the opportunity to observe bicycle infrastructure and multi-modal transportation solutions, learn from programs and policies that support biking, and learn about the role of biking in sustainable, livable communities.

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School of Music faculty members to debut hymn arrangements

5/6/18

Faculty members Lisa Bontrager, horn, and Timothy Shafer, piano, will be joined by guests Grace Shafer Salyards, horn, and Sarah Shafer, soprano, for a recital of well-known and newly arranged American hymn tunes on May 12 at the University Baptist and Brethren Church, at 411 S. Burrowes in State College. Admission is free.

Kodilinye Igwe and his sculptures

Art education alumnus donates wood sculptures to Penn State

5/2/18

For Kodilinye Igwe, returning to Penn State to donate two of his wood sculptures to the University was like “coming home.” A native of Nigeria who received his doctorate in art education from Penn State in 1988, he unveiled the two sculptures during a ceremony March 30 at the Pasquerilla Spiritual Center.

cropped image of book cover "My Favorite Thing is Monsters"

'My Favorite Thing is Monsters' wins 2018 Lynd Ward Graphic Novel Prize

5/2/18

“My Favorite Thing is Monsters” by Emil Ferris, published by Fantagraphics Books, has won the 2018 Lynd Ward Prize for Graphic Novel of the Year. Penn State University Libraries sponsors the juried annual award and its administrator, the Pennsylvania Center for the Book. The jury, composed of Penn State faculty, alumni and students with graphic novel expertise, also named two honor books.

Andrew Cupples, Lloyd Sigal and Eric Goshow

Three alumni named as American Institute of Architects Fellows

5/2/18

Each year, the American Institute of Architects (AIA) elevates esteemed members to the organization’s “college of fellows” and this year’s class includes three College of Arts and Architecture alumni, Andrew Cupples, Lloyd Sigal and Eric Goshow.

A woman and man stand smiling in front of a Christmas tree.

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.

New Beginnings short story competition

Libraries Short Stories announces winners of first Penn State writing contest

4/30/18

Penn Staters Sultan Aljohani, Erica Johnson and Ellis Stump are the three winners of Penn State University Libraries’ “New Beginnings” short story writing contest. Their stories, along with those by seven writers receiving honorable mentions, will be placed on the Libraries’ five Short Edition short story dispensers on the University Park campus and inside Schlow Centre Region Library in downtown State College.

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