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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

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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

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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

Vasudha Bharadula, Penn State biology technology graduate student, does work in the Information Sciences Technology building. (Photo by Natalie Husick.)

Photography students play with light, shadow

Penn State quarterback Daryll Clark goes over the top for a one-yard touchdown run, capping a 13-play, 85-yard scoring drive in the third quarter. The touchdown and subsequent extra-point by Collin Wagner, put the Lions up 20-0 over Minnesota.

Homecoming 2009

Members of the Penn State Juggling Club wowed 2009 Penn State Homecoming Parade onlookers by spinning flaming poi.

Weather not a factor in Homecoming enthusiasm

Penn State Tree Crew member Drew Beben works to dislodge snow from leaves to reduce the chance of branches cracking and breaking under the weight caused by the heavy snow clinging to the leaves. One branch already broke off this tree, between Henderson Building and the HUB-Robeson Center on Penn State's University Park campus. Beben and co-worker Gareth Peoples removed the fallen branch from the road, cut it into manageable pieces and piled it below the tree until it can be hauled away.

Heavy snow creates hazards

Maple leaves near the Old Botany Building on the University Park campus bear the weight of unexpected wet snowfall on Thursday, Oct. 15. The snowfall, part of a wintry mix cruising across Pennsylvania, has the potential to cause damage to tree limbs because of the weight the snow adds to the leaves.

October snowfall surprises campus

Jerry Homan, a dairy products processor at the Berkey Creamery, checks levels of chocolate milk being pasteurized. Homan has been working for Penn State University Food Services for 27 years. Photo by Christine Branigan

Students capture Penn State behind the scenes

As part of its tribute to the movie series "Star Wars," the Penn State Blue Band formed the head of Darth Vader.

Blue Band pays tribute to movies

Rap artist and entertainer Jay-Z performs on stage at the Bryce Jordan Center in front of a sell-out crowd on Friday, Oct. 9. Rock, funk and hip-hop group N.E.R.D opened the performance, with performers Pharrell Williams, J. Cole, Wale and Memphis Bleek joining him on stage.

Rapper Jay-Z performs at University Park

Outside of Old Main, a group of Lion Ambassadors played the role of freshmen during the early 1900s, getting hazed by upperclassmen, as part of the annual Lantern Tours of the University Park campus put on by the group.

Lion Ambassadors hold annual Lantern Tours

The Old Main Bell is lifted back up, headed for the truck that will take it to Church Specialities for refurbishing.

Old Main Bell removed for refurbishing

Penn State York students met and talked with a variety of business professionals during a career networking event at the campus on Oct. 6. The campus provides this opportunity each semester to encourage students to ask questions about the areas they are interested in and learn from professionals in the field. Aspiring actor Roby Bradford, a sophomore communications major at Penn State York, right, spends some time with Brian Baker discussing the dos and don'ts of pursuing an acting career. Baker, the former “Sprint PCS Guy,” shared his educational experiences and a little humor about his journey as an actor and career paths during a keynote address.

York students learn about career options

With Gary Coleman (played by Nigel Jamaal Clark), left, listening in, Princeton learns that he's been laid off from his new job, even before he gets a chance to start working there.

'Avenue Q' takes stage at University Park

Logan, a youth participant at the Great Insect Fair, points at her favorite Australian Walking Stick specimen held by her father, Steve Soltis, center, and a volunteer on Satuday, Oct. 3, in the Snider Agricultural Arena. The event, run by the Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences' Department of Entomology, is in its 16th year, drawing more than 6,000 visitors on average. This year, however, organizers estimated closer to 10,000 due to increased advertising and favorable weather.

Annual insect fair draws thousands

Penn State President Graham B. Spanier greets the Puopolo family, whose son Anthony, center, is a freshman at Penn State, during the President's Open House on Friday, Oct. 2. The family members were just some of the many visitors to come through Old Main on Friday's President's Open House event, which offered a chance to meet the president and provost, and tour parts of Old Main, including the bell tower.

President's Office holds annual open house

Members of the Penn State Lady Lions basketball team participated in the United Way Day of Caring by painting the Our Lady of Victory Preschool in State College. Here, sophomore Renee Womack paints a window sill and flower pot mural.

Lady Lions participate in Day of Caring

Student Michael Alexander thanks Jerry Greenfield for coming to speak at Penn State Altoona and sharing his experiences and advice.

Altoona welcomes Ben & Jerry's co-founder

Cirque Du Soleil performers are seen during opening night in the Bryce Jordan Center on Wednesday, Sept. 30. The Canadian performance troupe will put on an additional seven peformances on Penn State's University Park campus through Sunday, Oct. 4.

Cirque wows audience

Left, Marshall Coyle, associate professor of engineering at Penn State York, was presented with an American flag as a "thank you" for coordinating Rear Adm. Scott A. Weikert's visit to the campus on Sept. 17. The flag flew over Independence Hall in Philadelphia on Sept. 10, 2009.

Rear admiral visits Penn State York

Penn State junior Ben Jones, left, hands the "game ball" to ESPN announcer Kirk Herbstreit, right, after Herbstreit won a round of the Paternoville pasttime known as trash can football. Herbstreit, a standout quarterback at Ohio State from 1989-1992, sunk the ball into Jones's team's trash cans twice to win the game.

Paternoville welcomes guests

ESPN College GameDay co-hosts Desmond Howard, left, Chris Fowler and Kirk Herbstreit react as Lee Corso dons the Nittany Lion mascot head, along with the requisite white outfit for the Penn State White Out, as he picks Penn State to win over Iowa in the teams' Big Ten opener. GameDay was broadcast live from Penn State's University Park campus, with Beaver Stadium in the background, today (Sept. 26).

ESPN Gameday broadcasts live from University Park

Natural Fusion is Penn State's entry in the 2009 Solar Decathlon, to be held in October on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. The home is nearing completion at its construction site at the southwest end of Innovation Boulevard in Innovation Park, and the team, led by Penn State students from a wide variety of majors, welcomed visitors to the house Friday (Sept. 25) for an open day of tours. After its completion, Natural Fusion will be moved to the National Mall in October to compete against 19 teams from other colleges and universities to be named the top solar powered home. The team has designed and constructed the house to be fully functional with innovative and unique technology and features, and could be lived in once completed. For a full story on Natural Fusion, visit http://live.psu.edu/story/41735.

Natural Fusion nearing completion for 2009 Solar Decathlon

The balloon is ready for launch as passengers watch. ÊFrom left: Ruth Kistler, Ralph Pilgram, Cliff Bastuscheck, Linda Morrow with grandson Samuel de la Riva.

Village residents go for balloon ride

Metrologist Kyle Herr examines parts of the Nittany Lion Shrine statue that he scanned with a digital scanning laser. Herr, of engineering measurement firm Survice Metrology, was one of two measurement specialists to conduct the procedure, which took place between Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept. 22-23. The three-dimensional measurements will allow reconstruction or recreation of the statue, a gift of the Class of 1940, in the event of damage.

Company creating digital image of shrine

Beaver Stadium, as seen from a helicopter during the Penn State-Syracuse game Sept. 12, 2009.

Penn Stater editor gets bird's-eye view of campus

Workers are well-secured in harnesses as they work to connect steel beams in the Millennium Science Complex.

Millennium Science Complex taking shape

Adam Lysomirski, left, Chris Hajjar, right, both juniors, perticipate in the first round of the Guitar Hero tournament finals. Preliminary competition for the tournament took place Sept. 1 and 2.

Thousands attend Patio Party

Penn State students take photos of a 200 pound, 10-foot-long Challah bread by local baker Gemelli Bakery during the second annual Jewish Life Festival. From 5 to 8 p.m. on Sept. 8, hundreds of students and community members attended the festival held on the HUB Lawn at Penn State's University Park campus. The event was sponsored by the Chabad Jewish Student Organization and funded largely by UPAC. Highlighting the day was a free live concert by the band 8th Day. For more information about the Jewish Life Festival, the band 8th Day or the holiday of Rosh Hashanah, contact Rabbi Nosson Meretsky at 814-863-4929 or rabbi@psu.edu. Additional information on the festival also is available at http://live.psu.edu/story/41339

Jewish Life Festival brings ethnic flare to campus

Vendor Dylan Myers sells a bottle of water to a student in the south student seating area. Myers, a freshman, is selling for his NROTC unit. More than $340,000 was distributed to nonprofit and student groups in 2008 through concession sales.

Penn State football by the numbers

From left, Penn State sophomores Tiffany Jones, kinesiology; Paige Brizek, elementary education; Kristen Ericson, elementary education; and Amanda Thomas, special education, all enjoyed ice cream at the Hintz Family Alumni Center on the University Park campus during the Blue & White Society's welcome back event. The society held the bash from 4 to 6 p.m. on Sept. 1 to welcome students back to campus. Students enjoyed free food, a performance by the Singing Lions, and lots more fun on the Hintz Family Alumni Center lawn. It was an opportunity for students meet with old friends and make new ones. The Blue & White Society was established as a student organization that aims to enhance student life through promoting Penn State pride, community service and dedication to the University. For additional information on the Blue & White Society, go to http://www.alumni.psu.edu/gobw/ online.

Blue & White Society welcomes back Penn State students

Richard Nelson unveiled the new Penn State Historical Marker celebrating biomechanics at Penn State. Nelson is one of the three people listed on the marker -- the other two are Chauncy Morehouse and Peter Cavanagh. All three were recognized for their early leadership and innovation in the lab.

Historical marker celebrating biomechanics unveiled

Taylor Swift is backlit on stage during her concert at the Bryce Jordan Center on Saturday, Aug. 29, one of many stops on her Fearless Tour 2009, which is promoting the 19-year-old singer/songwriter's recent album, also entitled 'Fearless.' The show sold out in a mere 20 minutes according to Bryce Jordan Center Director of Sales and Marketing Bernie Punt, making it the fastest sellout in the venue's history.

Swift greeted by sold-out crowd

University Park Undergraduate Association President Gavin Keirans, the Nittany Lion, Penn State President Graham B. Spanier and State College Borough Council President Elizabeth Goreham listen as Sean Gensert, left, and Rob Chakravarty, right talk about their experiences in the neighborhood so far.

LION Walk welcomes students to downtown neighborhoods

Richard J. Courtney, professor and chair of Microbiology and Immunology at the Penn State College of Medicine, presents a white laboratory coat to first-year graduate student Greg Berry during the first ever Graduate Student Oath ceremony. Following the distribution of white coats, more than 50 entering graduate students joined together to recite the newly created pledge to uphold the values of integrity, professionalism, and scholarship in biomedical research. (Photo by Darrell Peterson)

College of Medicine graduate students mark first ethics ceremony

Members of the Blue & White Society showed their Penn State pride and encouraged new students to join the group. Penn State York students, faculty, and staff enjoyed a welcome back picnic and a club rush on Monday, Aug. 24, sponsored by the Student Affairs office. Dinner and a club fair took place from 4 – 6 p.m. to provide students the chance to meet other students, faculty, and staff and have some fun. Students also could visit club tables and learn more about the variety of clubs and organizations at the campus from the Hispanic Student Association and the Biology Club to the Penn State Dance Marathon (THON). Welcome Week activities continue throughout the first week of classes and include musical performances, comedy, karaoke, and free ice cream. The events are designed to give students the opportunity to get to know other students and become more familiar with the campus.

Welcome Week at Penn State York

Nancy and Steve Sheetz address faculty and staff about their vision for their gift; the creation of an entrepreneurial center at the college's downtown location.

Steve and Nancy Sheetz give $2.5 million to Penn State Altoona

This year's incoming freshman class is enthusiastic, as demonstrated by these students who attended the Be A Part From The Start pep rally in Rec Hall Sunday evening, Aug. 23.

Freshmen urged to 'Be A Part From The Start'

The full 2009 Penn State Blue Band practices in the sunset of Friday, Aug. 21, during the last of a trio of three-hour rehearsals. The full 310-member band undertakes three such days of rehearsal after being assembled via auditions by prospective and returning members. The organization first performs in uniform at the home football opener against Akron on Sept. 5.

Blue Band readies for '09 season

Many family-oriented activities, such as this basketball toss, were held on the Penn State Altoona campus throughout Move-In Day, to create a festive atmosphere. Chancellor Lori Bechtel-Wherry took a moment to enjoy the fun. To see more photos of Bechtel-Wherry's participation in student move-in, visit http://www.altoona.psu.edu/now/news.asp?value=2182 online.

Penn State Altoona welcomes back students

Women students construct a "prototype" residence hall room for the 21st century that is energy efficient, compact and safe. The students must buy parts for their creations at the "WEPO Wal-Mart" and stay within a defined budget.

College of Engineering holds orientation

Six young ladies watched with interest at a farm safety demonstration at Ag Progress Days on Tuesday, Aug. 18. The largest outdoor agricultural exhibition in Pennsylvania, Ag Progress Days runs through Aug. 20. The exhibition takes place at the Russell E. Larson Agricultural Research Center on Route 45 in Pennsylvania Furnace.

Ag Progress Days

The Nittany Lion does his best shrine impression before the statue is lowered onto its base as a cameraman from NBC 10 News in Philadelphia captures the scene.

Lehigh Valley's Nittany Lion shrine makes move to Center Valley

ARRIVAL DAY: Newly arrived international students received information and began the check-in process in Findlay Commons on Penn State's University Park campus this week. Penn State is welcoming about 1,000 new international students this fall; the University Office of Global Programs' new international student orientation runs until Aug. 23.

International students arrive

Wide receiver Graham Zug had a strong 2008 season and is one of a group of pass catchers looking to pick up the passing game following the graduation of record-breaking trio Deon Butler, Jordan Norwood and Derrick Williams.

2009 Lions meet the media

Moving trucks and a busload of movers arrive at Penn State Lehigh Valley's new campus in Center Valley to unload the cargo brought from its old location at Fogelsville. The move began at 8 a.m. Monday, Aug. 10 and will last four days.

Penn State Lehigh Valley moves to Center Valley

Dexter Harris, Google cartographer, pedals past the Nittany Lion shrine, as image collection for the Google Street View Project wraps up at University Park.

