Still Life

Rally in the Valley excites fans

Rally in the Valley excites fans

November 6, 2009

Students capture fall at University Park

Students capture fall at University Park

November 5, 2009

Penn State Greeks strut their Broadway stuff

Penn State Greeks strut their Broadway stuff

November 1, 2009

THON 5K draws thousands

THON 5K draws thousands

November 1, 2009

Jazz masters wow audience

Jazz masters wow audience

October 28, 2009

Arboretum boardwalk and overlook chosen as 2010 senior class gift

Arboretum boardwalk and overlook chosen as 2010 senior class gift

October 27, 2009

Outreach mission brings jazz legends to high school musicians

Outreach mission brings jazz legends to high school musicians

October 27, 2009

Penn State Altoona celebrates 70th anniversary

Penn State Altoona celebrates 70th anniversary

October 27, 2009

Campus Night Out

Campus Night Out

October 22, 2009

Photography students play with light, shadow

Photography students play with light, shadow

October 20, 2009

Homecoming 2009

Homecoming 2009

October 17, 2009

Weather not a factor in Homecoming enthusiasm

Weather not a factor in Homecoming enthusiasm

October 16, 2009

Featured Video

2009 State of the University Address

2009 State of the University Address

Penn State Solar Decathlon 2009, part two: Natural Fusion goes to Washington

Penn State Solar Decathlon 2009, part two: Natural Fusion goes to Washington

Natural Fusion, Penn State's Solar Decathlon Team 2009

Natural Fusion, Penn State's Solar Decathlon Team 2009

Behind the scenes with the stadium concessions team

Behind the scenes with the stadium concessions team

Penn State's creamery, from the cow to the cone

Penn State's creamery, from the cow to the cone

Beaver Stadium Behind the Scenes and On the Air

Beaver Stadium Behind the Scenes and On the Air

Beaver Stadium Behind the Scenes: Video Board

Beaver Stadium Behind the Scenes: Video Board

Video gives students sneak peek at new campus location

Video gives students sneak peek at new campus location

Historic Old Main Bell removed from tower for restoration and display

Historic Old Main Bell removed from tower for restoration and display

Photo Archive

Animals

Cows nuzzle up to the fence in the fields on the outer edges of the University Park campus of Penn State

Cows

Students train a horse inside the Agricultural Arena

Horses

Whooooooooooooooo's there? These two great horned owls would make Harry Potter proud. The owls are part of the raptor program at Shaver's Creek. During the Halloween Trail and Festival, a presentation on birds of prey will be held.

Other animals

http://www.aginfo.psu.edu/psa/ss2001/livestock5.html

Lambs/Sheep

Art

HUB-Robeson Center at night.

Art-HUB-Robeson Center

The exhibit includes some 40 examples of Scandinavian ceramics.

Art-Palmer Museum of Art

Portion of Old Main fresco showing farm animals including horses, cows and oxen.

Old Main Frescos

Athletics

Penn State's All-Sports Museum located at Beaver Stadium

Athletics (misc.)

The captains -- #31 Paul Posluszny, #12 Mike Robinson and #21 Alan Zemaitis emerge from the tunnel.

Football

Beaver Stadium grounds crew member Paul Curtis mows the turf of Beaver Stadium as part of the day-to-day maintenance leading up to the season opener of the Nittany Lions' 2008 football season, the Aug. 30 match against Coastal Carolina.

Beaver Stadium preparations

Buildings/Locations(more)

Game day photo of Beaver Stadium

Beaver Stadium

A view from one corner of the practice room in the Blue Band Building.

Blue Band Building

Creamery

The School of Forest Resources Building is located off Park Avenue on the University Park campus.

Forestry Building

The HUB-Robeson Center at night

HUB-Robeson Center

Information Sciences and Technology Building in the background of identifying sign.

Information Sciences and Technology Building

Mall beside Old Main. Elm trees line the walkway.

Mall Area

The Hintz Family Alumni Center on the University Park campus of Penn State.

Miscellaneous Buildings

Museums

Campuses(more)

The likeness of Chief Ogontz watches over the Penn State Abington campus from the Cooke mansion.

Abington campus

Penn State Altoona pond and fountain

Altoona campus

Graduates wait in anticipation in the Student Union Building hallway prior to the processional into the auditorium.

Beaver campus

Penn State Berks

Berks campus

The Nittany Lion Shrine at Penn State Brandywine.

Brandywine campus

Graduate and Student Bar Association President Joshua G. Parsons welcomes his classmates to The Dickinson School of LawÕs 2006 commencement ceremony.

Dickinson School of Law

This Victorian mansion was built in 1900 by John E. DuBois Sr. for his two sisters. The mansion, named Symmco House, was acquired by Penn State DuBois in 1998.

DuBois campus

The Penn State mascot at Penn State Erie

Erie campus

As seen from the core campus area, the auditorium is visible to the left, the arena is the tallest part of the building in the center, and the fitness center is visible to the right. The architectural team of Burt Hill Kosar Rittelmann Associates of Butler, Pennsylvania has designed this building with a brick exterior to match the existing campus vernacular. Other exterior accent materials include metal and a translucent clearstory.

