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Astrobotic Peregrine Lunar Lander Hope Moonshot

Messages of hope from students in 30 countries launch the Hope Moonshot

The Readiness Institute at Penn State, a Penn State Outreach service, is embarking on a mission to foster hope among people around the world with its launch of the Hope Moonshot program. More than 30 countries have submitted hopes so far. Messages collected before March 1 will be saved on an SD card and included aboard a lunar lander sent to the moon’s surface by Astrobotic, a Pittsburgh-based space robotics company.

February 22, 2021

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Jim Yonushonis, a volunteer with the YMCA of Centre County, carries a box of fresh apples to distribute for free to local families outside the YMCA in Bellefonte.

Penn State’s 2020-21 United Way campaign raises more than $620,000

OLLI donation drive for Centre Helps

OLLI at Penn State volunteers present more than $2K in resources to Centre Helps

2021 Page Center Awards honorees

Fauci, Woodruff, Robinson and Heyman honored live at Page Center Awards

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Registration open for Times Higher Education Innovation and Impact Summit

Girl getting finger prick test for malaria

Lethal house lures help reduce incidence of malaria in children

Amanda Smith

New K-12 engagement position focuses on partnerships between Penn State, schools

Global agriculture

Alliance provides platform for faculty, graduate students to solve global issues

The OraQuick testing equipment

HIV self-test initiative aims to curb spread of virus in Pennsylvania

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Poison Prevention Program goes virtual in 2021 under the watchful eye of Mr. YUK

Nittany AI Challenge 2021

Twenty student teams selected to compete in the 2021 Nittany AI Challenge

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Second Energy University forum to focus on education March 5

Penn State Behrend alumna Tesha Nesbit speaks during a commencement program.

New group to support, engage Black Behrend alumni and students

A girl wearing a sweatshirt and large headphones smiles and raises her hand in front of a laptop.

Electrical engineering and computer science camps for girls offered this summer

A black-and-white photo of Patrisse Cullors, co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement.

Heard on Campus: Patrisse Cullors, co-founder of Black Lives Matter

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Speaker series explores COVID's impact on project and supply chain management

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