Google Street View comes to University Park

Physician Michael Weitekamp helps an incoming member of the College of Medicine's class of 2013 put on her first white coat during the annual White Coat Ceremony. With an incoming class of 144 students, medical student enrollment at the College of Medicine has increased by 16 percent since 2001, a promising statistic considering an impending national shortage of physicians.

Class of 2013 dons white coats in annual ceremony

"The Donor Diggers" await their turn to compete. The "Diggers," from the College of the Liberal Arts' alumni relations and development team, were one of 16 teams to compete in the college's annual Office Olympics fundraiser on Aug. 6. This was the second year for the event which was held on the Pattee Mall on Penn State's University Park campus. This year, over $3,200 was raised for the Centre County United Way, surpassing last year's total of $2,400. The "Psych-Clones," one of two teams from the Department of Psychology, were the winning team, raising more than $1,000. For more information on the event, go to http://live.psu.edu/story/40824

College of the Liberal Arts Office Olympians

As part of University Park's Spend a Summer Day program, Penn State faculty and staff are seen here on Monday, July 27, in the HUB-Robeson Center's Alumni Hall as they provide information to potential Penn State undergraduate applicants. Hundreds of such high school students will converge on University Park on each Monday, Wednesday and Friday through Aug. 7 to take part in the daylong program, aimed at helping families gain information useful in making college application decisions.

Prospective students Spend A Summer Day at Penn State

Penn State Baseball Camp participants hold a position during fielding drills under the lights of Medlar Field at Lubrano Park on Tuesday, July 28. The four-day camp offered baseball players from grades six through 12 a chance to work with Penn State baseball coaches, players and staff. This particular camp was one of three baseball programs offered, and ran from Monday, July 27, through Thursday, July 30.

Camps give athletes a jump on the competition

Penn State High School Journalists compare handwritten notes and audio recording times with visual journalism faculty member Curt Chandler, left, during an interview session in Paterno Library's Special Collections Library on Tuesday, July 14. The camp, which ran during the week of July 12, immersed high school journalism-minded students in the world of newswriting, photojournalism and multimedia reporting with instruction by Penn State journalism students and faculty.

Youth camps educate participants

Penn State basketball players Billy Oliver, back left; DJ Jackson, front left; Tim Francis, back center; and Emily Phillips, right, go after dive rings as youth watch at the outdoor pool next to McCoy Natatorium during a pool party hosted by the Penn State men's and women's basketball teams at the outdoor pool adjacent to McCoy Natatorium on Friday, July 24.

Basketball teams host pool party

Capt. Jason Glanovski of the 727th Expeditionary Air Control Squadron loads soccer balls into boxes on July 14. The balls were distributed to Iraqi children living near Balad on July 15. The Pennsylvania State University chapter of the Phi Kappa Tau fraternity sponsored a donation drive at its Kicks 4 Kids soccer tournament in June, and then shipped the balls to Iraq for distribution.

In Iraq, airmen distribute soccer balls donated by Penn State fraternity

Wesley Noonan-Sessa, far left, talks with Joel Anstrom, director of the Hybrid and Hydrogen Research Laboratory at Penn State, about the University's Hi-Lion fuel cell vehicle. Noonan-Sessa is driving a Nissan Altima hybrid across the country as a part of the Renew America Roadtrip. The Graduate Automotive Technology Education Program at Penn State has placed students in jobs with Volvo, GM, and Tesla Motors.

Renew America Roadtrip entourage stops at Penn State

Ollie Ogbu, senior defensive tight end on the Penn State football team, holds out through the iron cross challenge during Lift For Life in Holuba Hall on Friday, July 10. The event, organized by the Penn State chapter of Uplifting Athletes, featured 24 teams of four football players competing in 11 different strength-challenging events in support of the Kidney Cancer Association.

Lift for Life 2009

Pennsylvania Centre Stage, a Centre County performing arts association, will present "Hay Fever" on stage at the Citizens Bank Theater in the Penn State Downtown Theatre July 14 - 26. Seen here in a scene from the production are cast members Jessiee Datino, left, Jane Ridley, center, and Chad Bradford, in character.

Pennsylvania Centre Stage presents 'Hay Fever'

Children play in the water buckets on Allen Street in downtown State College on Thursday, July 9, the first day of the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, a celebration of the arts featuring artisans and musicians from across the country through Sunday, July 12.

Arts Festival 2009 is officially under way

Above, two of many kids who took their parents out for Children's Day at the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts on Wednesday, July 8. Above, Julia Davis, of Shaver's Creek Environmental Center, teaches them about the North American Wood Turtle.

Children's Day at the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts

As usual, the fireworks show at 4thFest was spectacular. Here, combinations of shells create "lollipops" in the air, as the song "Lollipop" plays on the simulcast radio broadcast.

4thFest provides family entertainment

At left, Bruce Miller, senior research associate in energy fuels at Penn State's Earth and Mineral Sciences Energy Institute, gives an overview of the research taking place at the facility to U.S. Rep. Glenn Thompson, of Pennsylvania's 5th District.

Rep. Glenn Thompson visits Penn State

A variety of departments and organizations were on hand during the community open house at the Penn State Hershey Cancer Institute on June 27 to provide health and wellness information to attendees.

Penn State Hershey Cancer Institute

The new Gazebo Courtyard at the Nittany Lion Inn on Penn State's University Park campus. The courtyard was designed and constructed through the combined efforts of Penn State students enrolled in the College of Agricultural Sciences' Landscape Contracting Program and employees at the Office of Physical Plant.

Nittany Lion Inn Gazebo Courtyard

From the vantage point of the Alumni Center's gazebo, the fish pond and arched bridge named in memory of alumnus, trustee and onetime Penn State Alumni Association executive director Ridge Riley are in view. In the gazebo, students often can be found studying while others munch on lunch.

All ages seek out moments to enjoy campus wildlife, greenery

Gerardo Edelstein, director of orchestral studies in the Penn State School of Music and music director of the 2009 Music at Penn's Woods Festival Orhestra, conducts the orchestra on stage during its first concert in Esber Recital Hall on Saturday, June 20.

Music at Penn's Woods returns

Lauren Steinberg, left, Jennifer Charney, center, and Abby Hopkins, right, stroll past annual and perennial flower beds along the Joan Milius Smith Esplanade of the H.O. Smith Botanic Gardens at The Arboretum at Penn State. The three, all of whom are staff members of the Development Office within the College of Agricultural Sciences, were visiting the site as part of the open house on Friday, June 19.

Arboretum holds open house

Cast members of Pennsylvania Centre Stage's upcoming production, "The Dining Room," are seen in character at Citizens Bank Theater in downtown State College - from left, Jeff Talbott, Jessiee Datino, Johnny Russell, Brigid Brady, Stephanie Stroud and Blaine Smith. The show, directed by Cary Libkin, will run between June 16-28. Talbott and Brady, both whom have Broadway experience, will join Penn State theatre graduate actors Stroud, Russell, Datino and Smith for the production.

'Dining Room' set to open

Junior Helyne Joseph studies chemistry at the base of the Life Sciences Building. While most of the student body is on summer break, some students, such as Joseph, remain in Happy Valley to continue taking courses.

Summer slower at University Park

Gen. Ray Odierno, commanding general, Multinational-Force-Iraq, greets actor/comedian Stephen Colbert (left) of Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report" during Colbert's performance for U.S. military personnel at Al Faw Palace in Baghdad, Sunday, June 7, 2009. Colbert is participating in a USO/Armed Forces Entertainment tour to the Persian Gulf region June 5-11, 2009.

Faculty member photographs Colbert visit to troops

Stephen Sinnott, competing for Venango and Forest Counties, celebrates his first-place finish in his heat of the Special Olympics 50 meter freestyle competition at McCoy Natatorium on Penn State's University Park campus. Aquatics competition was scheduled for all day on Friday, June 5, and continuing until Saturday afternoon.

Special Olympics 2009 under way

The 11 "boot camp" participants, including three from Penn State, come from seven different schools. Overall, 75 students were selected for the highly competitive national program, which conducts similar "boot camp" sessions at other college campuses across the nation. Of the 75 students selected for summer internships, six were from Penn State.

Student interns go through journalism 'boot camp'

Penn State junior Greta Righter browses dresses and other women's attire during the 2009 Trash to Treasure Sale on Saturday, May 30, under Beaver Stadium. The event, organized yearly by the Penn State Housing Office and the Office of Physical Plant, helps save many tons of such usable items from landfills, and offers them for sale at very low prices. Proceeds from the event, which this year totaled more than $60,000, will go to the Centre County United Way.

2009 Trash to Treasure sale a success

As the mock accident event continued, victims acted out their injured roles so emergency medical personnel could respond on the scene realistically, while fire and HazMat responders worked to extinguish the "plane" fire. During the event, Penn State's HazMat Response Team, which has served as Centre County's certified hazardous materials response team since 1993, worked to certify two crews.

University Park Airport conducts full-scale disaster drill

Four generations of family work here sorting housewares on Friday, May 22, under Beaver Stadium. Between great-grandmother Gloria Welch, far left, her daugther Doris Alterio, center, seated, granddaughter LaDan Alterio, right, and 18-month-old great-grandson Joey Woodring, the four have a combined 21 years of Trash to Treasure volunteer experience.

Preparations under way for Trash to Treasure sale

Pennsylvania Centre Stage, a Centre County performing arts association, will premiere the musical "The Apple Tree" at the Citizens Bank Theatre. The show stars Richard Roland, left, as Balladeer, Erin Davie, center, as Barbara, and Chad Bradford, right, as Sanjar, in an adaptation of stories by Mark Twain, Frank R. Stockton and Jules Feiffer, will run from May 26 through June 7.

Pa. Centre Stage to perform 'Apple Tree'

Students competed in two experiments throughout the day to determine the 2009 Chemistry Day trophy winner. Students from Fairview High School earned top honors; their winning team was JB3 (J B Cubed).

High schoolers compete in Chemistry Day at Penn State Erie

Penn State Beaver, established in 1965, sits on 104 hilltop acres in Center Township near the borough of Monaca, approximately 30 miles northwest of downtown Pittsburgh. The campus enrolls about 800 traditional and adult students.

Road Scholars conclude 14th annual tour

Elizabeth Klaviter and Dr. Daniel Shapiro defined one aspect of their roles as television show consultants as “fighting the good fight” of helping ensure the shows’ medical story lines remain accurate when the writers use them to drive the drama. And they said they aren’t shy about trying to drive what they see as important public health topics—like mental health—into storylines when it fits the larger story arc. They see it as an opportunity to educate.

'Grey's Anatomy' researcher visits Hershey

A total of 248 seventh- and eighth-grade girls representing 41 schools in Erie, Crawford, Potter and Warren counties gathered at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, on Tuesday, May 12, for the 13th annual Math Options Career Day, a program designed to spark the girls' interest in the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields. Students from Roosevelt Middle School in Erie kicked off the day by participating in the annual School Challenge Contest-making a parachute for a precious ping-pong ball.

Math Options celebrates lucky number 13

Headed into downtown Pittsburgh, Road Scholars observed why the city is often compared with Venice, given the many bridges that connect several of Allegheny County's 130 municipalities, including the City of Pittsburgh itself, with about 300,000 people. The county's population is approximately 1.3 million, according to Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato, a Penn State alumnus who spoke to the group at the Allegheny County Courthouse.

Road Scholars tour Pittsburgh area

Office of Physical Plant (OPP) employees assess the situation as mother duck looks on. Eleven ducklings fell through the cracks of a storm drain and were temporarily separated from their mother before being rescued.

Alert OPP workers save 11 ducklings

Office of the University Registrar Staff prepare for commencement by carefully placing diplomas and minor certificates in cases. At University Park, seven students will receive associate degrees, while 6,965 will be awarded baccalaureate degrees. Approximately 709 master's degree students are expected to graduate, as are 234 doctoral degree candidates. For more on Penn State's spring 2009 commencement, visit http://live.psu.edu/story/39471.

Registrar's office busy preparing diplomas

Once the new and newly tenured faculty tour participants boarded a charter bus bound for points westward, President Graham Spanier offered his perspectives on University-related questions from the audience.

Road Scholars embark on 14th annual bus trip

Philip J. McConnaughay, dean of Penn State's Dickinson School of Law, presides over the commencement ceremony of the School, held on Saturday, May 9, in Eisenhower Auditorium. The event marked the first such ceremony of the school to be held at University Park.

Dickinson School of Law holds 2009 commencement

Pathways participants tested their structural aptitude by building freestanding tower out of marshmallow and spaghetti during the Tasty Towers workshop. This was a record-breaking year for the program with 231 students, 30 teachers, and 15 parents participating. Participants attend workshops covering a wide range of topics from meteorology to the science of color in cosmetics, and the future of hand held computing.

Pathways Program at Penn State York encourages STEM careers

A packed Bryce Jordan Center saw the performance of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band as part of his "Working On A Dream Tour" on Friday, May 8. The venue was packed for the event, with seating extending around the facility, including what would normally be behind stage.

The Boss rocks the Jordan Center

A class of six nursing students recently traveled to South Africa to learn first-hand how the role of a nurse differs from country to country. The event was sponsored by Sigma Theta Tau Nursing Honor Society. Shown here: A Penn State nursing student gives a stuffed animal to a child at a health care clinic in Cape Town, South Africa.

Nursing students learn about health care in South Africa

Sen. Arlen Specter spoke Monday to faculty, staff, and students on the campus of Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and Penn State College of Medicine.

Specter visits Penn State Hershey

Several acts were scheduled to take the stage for Wallypalooza. Headliner Asher Roth was scheduled to follow several acts including Cory Gunz, Scarecrow Collection and the locally based group Forensic Unit.

UPUA hosts Wallypalooza on the HUB lawn

Mechanical engineering senior Jackson Siu, right, explains the airbag design for an alternative seat system for the Orion space capsule during the College of Engineering's Spring 2009 Design Showcase on Wednesday, April 29, in the Annex Gym at the Bryce Jordan Center. At the event engineering students present their projects that give solutions to real-world problems posed by industry. This particular project was sponsored by NASA and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Engineering students show off capstone projects

About 2,000 graduating seniors were expected at the Hintz Family Alumni Center Wednesday (April 29) for the seventh annual Senior Sendoff sponsored by the Lion Ambassadors and the Penn State Alumni Association.

