New requirements to ensure adequate health insurance coverage for all students
6/28/18
Beginning in fall 2019, Penn State will roll out a University-wide student health insurance requirement for all full-time U.S. students.
Campus Life
Campus Life
Interactive exhibits on healthy habits, cooking demos set for Ag Progress Days
6/28/18
Cooking demonstrations, food preservation lessons and first-aid safety tips are just a few of the many interactive activities that will take place in the Family Room at Ag Progress Days, Aug. 14-16.
Global Connections’ interpreters lend a voice to those needing help
6/28/18
When it comes to serving Centre County’s international population, Global Connections wants to make sure nothing gets lost in the translation. An affiliate of Penn State and the United Way of Centre County, Global Connections has built a list of 36 interpreters who can aid local authorities in serving the community.
Behrend to host summer Telescopic Observing Nights
6/28/18
This summer, four planets — Venus, Jupiter, Saturn and Mars — will be visible after sunset. To commemorate the occasion, the School of Science at Penn State Behrend invites guests to visit the college for three special Telescopic Observing Nights.
President's Commissions for Equity now accepting appointment nominations
6/27/18
The Commission for Women, the Commission on Racial/Ethnic Diversity, and the Commission on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Equity are accepting appointment nominations through July 16.
Penn State OPP earns IBcon Digie Award for 'Most Intelligent Building Project'
6/26/18
The facility automation network group in Penn State’s Office of Physical Plant was honored with the prestigious IBcon Digie Award at the annual IBcon conference by Tempered Networks Inc. OPP was recognized for its innovation and success in deploying the "Most Intelligent Building Project" on a college campus.
Create your own prehistoric paintings at Penn State's Arts Festival booth
6/26/18
Penn State’s “Art of Discovery” booth will feature a hands-on, family-friendly demonstration of how early humans made the paints that still adorn cave walls around the world — offering festival-goers the chance to create their own artwork from their own handmade paint between 12:30 and 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 14.
2018 Central PA 4thFest to feature almost 12,000 fireworks
6/25/18
Every year during the Central PA 4thFest — held July 4 on Penn State’s University Park campus and in downtown State College — there seems to be a new twist on a fireworks display that has been touted as one of the best in the country.
Explore the impacts of plastics through art at Arts Festival
6/25/18
Denice Wardrop, as a follow up to the Palmer Museum of Art’s record-breaking "Plastic Entanglements" exhibition, will join Penn State’s Art of Discovery booth at the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, July 14, to examine humanity's relationship with plastics, its usage in art, and both its benefits and its consequences.
An invisible world: Explore the life of 'Zombie Ants' at the Arts Festival
6/25/18
“The Zombie Ant Experience,” which details the strange process by which a parasitic fungus infects and takes over the bodies of ants, will be on display Penn State’s “Art of Discovery” booth at the Arts Festival from 11 to 1 p.m on Friday, July 13. “We’re pulling back the curtain on an invisible world that’s happening around you all the time," said Daryl Branford in the Huck Institute of the Life Sciences.
'Art of Discovery' booth to bring together art and science at Arts Fest
6/25/18
Join Penn State at “The Art of Discovery,” the University’s booth at the Arts Festival, to learn how art detectives use technology to solve art history mysteries; make your own handmade paints the way early humans did hundreds of thousands of years ago; learn about the bizarre science behind zombie ants; explore mankind’s relationship to plastics, and more.
Webinar to focus on women's financial wellness
6/25/18
A webinar slated for noon on June 26 from the Sokolov-Miller Family Financial and Life Skills Center at University Park will focus on the financial wellness of women.
PennDOT updates Atherton Street project
6/22/18
With construction and utility work continuing, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) is issuing an update for its North Atherton Street project in State College. The entire project will take place through 2019, with phased work zones stretching from Aaron Drive to Park Avenue. Work will include relocation of numerous utility lines, relocation of sewer and water lines, drainage improvements, curbing, sidewalks, ADA ramps, traffic signal upgrades, new concrete median, and paving.
Behrend campus garden becomes a community resource
6/22/18
More than 40,000 people in Erie County do not have consistent access to fresh, affordable food. Penn State Behrend's campus garden and food pantry can help reduce that number, Will Taylor says.
Clothing Transit offers stress-free clothing exchange for LGBTQA students
6/20/18
Penn State’s LGBTQA Student Resource Center opened the Clothing Transit to help alleviate the discomfort around shopping for clothes for trans and non-binary students.