Fayette campus

Documents

Mandatory non-tuition fees for in-state students at Penn State and select peer institutions, 2007-08

Miscellenous

State appropriation cuts 2001-02 to 2008-09

Budget graphics

Total sales of liquor 1997-2008 for State College, Pa.

Alcohol graphics

University Health Services created a document that may help individuals determine whether their symptoms indicate that they have the flu or a cold, and what steps they can take to feel better.

H1N1

Events

The College of Communications held commencement cermonies in Recreation Hall Saturday morning.

Commencement

THON banner

THON 2006

The sense of determination among the athletes was palpable -- and willpower was written on their faces.

Special Olympics

Dancers perform on a stage set up on the Old Main lawn during the annual Arts Festival held on the University Park campus of Penn State and downtown State College.

Arts Festival

Former President Bill Clinton spoke about what it was like to be president, and mentioned how much he enjoyed Creamery ice cream in his previous visits to State College as a sitting president.

Bill Clinton at University Park

Penn State President Graham B. Spanier, right, chats with Sen. Barack Obama, left, and Sen. Bob Casey inside Old Main.

Barack Obama at University Park

Ashley McWilliams scoops Berkey Creamery ice cream during an ice cream social at the Hintz Family Alumni Center.

Homecoming 2008

Moralers do the line dance for the first time during the first half-hour of THON on Friday night, Feb. 20.

THON 2009

Mascot

The Nittany Lion did 25 of his trademark one-armed pushups for the crowd -- one pushup for each of the 25 senior on the football team.

Mascot

Misc.

Participants in this float showed their Penn State spirit during a homecoming parade.

Misc. Penn State Photos

The Penn State Marching Blue Band takes the field.

Blue Band

Through Penn State Outreach, new parents in Pennsylvania take part in an education and awareness campaign to prevent Shaken Baby Syndrome. This is just one Penn State program that touches the lives of Pennsylvania residents.

Outreach

Fred Waring, left, and David Ross ath the NBC mic. Photo from the Fred Waring Collection at Penn State. It was at Penn State that Waring, from nearby Tyrone, got his start. He served his alma mater as a trustee and Distinguished Alumnus. He conducted his world famous workshops at Penn State in his later years, and in 1984 designated Penn State to house his collection of archives and memorabilia.

Fred Waring collection

The O.W. Houts property parcels are highlighted. Penn State plans to purchase the property on West College Avenue adjacent to the University Park campus, pending approval from the University's Board of Trustees on May 16.

Houts property

Maureen Murphy, mother of Michael Murphy, cuts the ribbon during a dedication ceremony for her son. At the ceremony it was announced the name of the Navy's next missile destroyer will be the USS Michael Murphy.

Michael Murphy

A brightly colored mural adorns the wall outside Fairhill Elementary School.

Dispatch from the Philadelphia Urban Seminar

C S U

Blue Band Director Richard Bundy is silhouetted against a blazing sunset as he addresses the p-rookies on the Blue Band practice field.

2008 Blue Band

Penn State Leaders

Chris M. Brady, dean of Schreyer Honors College at the University Park campus of Penn State

Academic Deans

Philip J. McConnaughay, dean, Penn State Dickinson School of Law

Campus Leaders

Steve Barnett, CEO and chairman of Columbia Records, left, chatted with Penn State President Graham B. Spanier and Barry Robinson, a member of the Penn State Board of Trustees and president of the RIAA, after Barnett spoke to students and others about the music industry.

President: Candid photos

Graham B. Spanier, president of The Pennsylvania State University

President: Portraits

Penn State President Graham B. Spanier, left, and Board of Trustees Chairman James Broadhurst rode on the Lion Ambassadors float. For more parade pictures, check http://live.psu.edu/stilllife/1473 online.

President: Special Album

Left, President Graham Spanier, winner of the 2009 Hesburgh Award sponsored by TIAA-CREF Institute, had the opportunity to meet in January with Father Theodore Hesburgh, for whom the award is named.

President: Award

Michael Adewumi, vice provost for Global Programs

University Park administrators

People(more)

Dorothy and Lloyd Huck

Donors

Lee Stout, head of University Libraries Special Collections Public Services and Outreach

Faculty

Former President Bill Clinton addresses the crowd march 7 at Penn State Brandywine's Commons/Athletic Center. The visit, which was open to the public and drew about 1,500 attendees, came as candidates prepare for a key primary election on April 22 in Pennsylvania.

Famous Individuals

Helen Manfull

Honorary Alumni

Talking with students awaiting a Penn State football game, Paterno said, "I appreciate you guys doing what you're doing. He continued by offering these words of wisdom, "Cheer, don't boo. Have fun and behave."

Joe Paterno

From left to right, Colleen Schisler, psychology, Ashley Ferrari, accounting, and Katie Kimmel, accounting, relax during the Senior Sendoff event held at the Hintz Family Alumni Center on the University Park campus of Penn State.