Seniors celebrated at annual sendoff

Members of the women's cooperative in Mtae display their pottery artifacts to a group of tourists hiking through the village. An effort established by the Penn State professors, the pottery kiln and booth, will be built in this site.

Professors seek to improve Tanzanian communities through tourism

A portrait of Lt. Michael P. Murphy is unveiled at the ceremony.

Seminar room named to honor fallen alumnus

An employee from the downtown State College shop Rapid Transit Sports gives a presentation called "The Right Shoe For You," a lesson on choosing athletic running, sport and training sneakers.

Wellness fair aims to create Healthier U

A carnival set up outside Beaver Stadium one just one of many activities available during Blue-White weekend, which culminated in the annual Blue-White football scrimmage on Saturday, April 25.

Blue-White weekend full of activities

Pictured from left as they cut the dedication ribbon outside the Lewis Katz Building, are Rodney Erickson, James Broadhurst, Lewis Katz and wife Marjorie, H. Laddie Montague, Jr. and his wife, Graham B. Spanier, and Philip J. McConnaughay. The ceremony was part of the dedication held on Friday, April 24, at the Lewis Katz Building.

Katz Building dedicated

Coquese Washington called the participants of Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day to come down in front of the stage. The children sat on the floor as she talked to them about their future career paths.

Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day draws crowd

Nathan, an Exploration Day participant, grins, his hair standing on end, while he experiences the static electrical effects of a Van der Graaf Generator, seen at left, during Exploration Day 2009 on Saturday, April 18, in the Bryce Jordan Center South Annex.

Exploration Day brings science to youth

In its second year, the Passover Buffet at Waring Dining Commons on Penn State's University Park campus has given Jewish students who adhere to kosher dietary laws an option for meals during Passover.

Dining commons marks Passover with kosher buffet

Members of the Penn State Blue Band trumpet section stopped by the Old Main Open House on April 15, and played some music from the bell tower.

Lion Ambassadors host Old Main Open House

SLEIC's first official research participant inside the Siemens MRI machine was none other than Penn State President Graham Spanier, whose side view brain scan was on display during the open house. The president noted that his experience as a study subject was remarkable not only for the wide range of innovative research he encountered but also for the enthusiasm of the staff and researchers for the studies that the machine now makes possible for them to conduct.

Imaging center opens for multidisciplinary research scanning

John Bul Dau meets students and community members during a pre-event dinner. Dau was on hand at Penn State Altoona for a lecture and book signing.

Sudanese 'Lost Boy' speaks at Penn State Altoona

A photograph of the original photo of (Powekonnay) Richie Plass and his father from 1955. Plass is an American Indian from the Menominee Indian Reservation in Wisconsin, and the curator of this exhibit, which will be on display from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. through April 16 in 208 HUB-Robeson Center.

Bittersweet Winds-Native American Imagery

Junior Daniel Jenson does schoolwork in the News and Microforms Library on the ground floor of Pattee Library West. Photo by Nicole Yetter

Students capture 'just one minute'

Iron Chef competition participants and Phat Beets team members Evan Alteu, left, Crystal Lingle and Trevor Swope are hard at work in the kitchen. Phat BeetsÕ dish won the competition.

Iron Chef competition raises funds for food bank

Robert Voigt (left) explains foundry operations in the Factory for Advanced Manufacturing Education (FAME) lab to alumni during the industrial engineering centennial celebration.

Industrial Engineering celebrates 100 years

Nationally-recognized band The Spill Canvas performs its set to close out Movin' On 2009. The music festival, held on Saturday, April 4, on the HUB-Robeson Center lawn, featured 12 bands and drew thousands of students and fans. Penn State student bands performed as well as groups of international acclaim.

Movin' On celebrates 35th anniversary

As part of the 2009 Arts Crawl, students such as these were able to try their hand at activities in more than a dozen visual arts studios across campus. From left are senior Ruby Dharsi, senior Navarro Chamberlain, freshman Matt Snyder and junior Giancarlo Osorio, hard at work on a photogram in the chemical photography darkroom during the annual event, held on Friday, April 3.

Crawl showcases visual arts

Trombonist Elisabeth Shafer was featured in "Moon Over Cuba," the first selection played by the State College Area High School Jazz Band, under the direction of Richard Victor.

Jazz Festival features area schools

Tom Bradley and the other Penn State coaches will offer further detailed breakdowns throughout Friday and Saturday. Live drills will precede Saturday's scrimmage. Penn State also will host five different camp opportunities on the University Park campus in June during its 35th annual summer football camps. Close to 3,000 high school players from across the nation annually attend the camps.

Football Coaches Clinic draws hundreds

Senior Jamelle Cornley found his mom in the crowd after last night's NIT championship victory. Cornley, who led Penn State with 18 points and seven rebounds, was named the NIT MVP despite playing the last three games of the tournament with his partially separated left shoulder tightly wrapped.

Lions crowned NIT champions

Penn State graduate student Peter Cirka turns the page for pianist Emanuel Ax during the concert featuring Ax, violinist Itzhak Perlman and Yo-Yo Ma at Eisenhower Auditorium on Monday, March 30.

Trio of virtuosos performs at Eisenhower Auditorium

Penn State student Carla Duran teaches Sara Tomchick of Tyrone to drill a hole for a spile, or tap, to collect maple sap.

Shaver's Creek holds anual Maple Harvest Festival

Attendees of the Minerals Junior Education Day watch a prism demonstration by Peter Heaney, left, professor of earth and mineral sciences. At right are youth Education Day participants, from left, Greg, Ryan and Nate. The day included eight different stops in which first- through eighth-grade children and their parents had the opportunity to learn about earth and mineral sciences. The event, held on Saturday, March 28, in the Earth and Engineering Sciences Building, was sponsored by the Penn State Mineral Museum and local earth/mineral enthusiast groups.

EMS event a day of fun, learning for youth

On Saturday, March 28, at 8:30 p.m., Penn State's University Park campus joined in the global effort known as "Earth Hour" by turning off the bell tower lights of Old Main, as well as decorative lights elsewhere on campus. Here, Old Main is seen with only the lights needed for safety turned on.

Decorative lights go out for Earth Hour

Sophomore Jeff Szklinski walks past blooming forsythia bushes along the back of Sparks Building on Friday, March 27. Forsythia, a plant typically more active starting in mid to late spring, decided to show its color due to the increasingly warm temperatures.

Warm weather prompts outdoor activity

Students warmed up for the performance, which included two quartets and a duet.

School of Music students perform at Village at Penn State

Penn State alumnus and former NBA player John Amaechi speaks to Penn State technical services employees about diversity, respect and civility in the workplace.

Penn State alum John Amaechi returns to campus for diversity talk

Dance crew JabbaWockeeZ performed in a packed Bryce Jordan Center on Tuesday, March 24, as the opening act for New Kids on the Block.

JabbaWockeeZ, New Kids perform for enthusiastic crowd

Lampeter-Strasburg High School's Lisa Boyer, left, faces down Archibishop Carroll High School defenders Erin Shields, center, and Kerri Shields, during their PIAA AAA Girls Basketball state championship match on Saturday, March 21, in the Bryce Jordan Center. Archbishop Carroll won the game 68-45.

Jordan Center site of PIAA basketball championships

Penn State first-year student Serenity Ireland was selected to participate in the performance as an honorary Guerilla Girl.

Guerilla Girls perform at Heritage Hall

Andrew Jones pulls down another rebound. After jumping to a 15-point lead, 20-5, after eight minutes of play Penn State never trailed in the game and led by as many as 16 in the second half.

Lions win second NIT game, 83-72

Medical students celebrate after opening their letters to find out where they will be headed for residency. College of Medicine students now look forward to graduation ceremonies before beginning their residency programs. The 2009 graduation weekend is May 15-17.

Match Day full of anticipation, celebration

Penn State's Talor Battle breaks past George Mason Patriot John Vaughan, 22, right, early on in the game between the Nittany Lions and the Patriots in the Bryce Jodan Center on Tuesday, March 17, which became a 77-73 victory for the Lions after Battle's game-saving three-point shot which took the game into overtime.

Lions win exciting NIT opener

Another stop on the tour was the Evangelical Congregational Church of Westborough, Mass. During the Penn State Glee Club's concert, the Hi-Los, a small ensemble taken from within the Glee Club, performed. Here, they're doing their traditional closer, "Little Liz."

Glee Club goes on spring break tour

Talor Battle went coast-to-coast with the ball and put up a last-second shot for the Nittany Lions, who were trailing 63-62.

Battle's buzzer-beater lifts Lions to win

This is the studio floor of Marie Rim, one of the featured artists in the Zoller Gallery graduate thesis exhibition.

Zoller features graduate exhibition thesis

4:29 a.m. Penn State University police officer Dustin Miller checks an illegally-parked vehicle during a routine early-morning patrol. Photo by Andy Colwell

Students document 24 hours at University Park

Penn State engineering students Andrew Deihl, left and Brianne Wilburne, right, both seniors, prepare their American Society of Mechanical Engineers team entry for competition in the 2009 Rube Goldberg Machine Contest in Alumni Hall of the HUB-Robeson Center on Satuday, Feb. 28. The team went on to attain first place out of the five teams present.

Super Mario entry wins Rube Goldberg contest

Pilar Beam, left, a representative from Lake Bryn Mawr Camp, discusses summer work possibilities with seniors April Steward, center, and Jessica James, right, during the Penn State Career Services People to People Career Fair on Friday, Feb. 27, in Alumni Hall in the HUB-Robeson Center.

Fair connects People 2 People

Penn State York dancers and supporters watch the screen during THON and learn the intricate moves of the line dance. Dan Hood and Todd Gutierrez, back row; Danielle Weekley, Robyn Johnson, Jes MacDonald, and Jess Olan, front row.

Penn State York dancers help THON

Much of what Eckenrode and Hamer learned on their Mexican trip was used to make the menu for Sol de Cobre, the new authentic Mexican line at Findlay Dining Commons.

Findlay Dining Commons adds authentic Mexican flavor

Despite the weak economy, THON raised a record $7.49 million "For the Kids."

THON raises record $7.49 million

The ice hockey team turned out to be the fan favorite, as the team's performance to music from Happy Feet took first place in the competition at the THON pep rally on Saturday night.

Entertainment keeps dancers going

THON family children served as auxiliary percussionists for Lost Faculties as the group performed Saturday afternoon, Feb. 21.

THON '09 in full swing

The Lion rallies a packed Bryce Jordan Center before the start of THON 2009, which began at 6 p.m on Friday, Feb. 20.

THON '09 under way

With Gerald Cannon on bass, Gary Bartz on saxophone, Eric Kamau Gavatt on drums and McCoy Tyner on piano, the quartet has sustained a level of jazz mastery for many years. Tyner has released nearly 80 albums under his name, earned four Grammy Awards and was awarded Jazz Master from the National Endowment for the Arts in 2002.

McCoy Tyner Quartet delights audience

Penn State Executive Chef Mark Kowalski, the culinary expert in charge of culinary support services at University Park and several other campuses, offered the second edition of his "Cooking 101" student class Wednesday night (Feb. 18) with a Cajun theme in advance of Mardi Gras.

Students learn Cajun cooking with Penn State executive chef

Package-filled bags line the hallways of the third floor of the HUB on Thursday, Feb. 19, in advance of THON 2009, which begins on Friday, Feb. 20 in the Bryce Jordan Center. These packages, along with thousands of letters, will be delivered to the dancers of the 2009 Dance Marathon at an undisclosed time on Sunday, Feb. 22, the last day of the 46-hour fundraiser for childhood cancer research.

THON Morale Committee readies for mail call

With banners boasting "Happy Birthday Dear Old State" and the rock band Havoc Jack singing "Happy Birthday," the Founders' Day party spirit was infectious.

154th Birthday for Penn State

Honore Daumier created the lithograph "Ingrate patrie, tu n'auras pas mon oeuvre!" (Ungrateful country, you shall not have my work!) in 1840.

'09 Palmer Museum Recent Acquisitions

Sophomore vocalist Kaitlyn Lusk closed out the first half of the program singing "Easy to Love" with the Centre Dimensions Jazz Band, under the direction of Dan Yoder.

Students perform at Kimmel Center

After the show, eager children greeted the puppets. The Penn State Altoona puppetry class has been taught by Carlos Ruiz for two years, although prior semesters' students focused on puppet design. Ruiz investigated School of Theater archives and believes it may be the first puppet show performed by Penn State students. This was also his first artistic collaboration with his wife, Roselyn Costantino, associate professor of Spanish and women's studies, who has written extensively about women's theatre as well as theatre performance in Latin America.

Penn State Altoona students perform puppetry with class

The annual Spring Career Fair is under way at the Bryce Jordan Center through Feb. 17. At the Boeing booth, applicants wait their turn for a chance to secure a job interview.

Annual career fair under way

James Lyon, professor in Penn State's School of Music, joined the world-renowned Ying Quartet during their two-day residency at the University Park campus, an educational and artistic venture that was prelude to their performance Friday night (Feb. 13) at Schwab Audtorium.

Ying Quartet delights faculty, students

Eight engineers strutted their stuff for a panel of judges Monday (Feb. 9) night in the Mr. Engineer 2009 contest. The annual mock beauty pageant, which is sponsored by the Society of Women Engineers, benefits the Penn State Dance Marathon. This year's event brought in $892.94 for the kids. here, contestants in the Mr. Engineer 2009 pageant wait for a decision from the judges. From left to right: Camilo Arenas, Steve Bates, Steve Brown, Kevin Cherry, Michael Ducker, Alex Giovanelli, Luke Hagen and Chris Justin. For additional information on the pageant go to http://live.psu.edu/story/37532

Mr. Engineer contest benefits THON

The 2009 School of Visual Arts annual Undergraduate Juried Exhibition featured Molly McInnis' "This is What a Soldier Looks Like."

'09 Zoller Undergraduate Show

Before the start of the game, Penn State's Jamelle Cornley ran over to greet members of Nittany Nation, a student group formed to support the men's basketball team.

Activities surround men's basketball game

The Pennharmonics of Penn State perform after the competition portion of the Mid-Atlantic Quarterfinal 1 of the 2009 International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella, held on Saturday, Feb. 7, in Alumni Hall in the HUB. The event, co-hosted by The Pennharmonics and NOTA (None Of The Above), featured six collegiate competitive a cappella ensembles.

