Wednesday, March 10, 2010
One of the nation's premier spring football events, Penn State's Blue-White Game presented by the American Automobile Association (AAA), will be televised live by ESPN2 on Saturday, April 24. Kickoff is set for 2 p.m. in Beaver Stadium. As in previous years, there will be no admission or parking fee for the Blue-White game, which culminates spring practice for the Nittany Lions. The Blue-White Game also will air on the Penn State Sports Network and www.GoPSUsports.com. The Blue-White Game will be the first spring football game ESPN has televised among Big Ten Conference institutions.
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Studies have shown that people who understand health instructions make fewer mistakes when they take their medicine or prepare for a medical procedure. They also may get well sooner or be able to better manage a chronic health condition. The theme of this year's National Patient Safety Awareness Week, which is observed from March 7 to 13, is "Let's Talk: Healthy Conversations for Safer Healthcare."
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Emmanuel I. Osagie, chancellor of Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus, died unexpectedly Tuesday afternoon (March 9) from complications due to an illness. He became chancellor of Penn State Fayette in February 2007. A native of Nigeria, Osagie led the campus with energy and inspired the campus community with a vision that the Fayette campus would strive to become the region's premier student-centered university.
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Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Lori Ginzberg isn't a big fan of biographies, and she hardly considered penning one herself, but the Penn State professor of history and women's studies decided the subject of her most recent book "Elizabeth Cady Stanton: An American Life," is just too interesting to pass up.
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Tuesday, March 9, 2010
The W-2 and 1040 forms are flying, so it must be income-tax-filing season. A Penn State Extension money-management educator says it's not too late to do something today that can make your 2009 tax filing less "taxing." Federal tax law permits people who fall within income guidelines to establish and fund an individual retirement account, or IRA, to reduce their taxable income by paying into that account. And Robin Kuleck, Penn State Cooperative Extension director in Elk County, said an often-overlooked tax provision lets you reduce your 2009 tax bill by making a contribution to your retirement fund even after the calendar year has ended.
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Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Scientists have discovered that the drastic decline in Arctic musk ox populations that began roughly 12,000 years ago was due to a warming climate rather than to human hunting. The research is the first study to use ancient musk ox DNA collected from across the animal's former geographic range to test for human impacts on musk ox populations. The research will be published in the early on-line edition of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences sometime during the week ending Friday, March 12.
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