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1/17/19

Watch the quintet perform a cover of “Take on Me” by A-ha.

Students in a Penn State Brandywine art class.

Changing culture and catching vision: Art at Penn State Brandywine

1/17/19

At the Brandywine campus, students can complete all four years of 12 Penn State degrees, several minors, and the first two years of more than 275 undergraduate programs. However, some fields of study are certainly more well-represented than others.

New labor rights and sustainability film series premiering

1/16/19

The Sustainability Institute and Center for Global Workers’ Rights are teaming up to bring a new monthly film series to the University Park campus in Spring 2019. Entitled "Intersections: Landscapes of Labor," the series highlights connections between workers’ rights, social justice, and sustainability. The first film will be "Sorry to Bother You" on Jan. 22.

A man stands on a park bench and outstretches his arms while a group of sitting children and adults surround him and each raise their right arm to him.

Things to Do at Penn State: Jan. 17-24

1/16/19

What's happening at Penn State? Upcoming events include Martin Luther King Jr. activities, the Broadway musical "Finding Neverland" and March for Our Lives co-founder David Hogg.

Discovering the beauty of living cells through art

1/16/19

A recent art exhibition in downtown State College featured "The Art of Cell Biology," with 18 works produced by Penn State scientists. Claire Thomas, associate professor of biology and biochemistry and molecular biology and curator of the exhibit, discussed the collection as well as the intersection of science and art.

Spring art classes offered by the Center for Arts and Crafts at Penn State

1/16/19

The Center for Arts and Crafts is now taking registrations for spring art classes. The first session of classes will begin the week of Jan. 21; Session 2 will begin the week of March 11.

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Penn State Berks presents 'The Great DuBois’: Masters of Variety' on Jan. 31

1/16/19

"The Great DuBois', Masters of Variety" a fast-paced variety show including incredible feats of juggling, hula hoops, unicycle, aerial and audience interaction — all wrapped in a blanket of comedy — will come to Penn State Berks on Thursday, Jan. 31.

President Barron with Collegian reporter

President Barron to discuss fake news on WPSU's 'Digging Deeper' on Jan. 20

1/16/19

Penn State President Eric J. Barron will discuss the emergence of fake news, its impact on American culture and what it means for legitimate news media during the next episode of WPSU’s “Digging Deeper” on Sunday, Jan. 20.

Group of women and men holding their newly painted pictures.

4th Annual Scoop & Paint fundraiser scheduled for Feb. 16 at Penn State Shenango

1/15/19

Penn State Shenango staff and faculty will host their fourth annual Scoop & Paint fundraiser at noon on Saturday, Feb. 16, in the campus’ Great Hall, 147 Shenango Avenue in downtown Sharon, Pennsylvania.

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‘Me … Jane’ to celebrate adventures of animal activist Jane Goodall Feb. 10

1/15/19

The Center for the Performing Arts will present “Me … Jane: The Dreams and Adventures of Young Jane Goodall” at 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 10, in Eisenhower Auditorium. The Kennedy Center Theater for Young Audiences on Tour’s new musical celebrates the life of the young, plucky animal activist and her stuffed chimpanzee Jubilee.

Rolling Reading Series lecture rescheduled for Jan. 31

1/15/19

The Mary E. Rolling Reading series lecture by Penn State professors Julia Spicher Kasdorf and Steven Rubin, originally scheduled for Jan. 24, will now take place at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 31, in Paterno Library's Foster Auditorium.

School of Music professor’s bi-annual trombone recital to feature special guests

1/15/19

Mark L. Lusk, professor in School of Music, will hold his 63rd bi-annual trombone recital from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Jan. 28, in the Recital Hall in Music Building I on the University Park campus of Penn State.

Me Jane

1/15/19

Watch a preview of “Me … Jane: The Dreams and Adventures of Young Jane Goodall.”

Campus Arts Initiative announces partner locations for site-specific art

1/15/19

The Campus Arts Initiative, a project of Penn State’s Strategic Planning Seed Grant program, has announced its first eight partner locations.

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Palmer Museum of Art hosts exhibition of teacher and abstract artist Robert Reed

1/15/19

On Jan. 5, the Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State opened its first exhibition of the 2019 season, "Subjective Spaces: Drawings and Collages by Robert Reed." The intimate retrospective features 16 selections from Reed’s drawings and collages that are rich in the geometric nonobjectivity, born almost exclusively within the imagination, that marked his entire career.

Media Highlights

TribLive: February 11, 2019
Mosaics adorn Penn State New Ken art gallery walls
More than 30 works of art by Pittsburgh-based mosaic artist Steven "Stevo" Sadvary are featured throughout Feb. in Penn State New Kensington's Art Gallery.
Bethlehem Press: January 22, 2019
Have a heart; Buy a heart
As part of National Human Trafficking Prevention Month in January, Truth for Women (TFW) and a Penn State Lehigh Valley arts class have joined forces.

Other Voices

Prince’s quest for artistic control changed music
Prince's pursuit of complete artistic freedom, and legal protections for that freedom, are a significant portion of his legacy, says Adam Gustafson, instructor in music.
from:
The Conversation
What Baz Luhrmann Asked Me About The Great Gatsby
While making the new film version of The Great Gatsby, director Baz Luhrmann reached out to Penn State English Professor and Fitzgerald scholar James West for help.
from:
Huffington Post

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Sybarite5

Changing culture and catching vision: Art at Penn State Brandywine

New labor rights and sustainability film series premiering

Things to Do at Penn State: Jan. 17-24

Discovering the beauty of living cells through art

Spring art classes offered by the Center for Arts and Crafts at Penn State

Penn State Berks presents 'The Great DuBois’: Masters of Variety' on Jan. 31

President Barron to discuss fake news on WPSU's 'Digging Deeper' on Jan. 20

4th Annual Scoop & Paint fundraiser scheduled for Feb. 16 at Penn State Shenango

‘Me … Jane’ to celebrate adventures of animal activist Jane Goodall Feb. 10

Rolling Reading Series lecture rescheduled for Jan. 31

School of Music professor’s bi-annual trombone recital to feature special guests

Me Jane

Campus Arts Initiative announces partner locations for site-specific art

Palmer Museum of Art hosts exhibition of teacher and abstract artist Robert Reed

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