International a cappella competition held at University Park

About 800 Penn State students turned out Saturday evening to hear speaker Jon Gosselin, co-star of the TLC reality TV show "Jon & Kate Plus." The lecture was sponsored by the Asian Pacific American Caucus, a student group that promotes diversity.

Reality TV dad speaks at Penn State

Sophomore Herbert Payung, a music education major, played "Intrada" by Arthur Honegger, with Kathy Gattuso Cinatl, piano. Upcoming School of Music concerts include two recitals on Saturday, Feb. 7, in Esber Recital Hall: a graduate recital by Lillian Klotz, violin, at 5 p.m., and a student recital by Brian Henry, baritone, at 8 p.m.

Students perform brass recitals during Bach's Lunch

The Pennsylvania State School of Theatre's University Resident Theatre Company will present "The Wiz" Feb. 17-28 in the Playhouse Theatre on the University Park campus. Pictured are cast members Gilbert L. Bailey II as the Scarecrow, Lexi Rhoades as Dorothy, Paul-Jordan Jansen as the Lion and Dan Gleason as The Wiz.

University Resident Theatre Company presents "The Wiz"

Members of Nittany Nation high-five members of the Penn State men's basketball team as the team boards a bus out of University Park. The team headed up to Ann Arbor, Mich., where they will face the Michigan Wolverines on Thursday.

Nittany Nation gives basketball team big sendoff

After Penn State's class of 2009 voted last fall to remove and restore the Old Main bell as its gift to the University, Ute Poerschke, associate professor of architecture, and her colleagues realized they had found the perfect project for their second-year architecture students. They tasked them to compete in a charrette -- a short, intensive architectural project -- to present ideas for the bell's eventual relocation and display.

2009 Student Class Gift

Kenneth Starr is one of the most prominent appellate advocates in the United States, having argued more than 20 cases to the U.S. Supreme Court. In addition to his career in private practice, he has served as a judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit, Solicitor General of the United States, and as independent counsel in the Whitewater matter. He is a former law clerk to Supreme Court Justice Warren Burger and holds an master of arts degree from Brown University and a juris doctor degree from Duke.

Kenneth Starr speaks at University Park

A long line stretched around the concourse of the Bryce Jordan Center on Monday morning (Feb. 2) as people waited in line to purchase tickets to the Bruce Springsteen concert. Springsteen will play the Jordan Center on May 8.

Turnout high for Springsteen tickets

Trombonist and visual artist Dick Griffin shares a sample of his musical talent during a master class on Thursday, Jan. 29. The campus visit was hosted by the Department of Integrative Arts, the School of Music, Penn State Jazz Club, UPAC, and the Equal Opportunity Planning Committee.

Musician, visual artist Dick Griffin visits University Park

Mike Hacke offered recollections of the school year's THON events leading up to the 46-hour no-sitting, no-sleeping event on Feb. 20-22, 2009, as well as a leader's words of poignant inspiration in the final three weeks before the big event.

Road to THON dinner stirs anticipation, hope for THON 2009

A snowy Lion Shrine stands watch over the equally snowy western part of campus on the morning of Wednesday, Jan. 28. Snow fell starting late Tuesday night, with frozen precipitation early Wednesday morning, and is expected to continue throughout the day.

Another storm blankets area

The installation work of Elissa Cox will be on display until March 4. A reception will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 5, at the HUB Gallery.

HUB Gallery features work of Elissa Cox

From his chair on stage in Eisenhower Auditorium, comedian Bill Cosby gestures to the audience, winning smiles and extended laughter from the packed venue at the first of two performances on Friday, Jan. 23. His routine included loads of marriage advice, and a variation of his comic standard about a dentist's office visit.

Cosby delights audiences

Professor Kim Cook of Penn State's School of Music led the Penn State Cello Choir in a performance Friday (Jan. 23) at the Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel as the featured guest the Penn State Forum. Cook, who also spoke to the audience about her work, is the inaugural Penn State Laureate.

Kim Cook, Cello Choir entertain at Forum

Stanley Pringle goes up for a shot. Pringle had 12 points, six boards and four steals on the night.

Nittany Lions win, raise funds for THON

Penn State alumni Andrew Tedeschi and Erin Hall were among the millions of people who descended upon Washington, D.C., to witness the inauguration of President Barack Obama.

Alumni among throng at inauguration

Inside Pattee Library, another standing-room-only crowd assembled inside Foster Auditorium to watch the inaugural events unfold.

Students, employees watch inauguration at University Park

Penn State New Kensington and Alcoa teamed up with Habitat for Humanity on a service project Jan. 19 to honor the life of Martin Luther King Jr. Led by foreman-in-chief Kevin Snider, chancellor of the New Kensington campus, more than 25 students, faculty, and staff from the campus and employees from Alcoa worked on rehabbing a house in Arnold, Pa. Here, Arlene Hall, director of academic affairs, and Greg Dries, a member of the campus Advisory Board, get ready to paint the dining room wall.

New Kensington participates in MLK Day project

Alumni Hall in the HUB-Robeson Center was busy on Monday (Jan. 19) as a Red Cross blood drive was held in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. All classes were canceled at Penn State for the day, enabling students to participate in service activities such as this blood drive, in honor of King.

Activities held in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.

Disney motion pictures' musical standards resounded in Esber Recital Hall on Friday, Jan. 16, as SNATS, the Penn State chapter of the Student National Association of Teachers of Singing, took the stage. The event, entitlted "Dreams, Dances and Disney, Oh My!" was an informal cabaret performance comprising musical selections from prominent Disney movies.

Music students' Disney music performances fill Esber Recital Hall

Three Saturn Vue 2-Mode Hybrids sit on display outside the Hintz Alumni Center on Thursday, Jan. 15, as part of their tour from Detroit to Washington, D.C. Eleven of the vehicles visited University Park for the day, which included statements by State College Mayor William Welch, Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering department head Karen A. Thole, and Saturn Product Communications Manager Michael Morrissey as well as tours of the vehicles, Saturn materials and the display of Penn State's own ChallengeX hybrid vehicle, custom-built by the University's Advance Vehicle Team.

Inauguration-bound vehicles stop at University Park

A decadent spoonful of "BaRocky Road" -- a rocky road or tin roof sundae flavor, vanilla ice cream with chunky add-ins such as peanuts, brownies, candy and chocolate swirl -- is inspected at Penn State's Berkey Creamery before being packed in dry ice and hand-delivered to Washington, D.C., for the 2009 Pennsylvania Inaugural Gala celebrating Barack Obama's presidential inauguration.

Berkey Creamery sends BaRocky Road ice cream to inauguration

The annual Martin Luther King Jr. Art Competition is under way now, with artwork on display on the first floor of the HUB-Robeson Center on Penn State's University Park campus. Art submissions will be on display and open for voting by the student body through Jan. 16. Competition winners will be announced during the Evening Celebration on Wednesday, Jan. 21. Some of the artwork on display is featured in this photo package, including this painting by Anna Alcaro, anthropology.

MLK exhibits on display at University Park

Peter Slowik and Hannah Sams warm up prior to her solo preformence. Slowik, who began playing the viola at age 10, said he would like to be thought of as fun-loving, intelligent and compassionate when it comes to his life and the playing of the viola.

String musician Peter Slowik gives masterclass

Evelyn McCartney and Fran Brelon, employees at the Penn State Bookstore on the University Park campus, prepare orders that were sent in by students via computer. Upon arrival, the students pick up their complete book order for the term in one easy package.

'09 Spring Campus Bookstore Sales

An OPP skidloader sweeps snow off of sidewalks beside Rec Hall along Curtin Road on Saturday, Jan. 10.

First major snowfall of 2009 hits University Park

A visit to the Botany Greenhouse this time of year is quite refreshing. The Denise Orndorff Teaching Collection with its tropical plants and the Lloyd Driver Orchard Collection with its variety of orchards are rewarding not only for their colors and species but also for the ideas generated for apring planting. Following are a variety of flowers and plants currently growing in the greenhouse, including this begonia.

A visit to Botany Greenhouse

More than 100 students from the State College Area School District are represented in this year's exhibit.

High school students' art on display at University Park

Freezing rain left a coating of ice on just about everything, including trees.

Ice storm blankets campus

Julia Trogele (11) goes up for a shot for the Lady Lions. After a slow start, Penn State took charge and soundly defeated the Michigan Wolverines, 76-58.

Lady Lions wallop Wolverines

Former Nittany Lion standout Michael Robinson came to Pasadena from his NFL-home San Francisco and joined Jay Paterno on the field during the team's warm-up. He was one of several football alumni on the sidelines to offer support to the players.

Scenes from the Rose Bowl tailgate and pregame

A.Q. Shipley's expression as he walked off the field perhaps said it best: it was a bitter end to an otherwise outstanding season for Penn State football and its fans.

Scenes from the field: fans and players during the Rose Bowl

Blue Band Drum Major Matt Sabo and the majorettes wind down their long journey in the 2009 Rose Parade. In the center of the photo beyond the majorettes is a glimpse of the Penn State float with cheerleaders on board.

Blue Band photographer offers insider's view of Rose Parade

Blue Band bass drum heads are seen here, with their Rose Bowl-themed drum heads. Percussion company and Blue Band sponsor Remo contributed the matching head graphics to commemorate the Blue Band's trip to the Tournament of Roses in Pasadena.

Blue Band practices in Glendale, performs at Disneyland

The Penn State cheerleaders rode Penn State's official parade float. Fans on either side of Orange Grove Boulevard returned their spirit with a standing ovation and exuberant cheers.

Parade filled with flora, fauna, fans, fight songs and flyover

Don Bellisario, Penn State Class of '61, is head of Belisarius Productions, producer of such TV series as "NAVY NCIS," "Jag," "Quantum Leap" and "Magnum PI." Naturally, his star bears the TV icon in its center.

Seen in L.A.: famous Penn Staters

Former Nittany Lion standout Michael Robinson, often called "MRob," was on hand for the Rose Bowl and often greeted friends and fans in the team hotel lobby. His trip to Los Angeles was fairly short, since he's now a running back for the San Francisco 49ers.

Seen in L.A.: Football players past and present

P.J. Maierhofer, Penn State's Blue Sapphire, strikes a pose in front of the Rose Bowl with specially decorated rose-tipped batons before heading to the Rose Bowl Kickoff Luncheon and Hall of Fame Induction event on Dec. 31.

New Year's Eve recap in LA includes kickoff luncheon, pep rally

A second room within the prep site revealed more complete and intricately detailed floats. This bear was one of at least two visible from the upper-level viewing area. Well camoflaged in green clothing were two volunteers underneath the bear.

Preview tour gives sneak peek at floats in progress

The second Blue Band charter flight boarded and took off around 8:30, and almost immediately the third charter began its boarding call.

Rose Bowl fever begins as fans travel to Los Angeles

Kit Kinports, professor of law, unpacks her office's contents in her new office in the Lewis Katz Building. The building opened for faculty and staff on Monday, Dec. 22.

Move-in day at Katz Building

In his commencement speech, Hunter emphasized the opportunities that lay ahead for the new graduates, the new technologies that await them, and how their world will change quickly and for the better.

'08 Fall Commencement at University Park

With this December graduation at Penn State, 50 seniors have received honors medals from the Schreyer Honors College.

'08 Schreyer Honors College - December Medal Presentation

Chad, a 15-year-old small, colorful bird with a huge personality whistled and performed tricks for Penn State Brandywine education majors during a visit by the Philadelphia Zoo on Wheels to campus on Monday, Dec. 8. Zoo on Wheels is a program that uses exotic animals to educate the public.

Zoo on Wheels visits Brandywine campus

Blue Band members Chris Nation, left, and Emily Janser, right, read over music during the pre-performance rehearsal for TUBACHRISTMAS. This particular event, an annual celebration of low brass musicians across the world, took place in Rockefeller Center in New York City, where TUBACHRISTMAS began 35 years ago. Nation, the Blue Band's TUBACHRISTMAS coordinator, and Janser, both sophomores, are attending the New York event for the first time.

Blue Band performs at Rockefeller Center

When Head Coach Joe Paterno enters the room, the media automatically centers its attention on the coach.

'08 Rose Bowl Media Day

Luse said she used rolled fondant to imitate snow on and around the building. That type of icing hardens significantly once it has been placed.

Bakery constructs gingerbread Nittany Lion Inn

The December Bach's Lunch performance is one that Trombone Choir members look forward to each year because of its fun, festive tone.

Merry choir performs for Bach's Lunch

Crew members unbolt the Siemens electromagnet from the trailer before it is lifted for installation. The magnet weighs about 25,353 pounds or about 12.6 tons.

Penn State receives MRI for Imaging Center

Graduate student David Smith, trumpet, takes a solo during the opening number of the second half of the 2008 Mosaic Concert in Eisenhower Auditorium. The Centre Dimensions jazz band, under direction of Dan Yoder, right, started this portion of the concert with a big band arrangement of the Aaron Copland "Fanfare for the Common Man."

Mosaic showcases School of Music musicians

The SPF Federal Credit tree is a reminder of weather to come.

14th Annual Festival of Trees under way

The Fourth Annual Village Festival Sale is taking place at 410 Boucke Building from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, Dec. 1-5. The international assortment of presents are brought from more than 36 countries by the free trade organization Ten Thousand Villages. The company pays its artisans fair and full payment before their handcrafted art is delivered. Half of the money collected is used for the Study Abroad Scholarships and the other half goes to the International Student Distress Fund. Here is a small sampling of their crafts.

10,000 Villages

While the neighborhood girls; Libby, Pearl and Sue pal around together the Marsupial Girl is always on the outside. Left to right are; Katie Juza, Alyssa Farrell, Julie Danni and Alyssa Bryner as Marsupial Girl in the back row.

'West Texas Marsupial Girl' is children's play

Construction is under way for the Millennium Science Complex on Penn State's University Park campus. The construction site spans the area along Pollock Road between Bigler Road and the Thomas Classroom Building.

Millennium Science Complex construction under way

Penn State Coach Joe Paterno accepted roses and an invitation to the Rose Bowl from a Rose Bowl official in the media room after Penn State's 49-18 win over Michigan State at Beaver Stadium on Saturday afternoon (Nov. 22).