Students

James Broadhurst, chairman and chief executive officer of Eat'n Park Hospitality Group Inc., was the featured speaker at the Penn State Forum lunch held today (Sept. 14) at The Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel on the University Park campus. Broadhurst spoke on "Making Smiles While Building a Business." A 1965 graduate of Penn State, Broadhurst is vice chair of the Penn State Board of Trustees. Read the full text of his remarks at http://live.psu.edu/story/19454 online.

Forum Speakers

Michael A. Gilbert Former Assistant Vice President for Campus Student Services in Student Affairs

Misc.

William Friedkin receives his academic hood and his honorary degree from Penn State.

Honorary Degrees

Research(more)

Predator mite attacking a spider mite

Predator Mite

Cucumber beetles on squash flowers.

squash

Katarin Parizek, instructor in digital photography, department of integrative arts, Penn State, photographs the wall of Tia's tomb in the Valley of Kings, Luxor, Egypt.

Egyptian Tombs

"Acoustic tweezers" enables flexible onchip manipulation and patterning of cells using standing surface acoustic waves.

Acoustic Tweezers

Split face photo used in evaluation of how women determine facial attractiveness by Robert G. Franklin, graduate student in psychology and Reginald Adams, assistant professor of psychology and neurology, Penn State.

Face

NASA close-up of Hurricane Isabel taken from the International Space Station.

Hurricane

Three chambered microbial desalination cells at work in Bruce Logan's, Kappe Professor of Environmental Engineering, laboratory

Desalination Device

Dr. Peter Wilf, associate professor of geosciences presenting talk.

WilfAward

A microbial mat above a methane seep in the Eel River Basin, Ca. This methane seep is being cored to obtain sediment from the seep. The sediment used in theseexperiments was sampled in this manner.

Ironmanganese Microbes

Seasons

Daffodils bloom with Old Main in the background.

Spring

Seasons change on the University Park campus of Penn State.

Fall

Snow has a way of accentuating certain features of sculptures. Here, the accumulation gave Joe Paterno white hair, along with a white coat. The players' bronze helmets and shoulder pads also took on coating of the white stuff. This statue stands outside of Beaver Stadium.

Winter

Daily and semester pool passes, for individuals and families, are available to all faculty, staff and students, and to the public. For information, visit http://www.athletics.psu.edu/nat/facilities.html online.

Summer

Still Life(more)

Penn State football coach Joe Paterno got the crowd excited for Saturday's game vs. Ohio State. He told those attending Rally in the Valley at the Bryce Jordan Center not to boo Ohio State, but rather cheer harder for Penn State.

Rally in the Valley excites fans

Penn State students walk through a leafy Old Main lawn. As cooler weather dips into Happy Valley, many trees on campus have begun to lose most of the foliage.

Students capture fall at University Park

Students in Sigma Kappa, Kappa Delta Rho and Sigma Lambda Beta combined to perform selections from the Broadway musical "Chicago" before a sold-out Eisenhower Auditorium as part of Penn State's annual Greek Sing on Sunday, Nov. 1.

Penn State Greeks strut their Broadway stuff

THON 5K participant Kara walks with her mother, Kathryn Torok, during the 5K walk-run that took place on campus on Sunday, Nov. 1. The event drew thousands of Penn Staters, THON family members and community members.

THON 5K draws thousands

Members of the trombone section of the Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band perform on stage in Eisenhower Auditorium on Wednesday, Oct. 28.

Jazz masters wow audience

Penn State’s Senior Class Gift Committee announced on Oct. 27 the class of 2010's gift to the University: the Marsh Meadow Boardwalk and Overlook at the Arboretum. The committee stands here with Rodney Erickson, executive vice president and provost of the University. From left: Kyle Lutes (gift development chairperson), Mike Lampariello (overall chairperson), Amanda Estep (student relations chairperson), Jenny Lubkin (marketing chairperson), Emily Hebner (events chairperson), Dr. Erickson, and Alyssa Rosenblum (communications chairperson).

Arboretum boardwalk and overlook chosen as 2010 senior class gift

Members of the Dizzy GIllespie All Star Band joined the State College Area High School Jazz Band in playing "Moten Swing," one of the songs the high school band is learning. The professional musicians are in town to perform at Penn State's Eisenhower Auditorium on Wednesday, Oct. 28, and visited the high school as part of Penn State's Center for the Performing Arts' educational outreach mission.

Outreach mission brings jazz legends to high school musicians

The cheerleading squad performed throughout the day and members took time to practice lifts with future Penn State Altoona cheerleaders during the campus' 70th anniversary celebration in downtown Altoona on Sunday, Oct. 25.

Penn State Altoona celebrates 70th anniversary

Penn State student Jeremy Sanchez, a freshman in communications, got practice with a fire extinguisher at Thursday's "Campus Night Out" event. Sponsored by the University Park Undergraduate Association, the event highlighted various aspects of campus safety. Sanchez doused the flames erupting from a portable fire extinguisher demo unit operated by Centre Region Council of Governments Chief Fire Inspector David Felice.

Campus Night Out