Lions celebrate Senior Day with championship

The cut is complete.

Elm tree removed near Deike Building

The Jimmy Heath Quartet performed at Schwab Auditorium on Penn State's University Park campus Thursday night (Nov. 20). Albert "Tootie" Heath, born in 1935 in Philadelphia, is the youngest of three Heath brothers. He has played with such greats as John Coltrane, Modern Jazz Quartet, Don Cherry, Art Farmer and Freddie Hubbard just to mention a few from a very long list. He considers Lester Young and Connie Kay his mentors.

Jimmy Heath Quartet

The 2008 BFA Exhibition at the Zoller Gallery will be on display through Dec. 5. More information about the Zoller Gallery is available at http://www.sova.psu.edu/zoller.html online.

Zoller Gallery's BFA Exhibition displays undergraduates' works of art

Photographer Joe McNally, left, visited University Park on Friday, Nov. 14, to present two sessions in the Carnegie Cinema: the first covered photographic lighting, while the second was more about the field of photography and included a large showing of his own work throughout his career. Some 30 Penn State students and staff from photography-related fields were in attendance at the afternoon session. Here McNally is seen discussing an early image he made at the start of his career.

Photographer shares expertise with students

The Kirby Family, a Four Diamonds family, served as guest drum major for the game. The family -- mom Meredith, dad Steve, Evelyn and Max in the yellow raincoat -- walked with Penn State Drum Major Matt Sabo to lead the Blue Band on its parade from the Bryce Jordan Center to Beaver Stadium.

Game-day includes more than football

When the birthday cake is cut, the first piece of cake is given to the oldest Marine present. At this event, that piece of cake went to Marine Veteran Herb Wong, a sergeant during the Korean War. The second went to the youngest, Midshipman Vincent J. Chirico.

233rd Marine Birthday Ball

Penn State Mont Alto students worked together to clear leaves and debris from the "Extreme Makeover" site Wednesday.

Mont Alto students work with 'Extreme Makeover'

The Old Main Bell, cast in 1871, will ultimately be removed from its current location, shown here, and be restored and displayed for the entire Penn State community.

Seniors choose to restore and display Old Main bell as class gift

The all-important line dance -- an annual tradition -- was performed by THON morale captains. While next year's line dance is kept a secret until February, the movers and shakers reprised last year's rendition.

100 Days 'til THON kicks off the countdown to Feb. 20

The Penn State color guard was led by bagpiper Tracey Corte, Boalsburg.

Vets honored at Penn State observance

Cary Fraser, associate professor of African and African-American studies and history, said that President-elect Barack Obama is a Constitutional lawyer who must restore Constitutional rule that has been fractured in the past administration.

Panel debates implications of presidential election

Penn State's 97th anniversary Angus Production Sale was held Nov. 7 at the Penn State University Beef and Sheep Center on the University Park campus. Approximately 80 lots of cattle were sold. Students in an undergraduate class in livestock merchandising participate in all aspects of the sale activities, including submitting advertisements, reviewing budgets, preparing the sale facility, meeting and interacting with buyers and guests, and providing feedback to help improve sales in the future.

Angus Production Sale at Penn State

Jeff Dice, supervisor of grounds maintenance, explained the causes of elm yellows disease and the effects it has on the elm trees.

Elm yellows disease threatens campus trees

This young woman, intent on her choices, patiently reviewed her ballot.

Student vote was heavy at University Park

Recently tenured librarians Courtney Young, Penn State Beaver; Ann Snowman, University Park; Bruce Reid, Penn State Wilkes Barre; and Stephen Woods, University Park; look over a book selected by one of the tenured faculty members.The recently promoted and tenured faculty celebrated at the annual reception in their honor. For the past six years, the University Libraries and Penn State's Office of the Provost have jointly sponsored this recognition. Through the program, each newly tenured or promoted faculty is asked to select a book for the University Libraries' collection that receives a bookplate commemorating the achievement. More about the program and a full list of past honorees and submissions can be seen at http://apps.libraries.psu.edu/ptrecog/ online. For information, contact the University Libraries Public Relations and Marketing Office at (814) 863-4240.

Faculty achievements celebrated

Members of the Penn State School of Music, rehearse for the upcoming performance of "Open House," a premiere of a song cycle by Bruce Trinkley, based on the poetry of Theodore Roethke. A song recital will be presented at 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 7, in Esber Recital Hall, Music Building 1. Left to right: Raymond Sage, tenor; Richard Kennedy, tenor; Ted Christopher, baritone; Mary Saunders, soprano and Jennifer Trost, soprano. The pianist is Sue Haug, director of the School of Music.

Theodore Roethke Centenary observed

Here is the proposed site for the Winter Gardens and Winter Gardens Terrace at The Arboretum at Penn State. This image is a series of photos taken by Penn State Public Information photographer Greg Grieco, who then stitched together the photos on his computer to create this semi-panoramic view.

Arboretum at Penn State

This is former President Bill Clinton's second visit to University Park during this election season. He also spoke in Rec Hall in March, during the primary season. Overall, it was his fourth trip to University Park since being elected president.

Bill Clinton stumps for Obama at University Park

In an opening address to the audience, Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin said how good it was to be in a state like Pennsylvania because it reminded her of her home state's heritage.

Sarah Palin visits University Park

President Graham B. Spanier greets Penn State Laureate Kim Cook and pianist Svetlana Rodionova backstage of the Forum Theatre at Penn State New Kensington, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary. A professor of music in cello, Cook will perform at all Penn State campuses during her yearlong tenure as laureate. A gala was held recently on the campus.

New Kensington celebrates 50th anniversary

The entire action of the play takes place in 1903 on the Ranyevska estate in rural southern Russia.

Playhouse presents 'The Cherry Orchard'

A crowd of about 150 well-wishers were on hand Friday (Oct. 24) to send the 8-0 Nittany Lions into battle with the Ohio Buckeyes.

'08 Student Send Off for Ohio Game

This smilin' Jack insists there will be lots of safe Halloween fun this weekend at Shaver's Creek, off Route 26 between Pine Grove Mills and Whipple Dam State Park.

Shaver's Creek hosts Children's Halloween Trail and Festival this weekend

Students of senior lecturer Steve Manuel's Introduction to Public Relations class ask questions of national gymnastics star Alicia Sacramone, seen at far center. She visited the class to talk about her interactions with the media as a public figure.

Olympic gymnast speaks to public relations class

The American String Quartet with Timothy Deighton, viola, entertained the Schwab Auditorium audience Tuesday night. Seated left to right: Peter Winograd, violin; Laurie Carney, violin; Wolfram Koessel, cello; Timothy Deighton, viola; and Daniel Avshalomov viola. The concert is part of the second annual Moments of Change, a 2008-2009 ongoing initiative focused this year on the turn of the20th century (1889-1914).

American String Quartet

Twelve former mascots returned to Penn State during Homecoming weekend to attend the University Libraries talk and to celebrate its exhibit and bookmark series, "The Lions Roar: Penn State Spirit," and to share their memories as Penn State's beloved mascot. At far right, Alumni Fellow Dan Kohlhepp, who became the mascot in 1967, started the mascot's tradition of performing one-arm push-ups. To the mascots who succeeded him, he apologized for their sore arms.

Former and current Nittany Lion mascots share lion tales

To help celebrate Homecoming and its 2008 theme, "Inspired by Tradition," the S-Zone displayed Penn State's original colors, pink and black.

Homecoming game filled with tradition and excitement

While the F-18 Hornets seemed small during Saturday's flyover of Beaver Stadium, a view from the rear of the engines offers a different perspective.

Members of the public and ROTC students send off Navy F-18 Hornets

The members of the Horticulture Club of Penn State held its 95th annual Horticulture Show over Homecoming weekend. The intention of this year's show is to educate visitors on various aspects of sustainable living and the green movement.

'08 Horticulture Show

Indiana Jones was the theme of one of the floats in the parade.

Activities abound for Homecoming 2008

Journalist Manfred Grotelueschen receives the keys to test-drive the hybrid electric SUV from Thomas Southerland, a member of the Penn State Advanced Vehicle Team.

Renewable Energy Tour

Bill Nye's stage presence was dynamic and demanding.

Bill Nye gets out the green message

Penn State's original school colors were pink and black, but they faded with repeated laundering and exposure to the sun to resemble the current school colors, blue and white.

Homecoming's new Past to Present event held at HUB

Open house guests mingled on the patio in front of Borland Building, enjoying Berkey Creamery ice cream before venturing inside for self-guided tours of the renovated building. Once the home of the University Creamery and dairy science department, Borland now houses the Department of Art History, Department of Integrative Arts (including graphic design and digital photography) and the e-Learning Institute, in addition to the administrative offices.

Open house celebrates Borland Building renovations

The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, seen here, performed at Eisenhower Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 9, to an audience of 1,800. Before the concert, saxophonist Walter Blanding, front and second from left, spoke at an Artistic Viewpoints session, in which he presented his musical background and fielded questions from a small assemblage of ticketholders. Following the concert, members of the orchestra were greeted at a reception for The Jazz Train, a special membership category that helps to present world-class jazz artists at Penn State University Park.

Marsalis plays to enthusiastic crowd

The Penn State Political Science Association greets Sen. Arlen Specter outside Heritage Hall in the HUB-Robeson Center. Specter held a town meeting at Penn State.

Sen. Arlen Specter holds Town Meeting at University Park

Karl, Aimeé and Lance Langensiepen of Altoona examined a specimen box near the entrance to the Great Insect Fair. Lance has begun his own insect collection, which includes moths and a grasshopper.

Crowds swarm to the Great Insect Fair

Penn State President Graham B. Spanier takes time to chat individually with as many people as possible during the annual President's Office Open House.

Annual President's Open House draws large crowd

In Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty's play "A Man of No Importance," which runs Oct. 14-25 at the Citizen Bank Theatre, Robbie Faye, played by Mike Shultz, drives the bus while fellow driver Alfie Byrne, played by Adam Morse, reads the prose of Oscar Wilde to him . This musical production by Penn State's School of Theatre tells the story of an amateur theatre group in Dublin and their leader, who is determined to stage a version of "Salome" at his church, despite the objections of church authorities. Photos are from a recent rehearsal session.

'Man of No Importance' will send audience 'Wilde'

The HUB was bustling more than usual between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 1, as it was opening day for student ticket purchases for the upcoming mens and womens basketball seasons. The student group Nittany Nation worked with Intercollegiate Athletics to promote and run the bonanza, which included giveaways, photo ops with players, tattoo painting, and a wealth of other Blue and White-spirited activities.

Event promotes sales of basketball student tickets

The Great Horned Owl with a wing span of 55 inches, is an uncommon bird in Pennsylvania. It enjoys living in forests, woodlands, thickets and open country. During Saturdays "All about Birds", children will enjoy the more-than-20 birds of prey housed in the Raptor Center and can build their own flying machines at the end of the program.

Kids to learn 'All About Birds' Saturday at Shaver's Creek

This is an alternate view of Melvin Edwards' steel sculpture with Edward Clark's Paris Series in the background. The exhibit features works by Betty Blayton, Frank Bowling, Yvonne Pickering Carter, Edward Clark, Melvin Edwards, Sam Gilliam, David Hammons, Gerald Jackson, Lawrence Compton Kolawole, Alvin Loving, Richard Mayhew, Sam Middleton, Mary Lovelace O'Neal, Joe Overstreet, Howardena Pindell, Helen Evans Ramsaran, John T. Scott, Sylvia Snowden, the late Mildred Thompson, Jack Whitten, William T. Williams and Frank Wimberley.

'Something To Look Forward To' is a distinguished art exhibition

Exuberant fans packed Rec Hall Friday night for Rally in the Valley, sponsored by the Blue & White Society and Penn State Intercollegiate Athletics. Head football coach Joe Paterno, the Penn State football team, the Penn State cheerleaders, Lionettes dance team, the Blue Band and the Nittany Lion mascot all participated in the pep rally in advance of Saturday's football game, the Big Ten opener for both teams.

Penn State readies for Big Ten opener

Members of the men's basketball team, Billy Oliver, left, and Danny Morrissey, toss mugs and t-shirts to the dining students.

Athletes spend time at Findlay Commons

Penn State assistant football coach Jay Paterno, center, joined in the spirit and fun on Wednesday night at Paternoville outside Gate A of Beaver Stadium. Here he is seen singing the Penn State Alma Mater along with more than 100 students, many of whom were "residents" of Paternoville, a spirit-filled encampment of many of Penn State's most loyal football fans leading up to gameday.

Paternoville welcomes visitors

The Orion String Quartet with David Krakauer, clarinetist, performed "Magyar Madness," a work co-commissioned by the Center for Performing Arts, in Schwab Auditorium Tuesday night (Sept. 23). From left, musicians are Todd Phillips (violin), Daniel Phillips (violin), David Krakauer(clarinet), Timothy Edd (cello) and Steven Tenenbom (viola).

Orion String Quartet shines on Schwab Auditorium stage

Things were quiet at Paternoville on Monday, Sept. 22, as the overcast skies, cool weather and earlier-than-usual arrival time had not been conducive to the large crowds of diehard students to be expected at the encampment throughout the week. Paternoville, a glorified wait in line for some of Penn State football's most hardcore fans, is set to begin at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, and will continue through til the Big Ten Conference opener this Saturday, Sept. 27, against Illinois. Any student wishing to get in on the experience is allowed and encouraged to register with Paternoville organizers by stopping by Gate A starting at 12:01 on Tuesday, Sept. 23. The students shown here outside of Gate A are waiting in anticipation for the 12:01 registration.

Students anticipating start of Paternoville

Penn State Police Lt. Edward Delaney's expression shows his skepticism as he performs a field breath test on an underage suspect who claimed not to have had "even one drop" of alcohol. The breath test proved he had consumed more than one alcoholic beverage.

Police work hard to ensure fan safety

Penn State is aerial seeding bioenergy crops on 300 acres just north and east of the University Park campus using planes like this one. The Pratt and Whitney aircraft designed by and built for Jeff Chorman, is powered by a turbo propellor. Jeff Chorman of Allen Chorman and Son Inc. was in Centre County to spread clover and canola seed on University property.

Ag air seeding project puts energy crops in the ground

"Writer's Blocks" set up across campus -- at the Palmer Museum of Art, Willard Building and the HUB-Robeson Center -- let free speech ring across the University Park campus. Here at the Palmer Museum of Art, Adam Russo writes his comments about a particular subject.

Penn Staters celebrate Constitution Day

Lana Munip, who does public relations and marketing for the library, hands out maps containing 19 different stops. The first 300 people to have their maps stamped at all stops will receive a free t-shirt.

Library Open House

Megan Feiglston receives an interview from Kristin Cseh from Exelon. Some of the items talked about include internships, cooperative education and for full-time jobs.

Fall Career Days

University Police introduced two new Vectrix electric motorcycles to the University Park campus today (Sept. 16), the first police department in Pennsylvania and the first campus police department in the nation to add them to its lineup of vehicles. They cost about the same as traditional motorcycles of similar size, run nearly silently and are better for the environment.

University Police debuts electric motorcycles

Colette Orlandi, Technology Center, helps with a bag at WPSU. Orlandi started the project with Dan Leri and the Cool Blue team at the park.

Innovation Park Food Drive gets rolling

Earth, Wind and Fire, seen here, rocked the Bryce Jordan Center on Sunday, Sept. 14, with hours of hits from the 1970s through today. Their set followed singer, songwriter and former member of the Doobie Brothers Michael McDonald. This concert is one stop on their joint tour of the country.

BJC comes alive for Michael McDonald, EWF

Free goodie bags provided by the Paul Robeson Center were a big hit with all.

Third Annual Paul Robeson World Cultural Festival

Penn State alumnus Ron Jules, a member of Penn State's R.A.M Squad performing group, does a move during the Center for the Performing Arts' Patio Party, held Wednesday, Sept. 10. In addition to DJ'd music and dance performances such as this, free food, prizes and games were made available through local businesses. During the two-hour event, a ticket sale program was available to students, with almost all events of CPA's upcoming season being discounted 20 percent off of the already-discounted student price.

CPA patio party draws large crowd

Welcoming students, faculty and staff is Felicia Reynolds who has information about nutrition awareness facts and programs at Penn State.

Student Health Center Open House

An appropriate interview look for women includes a black blazer, collared shirt and a matching pair of pants or a skirt, said Dawn E. Kay, associate store manager at Talbot's in State College. Kay suggested that women buy a basic black jacket, pants and skirt and use different shirts to customize the outfit for different interviews and events.

IST students get a lesson on how to dress

Deb Fox took this picture of a red fox in April 2008 from the Educational Activities Building at Penn State Harrisburg. An array of birds and squirrels behind the building bring one or two of these beauties out of the thicket during the early morning hours in springtime.

Wildlife abounds at Penn State

Dave Jones, Penn State EMS manager, gave a tour of the new facility before the season started. Here, he's explaining how each of the treatment bays will allow for some measure of privacy, and also how all bays are wired for phone and Internet.

New facility expands stadium medical capabilities

Junior Bob Nagel works on French homework by flashlight in Paternoville, outside Gate A of Beaver Stadium. Says Nagel, "Homework is usually a pain, but even during Paternoville, it still has to be done." He was part of the group of roughly 90 other students who registered at the beginning of Paternoville for a spot at the beginning of the line. Registration began at 12:01 a.m. on Thursday, continues through 10 p.m. Friday night, and is open to all Penn State students. By registering, students are given a numbered wristband that grants them a spot in the line order as well as allowing them to enter and exit the line up until gameday to attend class, meals, and eventually, return their tents and camping gear before the game.

Paternoville populated once again

Members of the Blue & White Society mix and mingle during the organization's Blue & White Bash on Tuesday, Sept. 2, at the Hintz Family Alumni Center. The society is the student membership body of the Penn State Alumni Association.

Blue & White Society welcomes students

Donuts, and other breakfast foods, draw in Schreyer Honors College students for Dean Christian Brady's monthly "Donuts with the Dean." Brady uses the opportunity to let students know he's available and know the pulse of the Honors College.

Donuts, conversation connect deans and students

The moment of truth ... the Penn State Blue Band enters Beaver Stadium to perform its pregame show.

Blue Band: Nine days from auditions to opening day

Penn State York students started off the 2008-09 academic year with an all campus picnic on Monday, Aug. 25 and a variety of "Welcome Week" activities throughout the week.

A new semester begins at Penn State York

The Penn State Bookstore was filled with returning students picking up classroom requirements. Aug. 25 marked the beginning of the fall semester at Penn State University Park.

Back to class, back to books

To end the evening's entertainment, the Paternos, Joe and Sue. came out to give some extra encouragement to the Class of 2012. They welcomed them to their new home for the next four years and wished them the best of luck in their endeavers.

Students set to 'Be A Part From the Start'

During the lunch hour on Saturday, freshmen Sara Cooperstein, left, and Paige Cooperstien, center, chat with Penn State President Graham B. Spanier. As a part of Welcome Week, Spanier spent most of each day with students new to campus, including assisting with move-in, eating lunch with students and spending two nights in a supplemental housing unit in Pinchot Hall as a guest roommate of the room's male residents.

Welcome Week a busy time for Penn State president

Members of the freshman class of 2012 enter the Bryce Jordon Center, many for the first time, soon to be greeted by President Graham B. Spanier and others.

Freshman attend Convocation at University Park

Shayne Benent, a freshmen aireospace engineering student, loads his loft bed onto a cart to start his college career.

Fall student move-in weekend is under way

Draft horses, still a popular show at Ag Progress Days, always pack the bleachers.

2008 Ag Progress Days focuses on biofuels

Students of the Healthcare Exploration camp practice their sutures on pig's feet during Penn State Altoona's Kids' College. The summer 2008 sessions were open to children from age 4 through 10th grade and ran from June 9 through Aug. 15. In addition to a wide array of sessions, the Kids' College also offered early and late care sessions to accommodate the schedules of working parents. Information on this past year's camps is available at http://www.aa.psu.edu/kids/.

Altoona's annual Kids' College wraps up for the year

Sometimes a cell phone is a good way to let your parents know where you are.

Summer graduates celebrate commencement 2008

Martial arts demonstrators from around the world convened at Penn State University Park on the weekend of Aug. 16 for a Karate Club-hosted session on Tai Chi. Here, members of the Penn State Karate Club, under the instruction of Sensei Jaeson Koszarksy (far left), demonstrate their abilities during an open demonstration session.

Martial arts exhibition held at University Park

The exhibit features materials from the collection of Hal Wilson, Class of 1951, as well as from the University Archives.

Olympic exhibit goes for the gold

One never knows what one will see on Penn State's University Park campus, but even so this red-tailed hawk caught some passers-by by surprise on Monday afternoon (Aug. 11). The impressive bird of prey stationed itself on a lamppost near the back side of Old Main. Not surprisingly, there was no other wildlife around the area.

Wildlife abounds on University Park campus

Moments after receiving their coats the new medical students recite The Oath of Modern Hipprocates.

Hershey medical students awarded their white coats

Summer work in and around the White Course Apartments includes painting, plumbing and mechanical maintenance in preparation for new tenants throughout the summer and fall.

University Park campus prepares for fall

Senior wideouts Deon Butler (left) and Derrick Williams (right) join with fellow senior Jordan Norwood to form one of the Big Ten's most formidable and experienced receiver corps. Williams is excited by the potential of the Nittany Lion offense in 2008. "It's looking good," Williams said. "We're very explosive. I think this year can be one of the offenses I've been a part of. All the quarterbacks we have this year are a little more mobile. These guys can run and pass pretty well."

Media Day offers first look at 2008 football team

In preparation for his senior recital, Caleb Rebarchak plays through a prepared piece with accompanist Agatha Wang in Room 128 Music Building II. Rebarchak, a senior studying music education, will be performing in the fall in order to qualify for a student teaching position in the spring semester.

Summer session '08 winding down

Amy Brunner, a research/outreach associate in the College of Engineering's Center for Nanotechnology Education and Utilization, performs an egg drop test with Higher Achievement scholars to demonstrate how a shock-absorbing polymer cushions impact. Brunner's shirt incorporates the polymer into elbow pads to protect the wearer's joints from injuries.

Higher Achievement inspires future college students

Penn State kicked off its own Olympics, Office Olympics that is, with 14 teams from the College of Liberal Arts. They raised more than $2,000 from entry fees.

Office Olympics show team spirit, raise United Way funds

Jestine Reider, right, donated the right side of her liver to her brother John Kreider, left, who was suffering from end-stage liver disease.

Hershey performs living-donor liver transplant

Peter Landschoot, professor of turfgrass management, opens the 2008 Turfgrass Field Days Conference and welcomes everyone to Penn State.

08 Penn State Turfgrass Field Days

Beaver Stadium grounds crew members (from left) Stephen Tressler, Paul Curtis, Mark Kresovich and Chris Gawryla lay out the yard measurements across the turf of Beaver Stadium before painting the yard markers.

Beaver Stadium a busy place in preseason

Road construction for the summer is coming to a close but some areas are still very active. South Bigler to Pollock Halls is still under heavy construction.

Construction continues on University Park campus

This year's basketball camp runs 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday Aug. 6, and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 7. The camp draws on participants from secondnd through eighth grades and is located in the south gym of the Bryce Jordan Center on the University Park campus.

Basketball campers hit the gym

Workers prepare to install pavement bricks in front of Rec Hall.

Senior Class gifts leave permanent legacy on campus

Juan Vargas took his pet snake for an outing to the lawn of Old Main at Penn State.

Rare sighting on Old Main lawn

The Nittany Lion and a student volunteer escort a group of prospective Penn State students and families to the HUB-Robeson Center so they can check in at the start of Spend a Summer Day at University Park, which runs through Aug. 8 this year. (For Spend a Summer Day details at other Penn State locations, go to http://admissions.psu.edu/sasd/.)

Spend a Summer Day attracts prospective students

Student Bruce Fredrick gets a close up look into the field of veterinary science as professor Lester Griel looks on.

Governor's School immerses students in Ag Sciences

The only sparks at the ice pavilion come from the machinery uses to sharpen skate blades. The goal is a concave finish on the blade.

Despite dog days, ice rink is the cool place to be

A computer kiosk provides information about the soil samples from each U.S. state and territory. The Pennsylvania sample is from the Hazleton area, with the help of Professor Drohan.

New Smithsonian exhibit, 'Dig It,' explores soil

Salad flies as Drew, a Cook Like a Chef participant, takes his turn at tossing his group's creation. He dubbed it "a salad concoction of what sounded good, and made sense." He and his team put all of it together from scratch, including the dressing.

Summer camps aren't just for sports-minded

When Deb loses her most precious possession -- the notes to her graduate thesis -- she unwittingly starts a chain of events that turns the ordinary days of four New Yorkers into something extraordinary.

Hopes, dreams fill 'Ordinary Days'

Christina E. Johnson exhibited "Thoroughly Modern Hugs and Kisses."

'New Work of Diverse Pennsylvania Artists' on exhibit

The campus mall area of the festival offers shade and benches, which makes it a very popular space.

Arts Festival '08 under way

While rainy for Children's Day today (July 9), the forecast for the rest of the Arts Festival looks much more favorable, with highs in the 80s and dry conditions for the rest of the week.

Soggy Children's Day opens Arts Festival '08

Workers with Landscape II can be seen through a water tube to be located on the Allen Street Promenage as work continues to ready Allen Street with landscaping, water features for all ages, and entertainment stages. Every year, the company aims to re-envision its contribution to the Arts Festival, according to workers, but water features such as these are always included.

Arts Festival '08 starts Wednesday

Matthew Lindenberg, a Penn State computer systems analyst in the College of Engineering, volunteers his time to help set up the computerized timing and choreography of the pyrotechnic display. Here he displays some of the FireOne control hardware to be used. These components are made by State College manufacturer Pyrotechnics Management Inc.

4thFest preparations under way

This orchestra, under the leadership of Maestro Gerardo Edelstein, is an unprecedented collaboration of musicians from Penn State School of Music, alumni and musicians from professional symphonies in the eastern United States.

Rehearsals continue for final Summer at Penn's Woods concert

The women's volleyball team stands with the President during NCAA Champions Day Tuesday (June 24). "This was an amazing experience and it was really great to meet the other athletes who also won national championships," said women’s junior outside hitter Nicole Fawcett (Zanesfield, Ohio). "This is going to give us something to look forward to next year, working hard to be able to get the chance to come back and meet another President. How many people can say that they have met two different Presidents?"

Penn State volleyball national champs visit White House

A tree stump submerged since the lake's beginings in the early '60s, gets a little sun. This stump was almost 3 feet under water when the lake is filled.

'08 Lake Perez

"Images 2008," the annual juried art exhibition of the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, is on exhibit through July 13 at Robeson Gallery of the HUB-Robeson Center, University Park. This year's art fest poster, by Lannie Sommese, Penn State art professor, greets visitors as they enter the gallery.

Annual juried art show held in conjunction with arts festival

Tan demonstrates a move on the still rings called the iron cross, one of the most well known and most difficult skills performed on the apparatus.

Kevin Tan selected for U.S. Olympic team

During the final heat of a practice competition, participants of Swimming Camp 1 bring out their "spirit fingers" before the final two female swimmers compete. The camp's structure was such that participants were given individual instruction, and attended group technique workshops and designated unstructured activities among others.

Sports camps swell campus' summer population

Lampkin prepares to affix an instrument to the arm of the prototype robot.

Autonomous robots aid in ice sheet study temperatures

The musical "Camelot' will be performed June 25 to July 12 in the Citizens Bank Theatre at the Penn State Downtown Theatre Centre, State College. The cast is in rehearsals right now. From left are Clark Scott Carmichael as King Arthur, Margaret Loesser Robinson as Queen Guenevere and Jeremy Hays as Lancelot.

Arthur, Gwen and Lancelot are back in 'Camelot'

Colorful Swiss chard is available. To see where the Cellar's vegetables come from, check http://live.psu.edu/stilllife/1727 on Penn State Live.

Veggie fans pop into Cellar Market, now open for business

Catie Rasmussen, manager of the Penn State High Tunnel Research and Education Facility, and others at Penn State's horticultural farm place seedlings into the ground. These are fall cut flowers which will be sold at the Cellar Market on the University Park campus. The market, now in its fifth year, provides an outlet for student activity as well as community outreach.

Early harvests make their way to Cellar Market

The only father-son team was No. 22 Mike Manning and his son Michael; both are from California.

'08 Penn State Football Fantasy Camp lets fans live the dream

When entering the museum, the Nittany Lion is there to greet you.

All-Sports Museum home to blue, white memorabilia

The State High Little Lion made lots of friends tonight.

2008 Special Olympic closing ceremony

Several people also chose to work on their tans on the first really hot day of the summer season.

University Park community feelin' hot, hot, hot

After the exercises, McQeary gathers the young kickers for a final word of of instruction prior to meeting the kicking coaches.

'08 Football Kicking Camp draws 113 campers

Curt Marshall, coordinator of minority programs, is starting to get settled in his new office.

Arts and Architecture moves into Borland Lab

Officer G.M. Koehle of the State College Police Department interviews applicants for openings at the department.

2008 Central Pennsylvania Regional Career Fair draws jobseekers

Several construction projects may take drivers and pedestrians a little out of their way this summer, but the end results will make campus navigation easier.

Summer construction projects under way

Penn State graduate student Jessiee Datino, center, stars with Penn State alumnus Steve Wilson, right, and Jeff Applegate in "Lend Me a Tenor," the opening performance of the Pennsylvania Centre Stage summer season. The show runs June 4-14 at the Penn State Downtown Theatre Center. Other shows this summer are "Camelot" and "Ordinary Days." For more information, visit http://www.pacentrestage.psu.edu online.

'Lend Me a Tenor' launches Pennsylvania Centre Stage summer season

A selection of men's ties make a colorful display strung along the concourse. Since its inception in 2001, the sale has raised in excess of $257,000 for United Way and has kept 350 tons of material out of landfills.

2008 Trash to Treasure Sale is May 31

The PBA Bike Tour, "Lawyers Riding for Children," was held on Saturday, May 17, in Carlisle. The Pennsylvania Bar Association (PBA), in coordination with the Cumberland and Dauphin County bar associations and the Penn State Dickinson School of Law, hosted the 50-mile bicycle ride.Andy Susko, PBA president, and others prepare to peddle in Bike Tour to benefit children

Lawyers bike for kids

Penn State President Graham Spanier and renowned filmmaker William Friedkin speak at the commencement ceremony for the College of Communications at the Bryce Jordan Center. Friedkin received an honorary degree from the University on May 17, 2008.

Penn State gives 2008 Honorary Degrees.

A sea of graduates garbed in robes and mortarboards waits for the ceremony to start.

Penn State Great Valley celebrates spring commencement

The Penn State DuBois Spring 2008 Commencement Ceremonies were held Saturday, May 17, in the campus gymnasium. Seniors wait outside the gym for ceremonies to start.

Penn State DuBois celebrates spring commencement

Sometimes the pressure of a solemn occasion gets to be too much and a student has to blow off a little steam.

Newly minted graduates celebrate commencement

From the floor, degree candidates look to family members and friends in the audience before Penn State Erie's commencement ceremony gets under way.

Penn State Erie celebrates spring commencement

Prativa Acharjee of India shares a laugh with her daughter Shaona. She traveled all by herself from India on her first visit to the states to see her daughter graduate.

International students celebrate graduation

A student from St. Boniface School in Erie weighs a guinea pig while fellow classmates and teammates from Maplewood Junior/Senior High School in Guys Mills observe. Presented by three educators from the Erie Zoological Society, "Zoo Math" showed Math Options' students how to weigh and measure animals to ensure they receive the proper amount of food or dosage of medicine.

Math Options program celebrates 12 years

Sherry Crassweller examines the mountain of boxed books at the club's book warehouse. The sale takes the better part of a year to put together. More than 200,000 books plus CDs will be sold during the four-day event.

Ag Arena 'booked' for sale

Penn State Brandywine has 100 painted Nittany Lions for sale as a result of its "Paint a Lion" project. The 40 that garnered the most votes during an internet survey will be sold during a silent auction at the campus' 40th Anniversary Gala on Saturday, May 10, at Aronimink Country Club. This is the Joe Paw Lion. For more about the lions, check Penn State Live at http://live.psu.edu/story/30652

Brandywine's Lions provide scholarship help

The powerful and animated Essence of Joy gospel choir closed out the concert to a standing ovation.

Musicians perform at The Kennedy Center

Junior Samuel Berner invited visitors to gamble a small item, such as fruit candies, on a dice game for a chance to win - and smash- one of his clay pots. Berner said he got the idea from a professor's discussion of street bazaars in Morocco.

Students display 'bizarre' art

Justin Gracenin preps his robot for the arena. The teams compete in designing and building an autonomous robot to quickly navigate an 8-foot-by-8-foot game board in order to locate and transport ping-pong balls.

Robots take center stage in contest

The audience congratulated the performers with an extended standing ovation of between three and five minutes following the concert.

Orchestra, choirs present Beethoven

This elephant would cast the deciding vote. The pachyderm would be thinking of a candidate with proven leadership and success, one who has inspired many. Tickets for the circus are on sale at the Bryce Jordan Center, Eisenhower Auditorium, Penn State Tickets Downtown, online at http://www.bjc.psu.edu or by calling (814) 865-5555.

Elephants elect in pachyderm primary

The animals are part of the "Bellobration," a series of show circus shows that feature a comedic daredevil.

Pachyderms parade at Penn State

A steady stream of students arrived to vote. Election officials said some were lined up at 6:50 a.m. waiting for the polling place doors to open.

Primary election brings out student voters

Faculty and staff can ride the CATA Centre Line buses for free this week, by showing their campus parking passes. Students have always been able to ride the bus for free on campus.

Energy conservation highlighted during Earth Week

Sen. Hillary Clinton stopped to shake hands with people as she came out to the stage to address the crowd.

Hillary Clinton visits University Park

Freshman tailback Joe Suhey leaps over the pile for the touchdown. His score for White, with the ensuing extra point, tied the game at 14. Blue eventually won, 27-14.

Record crowd turns out for Blue White Game

Children from Penn State York's Adopt-a-Kindergarten class from McKinley Elementary in the City of York stole the show when they performed several songs during the Unity Day celebration.

Penn State York observes Unity Day

"Chef Jeff" Boggie, a chef instructor at Penn State's School of Hospitality Management, studied pizza making for three days with an expert in Chicago. He brought his knowledge back to campus to teach students how to both make good hand-tossed pizza and to run a pizza business.

Hospitality management students serve hand-tossed pizza in cafe 'lab'

Penn State President Graham B. Spanier gets ready to return the ball in the intramural co-ed racquetball match. Spanier, who has been a champion for more than a decade, lost the title last night (April 15.)

President competes in intramural racquetball championship

The daffodils were planted as part of a University/United Way Day of Sharing project a few years ago and the University has added to the project since. Large daffodil beds have been added around The Nittany Lion Inn.

Daffodils herald spring at University Park

As the novice knitters from the class wrestled with yarn and needles, they discussed the conflict in Darfur.

Needles click to raise awareness for Darfur

The Preservation Hall Jazz Band performed Saturday, April 12, at University Park campus.

Preservation Hall Jazz Band performs at Penn State

Republican congressman and presidential candidate Ron Paul had some enthusiastic supporters on hand Friday, April 11, for his visit to Penn State's University Park campus.

Ron Paul campaign stops at University Park

Todd Blackledge and Kenny Jackson were among eight former NFL football stars to visit troops in Kuwait during the USO's Operation Gridiron. For the full story, visit http://live.psu.edu/story/30101 online.

Penn Staters interact with troops in Kuwait

The performance feature of combination of hip-hop elements -- graffiti art, deejaying, emceeing, spoken word and dance.

'Word Up' appeals to hip-hop generation

The program is constructed in a self-paced format that allows participants to move at their own pace through the tunnel.

Tunnel of Oppression offers introspection

Clinton gestures for emphasis as he outlines Hillary Clinton's platform on education.

Penn State Altoona greets Bill Clinton

Clinton greets a few medical and graduate students after her question-and-answer session and grants a few autographs and photographs before leaving the Penn State Hershey campus.

Chelsea Clinton visits Penn State Hershey

Coulter's appearance was sponsored by Young Americans for Freedom, Young AmericaÕs Foundation and the University Park Allocation Committee.

Columnist Ann Coulter talks to packed house

The violinist flips through his music near the start of the peformance.

Itzhak Perlman returns to Penn State

Students from the Friends School, who were visiting Shaver's Creek earlier this week, sample syrup and try to pick which one is homemade.

Sap will boil at Shaver's Creek Maple Fest

Cramer takes questions from the Penn State Investing Club which on their own have investments reaching $4.2 million.

Frenzy erupts for 'Mad Money'

Former Pittsburgh Steeler star Jerome Bettis spoke at the Bryce Jordan Center Tuesday night as part of the Distinguished Speaker Series at Penn State University Park. During his pre-speech press conference, he said he had dinner with Penn State football players and got to sample Peachy Paterno and other Creamery selections. He said he likes Happy Valley, although he didn't like getting trounced here while playing for Notre Dame.

Jerome Bettis speaks to enthusiastic crowd

Penn State students will make up the show's live audience. "Cramer brings an unrivaled energy and exuberance to the world of finance. He's been incredibly successful at getting young people, in particular, excited about business and the stock market. That's a goal we share at Smeal, so we aim to bring Cramer his largest, most spirited audience yet for a campus show," said Dean James B. Thomas of the Smeal College of Business.

Stage set for 'Mad Money' taping

The seventh annual An Evening of Pennsylvania Poets: Readings in Celebration of the Public Poetry Project was held Thursday, March 20, in Foster Auditorium, 101 Pattee Library, University Park. The Public Poetry Project focuses on poets with a connection to Pennsylvania and displays the poetry in public places to make it a part of the daily lives of a greater number of people. Since the project began in 2000, 40 poems have been printed and placed in public places throughout Pennsylvania. Here, Pamela M. Perkins-Frederick reads from her work.

Public poetry celebrated

Sen. Hillary Clinton spoke about the economy, health-care, the home mortgage crisis, the high cost of higher education and student loans, the No Child Left Behind Act, and the wars in Iraq and Afghanastan, among other issues.

Hillary Clinton visits Penn State Fayette

The players in the dugout cheer the Nittany Lions on.

Lions down Lehigh in Lubrano opener

Some students try to get an early peek at their placement for residency.

It's a match for medical students

The speakers screened a video of a 15-minute interview with the last eyewitnesses to the events surrounding the rescue of the 13 Jewish prisoners.

'Anyone Would Have Done That' discussed

Morgan Falkner and Nathan Gardner perform "Fine," a duet from "Ordinary Days." Penn State students will be performing this play in April at the Off-Broadway York Theatre in New York City.

Theatre students present cabaret at The Village

Joe Kauffman, violin, plays for the audience at The Village.

First Friday at The Village features music

These are iron staffs with bells, from the Dogon peoples, Mali. The staffs are associated with planting and rainmaking.

African masks exhibited at Palmer Museum

Randy Ploog pointed out Manierre Dawson's 1910 triptych "Prognostic," which at first glance may seem like abstract art but, as Ploog noted, also includes several elements of engineering graphics and symbols common to Dawson's trade. "Prognostic" was painted at least a year and a half before Europe's first great abstractionist, Vassily Kandinsky, painted his earliest abstract work.

Students view engineer's interpretation of abstract art

Marat Mardenov, of the Brandywine campus team, prepares a water element on his team's Penn State football-themed device prior to the first round of judging. The design included concepts from a football field such as yard lines and goal posts, as well as creative representations of football actions, such as spiral passes, rushing and tackling.

Engineering students compete in Rube Goldberg event

Interns Lucy Richardson and Kelsey Frey supervise an outdoor play session.

Kids Corner tots explore nature

Andrea Dobbins attempts to "Pin the Tail on Old Coaly" a variation celebrating Penn State's original mascot - a mule that helped build Old Main and whose bones are preserved just a few feet away from the game on the HUB's first floor.

2008 Founder's Day marks Penn State's birthday

Bela Fleck and Chick Corea play their first selection, Corea's "Senorita," which is the first track on their duo recording, "The Enchantment."

Corea, Fleck delight audience

The Penn State Student United Way Chapter will hold a winter Trash to Treasure Sale from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 9, in 106, 109 and 110 Fisher Hall, University Park. Treasures include all sorts of clothing, housewares, appliances, electronics, bikes and furniture.

Winter Trash to Treasure Sale is Saturday

A scarlet orchid blooms in the Lloyd Driver Orchid Collection on the University Park campus. The flowers occupy one full room of the greenhouse in Buckhout Laboratory.

Research orchids a fragrant collection

As quickly as he fell in love with the car, he quickly falls in love with Toya and they drive off to see a movie. For tickets to "Push," call (814) 863-0255.

School of Theatre presents 'Push'

Penn State student Kevin Bradshaw showed their class of sixth grade chefs proper knife handling and sharpening techniques to help them make their appetizers and garnishes.

Hospitality students teach Cooking with Kids program

If his toothy expression is any indication, then it seems that Punxsutawney Phil enjoyed his visit to Penn State's Campus Weather Service.

Mythical weather predictor visits Campus Weather Service

A long line of dignitaries participated in the traditional groundbreaking ceremony.

Law school groundbreaking held in Carlisle

A March and Peace Service was held at 5 p.m. Jan. 22. The march began at the Allen Street Gates and concluded at the Pasquerilla Spiritual Center. This event was sponsored by the MLK, Jr. Celebration Committee, the Center for Ethics and Religious Affairs and the Center for Student Engagement.

MLK events continue on campus

The live-action theatrical arena show features 15 animatronic dinosaurs in a 90-minute scripted production that depicts the dinosaurs progression from earth-shattering giants to their eventual demise, according to Bernie Punt, director of sales and marketing.

Dinosaurs thunder into Jordan Center

Artwork from elementary school students is represented as well.

Art exhibit recognizes student work

Penn State players bask in the moment of having won the Alamo Bowl, as confetti and balloons shower down upon them.

Nittany Lions win Alamo Bowl

Dedicated in 2005, Alumni Gardens near the Hintz Family Alumni Center creates a stunning garden oasis near the historic core of the University Park campus.

Before and After: University Park's Facelift

Lockheed Martin Co. provided the design excellence awards. This semester's exhibit featured senior capstone design projects from mechanical, industrial and electrical engineering students and included engineering student teams partnered with Smeal College of Business students. The projects are funded by companies seeking new product and process improvements and techniques for today's most difficult design challenges.

Engineering students show off projects

Pi Alpha Xi, the horticulture honorary society, will sell poinsettias from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, Dec. 7, in Headhouse 1 behind Tyson Building, University Park.

Poinsettia sale this Friday

The Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel is undergoing renovations. Some 50 rooms on the fifth floor that were part of the original 1994 construction are going offline.

Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel undergoes renovations

A locomotive steams through a crossing.

Model Railroad Club plans open house

The Christmas tree was donated by Dave Craul of Maple Hill Farms in Lewisburg and Wellsboro, in memory of his father, the late Donald R. "Moose" Craul.

Old Main decorated for holidays

Chancellor Larry Pollock welcomes Sen. Arlen Specter, right, to Penn State New Kensington on Nov. 26. The U.S. senator from Pennsylvania met with more than 50 students, faculty, staff, and members of the local business community in the Forum Theatre.

Specter visits Penn State New Kensington

Patrese McClain is Celia; Brandon McMillen is Orlando; and Anna Elwood is Rosalind. Mistaken identities are part of the play's charm.

'As You Like It' opens Nov. 28

Student interest was very high.

Apollo's Fire coaches music students

The new Student Health Center will provide patients with sunny and scenic views. Construction is currently on schedule for a June completion. The new Student Health Center is adjacent to the Bank of America Career Services Center and Eisenhower Parking Deck.

Construction progresses on Student Health Center

The birds listen to radio music piped into the barn to keep them calm and get them used to unfamiliar noises, according to Dirk Wise, affiliate instructor in agricultural sciences.

It's turkey time at Poultry Barns

Penn State Great Valley held its annual Halloween Luncheon Wednesday, Oct. 31, for faculty, staff and their children and grandchildren. The children and some faculty and staff came dressed in costume. Faculty and staff in many of the departments at Penn State Great Valley showed their creativity by entering a pumpkin designing contest. The Marketing Division earned top honors for its Nittany Lion pumpkin, followed by the Management and Engineering divisions. Youngsters Audrey Beckman, Jake Conforti and Nick Conforti draw Halloween pictures.

Great Valley celebrates Halloween

In other areas, like this view of the mall looking toward Carnegie Building and Pattee Library, many of the leaves are still green. October in Happy Valley was warmer than usual and the campus didn't get its first frost until about a week ago.

Autumn's copper, gold shower University Park

in this scene, Yasmin holds the entire art community hostage while Oliver tries to explain who they are.

'Pentecost' opens Nov. 6 at The Playhouse

This first-quarter touchdown by Rodney Kinlaw was one of the few highlights of the game for Nittany Lion fans.

Football weekend roundup

ESPN's College GameDay Built by the Home Depot program, with host Chris Fowler and analysts Lee Corso and Kirk Herbstreit, will originate from Penn State on Saturday, Oct. 27. he program will air from 10 a.m. to noon, with other live segments throughout the day, as well as this afternoon.

ESPN gets ready for GameDay broadcast

It's take a sharp knife to put a face on the pumpkin. The Halloween Trail stations are staffed by Penn State students primarily from the recreation, parks and tourism management major. Each year they create new activity-filled stations that cover topics such as pumpkin and jack-o'-lantern folklore, the unscary truth behind bats and spiders, the origin of trick-or-treat and more.

Halloween Trail, Festival this weekend

U.S. Rep. John E. Peterson, R-Pleasantville, visited the National Mall in Washington, D.C., to see first-hand the innovative home designed and built by Penn State students competing in the 2007 Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Decathlon. The Penn State team, on the forefront of future green building engineering and solar technology, provided Peterson a unique perspective about solar homes.

Penn State's MorningStar under review at Solar Decathlon

Penn State's University Park campus Wednesday (Oct. 17) received StormReady status from the NOAA's national Weather Service, a recognition that the University has meant a number of stringent criteria designed to effectively communicate and save lives before and during a weather emergency. Emergency management coordinator Steve Abrams and police dispatcher Mike Eirich discuss the benefits of having weather alert radios.

Penn State's University Park campus earns StormReady designation

Mose talks to Peterson about the hydrogen-powered bus and its sponsors.The transit center project was funded by Penn State and by $500,000 in federal funding secured by Peterson with the support of Pennsylvania's two senators.

Lawmaker visits Curtin Road Transit Center

John Romano, vice president for Commonwealth Campuses, had a relaxing ride to the stadium on a recumbent bike.

Administrators take alternate transportation to game

Penn State President Graham B. Spanier, left, and Board of Trustees Chairman James Broadhurst rode on the Lion Ambassadors float.

Homecoming Parade 2007

According to band assistant Meg Pedlow, it's important for the band to stretch and loosen up to prevent muscle injuries as they march their sometimes very complex routines. While most of the band members paired up to help each other stretch, one group decided to form a train to massage shoulders.

Blue Band puts on a show at football games

Fullington bus driver Becki Wallace, right, and Theresa Davis, director of transportation at Penn State, left, greet each student as they step aboard. Fullington Tours is working with Penn State to make these bus trips possible.

All aboard for maiden voyage to NYC

The novels table had plenty of hardbacks and current selections.

Book sale raises funds for United Way

Plenty of parents arrived to visit with the president and to tour his office.

Annual open house draws crowd to president's office

In one week's time, two television crews from the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) visited University Park to interview Penn State students and faculty about issues in the national media spotlight. Stephanie Dew from the PBS television show 'Nightly Business Report' interviewed Vladislav Kecojevic, associate professor of mining engineering, about the demand for professionals in the mining industry.

National media crews seek thoughts from Penn State students, faculty

Bubbles make everyone, young and old, happy.

Berkey Creamery gets visit from Cirque de Soleil

"Eskimo! Eskimo!" the clowns shouted. President Spanier complied with a stagey nose-rubbing with one of the performers.

Cirque du Soleil visits Old Main

While the history and process of textiles are crucial aspects of Divinsky's pieces, human flesh, organic forms and living organisms fuel the artist's imagination.

Anna Divinsky presents interactive exhibit

A Pirate Name Generator, here crewed by Libraries employees Wendy Girven and Emily Rimland, created new monikers for participants.

Pirates take over Libraries Open House

Pat Walker explains the benefits of working at Bechtel.

Career Fair 2007 draws crowds of students

The first obstacle they reached was crossing Curtin Road by the Palmer Museum of Art. Traffic slowed to allow students to pass at the pedestrian crossing.

Students learn new challenges of being handicapped

The e-testing lab is ready for computers to be installed.

E-testing lab prepares to open

Construction workers at work on the new cancer center. The facility will bring together leading-edge cancer treatment with ongoing cancer research in one location and help position Penn State Cancer Institute to earn a National Cancer Institute designation -- the hallmark accreditation for academic cancer centers.

Construction continues on Hershey cancer institute

With the recylced stone slates covering the walls now completed, the structure is starting to look more like a house.

Solar structure pretties up for open house

Spanier's message is expected to reach a wider audience than previous years.

Annual State of the University Address video to be broadcast Friday

The Lion looks on attentively as "Big Ten Tonight" previews the upcoming season for Coach Joe Paterno and the Nittany Lions.

Penn State celebrates launch of Big Ten Network

Sara Eisenhauer, one of Shaver's Creek helpers, holds a Broad-winged Hawk that lives at the Shaver's Creek Environmental Center.

Birds of prey are on display at Shaver's Creek

Landscapers have just laid down new sod behind the bus shelter.

Fisher Plaza improvements near completion

In addition to takeout, the dining commons feature demonstration chefs. In this photo illustration by Greg Grieco, chef Masaya Matsui set up a cooking station in Pollock Commons where he was cooking fresh crab and fennel dumplings. It didn't take long for a line to form.

Takeout, demonstration chefs spice up eateries

Governor Ed Rendell visited Ag Progress Days to discuss Pennsylvania's commitment to farm grown energy, and applauded the state's farmers and Penn State for the resources it provides in agriculture.

Federal, state officials visit Ag Progress Days

The entering class of 2007 recites ÒThe Oath of Modern Hippocrates -- 1987,Ó or the Hippocratic Oath, the nationally recognized creed for physicians. Members of the entering class of 2007 come from 30 states and 15 countries.

Hershey medical students get their white coats

Preseason practice is under way for the Penn State football team, and the squad met with members of the press at the annual Media Day Saturday (Aug. 11) at Holuba Hall and Beaver Stadium on the University Park campus.

Football team meets the press at 2007 Media Day

Penn State Great Valley held its annual summer open house on Thursday, Aug. 9. Nearly 200 prospective students came to the open house to inquire about programs, participate in sample graduate courses, network, meet the Penn State Nittany Lion, and enjoy food and raffles. JoAnn Kelly, graduate enrollment coordinator, discusses program options with an open house participant.

About 200 at Great Valley Open House

Speaking of butter, this is a butter work. The base and roller are made of rock maple. The roller was used to work out the whey from raw butter straight from the churn. It also allowed the farmworker to form and shape a butter roll.

Agricultural museum highlight of Ag Progress Days

Penn State University Park expects to attract 13,000 participants including 4,800 prospective students during the 2007 Spend a Summer Day events over two weeks.

Prospective students visit University Park during Spend a Summer Day 2007

Brad 'Spider' Caldwell celebrates 25 years at the University this year. Most of that time has been spent outfitting the Nittany Lion football team. Each game jersey for all 120 Penn State football players is custom fit.

Life inside the Penn State football locker room

A row of young artists take part in an arts-and-crafts camp at the Hetzel Union Building on the University Park campus of Penn State.

Summer camps abound at the University

Nina Fedoroff and President Bush wear big smiles as they linger for the cameras.

President honors Penn State plant geneticist

A group of Irish teenagers from the Central Pennsylvania Ulster Project, are spending part of their time in Centre County, working on a service project for the Arboretum Woodland Restoration Corps, which is clearing a 40-acre tract of invasive species. The Ulster Project has a goal of promoting reconciliation between Northern Irish Catholics and Protestants by fostering tolerance, understanding and friendship among teenage future leaders.

Teens help clear Arboretum woodlands

Andreas Phelps, a graduate student in architecture, is overseeing the construction. More than 800 students have taken part in the construction, design and planning process.

Solar-powered home readied for competition

During their stay, several students had enjoyed an outing to Versailles, where they even witnessed a marriage proposal.

Dispatch: France and the Holocaust (#8, eight-part series)

Thanks to the efforts of the Klarsfelds, plaques such as this one, in remembrance of Jewish children -- "innocent victims of Nazi barbarism" who were deported "with the active complicity of the Vichy government" -- have in recent years been placed outside many schools in France.

Dispatch: France and the Holocaust (#7, eight-part series)

Linda Weitzman contemplates Shelomo Selinger's monument at Drancy, inspired by Rodin's "Gates of Hell." The central portion of the memorial depicts 10 figures caught up in a whirlwind, Selinger's metaphor for the Holocaust. The portal bears inscriptions in French and Hebrew, including this verse from the Book of Lamentations: "Look and see, for it is a sorrow comparable to my sorrow."

Dispatch: France and the Holocaust (#6, eight-part series)

The group paused in the Allee des Justes (Alley of the Righteous) outside the Shoah Memorial to read the names of the approximately 2000 non-Jewish French men and women who put their lives at risk to save Jews during World War II.

Dispatch: France and the Holocaust (#5, eight-part series)

The group viewed the debased figure of Synagoga to the right of the main portal of Notre Dame Cathedral. The guide also showed them other portal sculptures depicting Jews, identified by their conical hats and apparent involvement in monetary transactions.

Dispatch: France and the Holocaust (#4, eight-part series)

In Belleville, an artist spray paints "Sarko" (Nicolas Sarkozy) as "Naboleon." By using Victor Hugo's derisive nickname for Emperor Napoleon III, the artist plays on the status of these rulers as perceived "nabobs," men of wealth and influence with autocratic, even dictatorial, leanings.

Dispatch: France and the Holocaust (#3, eight-part series)

In his studio, Shelomo Selinger discusses with Willa Silverman his technique for using the facets of the granite to capture light. To read the full story, go to http://live.psu.edu/story/25109 online.

Dispatch: France and the Holocaust (#2, eight-part series)

Rachel (Roxane Barlow) and Timothy (Glenn Turner) check out the costume rack.

'Out of Line' to open July 24

Notre Dame Cathedral is one of the many landmarks to be found in Paris. For more information on this trip to Paris as part of a short course on France and the Holocaust, go to http://live.psu.edu/story/25099 online.

Dispatch: France and the Holocaust (arrival)

Work continued Saturday on the sand sculpture in Central Parklet.

Arts Festival wraps up another year

The Old Main Lawn on Penn State's University Park campus was full of activity for Children's Day at the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts.

Children's Day opens Arts Festival

Record levels of philanthropic support from alumni and friends in 2006-07 have provided a strong start for Penn State's new capital campaign, according to a report to the University's Board of Trustees from volunteer campaign chair Peter Tombros. For a high-resolution version of this chart, click on the image above.

BOT-private support

Catherine (Anna Elwood) shares a drink with Hall (Kevin Murphy) in "Proof." The drama is set on the back porch of a house in Chicago. "Proof" won the 2001 Tony Award for Best Play and the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

'Proof' opens July 3 at Penn State Downtown Theatre

The patio area outside the Bryce Jordan Center is the scene for weekly Wednesday barbecue open to the public. The cost for the all-you-can eat buffet is $7.50. Food is available from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Folks who dress in the weekly theme get $2 off their meal.

Barbecue makes Wednesdays special at BJC

President Graham Spanier hosted the Road Scholars Tour and answered questions from faculty who had come from the campuses at University Park, Berks, Hershey, Altoona, Beaver, Great Valley, New Kensington, Scranton and Harrisburg, as well as the Electro-Optic Center in Freeport and the Fruit Research Extension Center in Biglerville.

Faculty make connections on Road Scholars Tour

A student from St. Boniface School learns how to make a simple electric motor using a battery, magnet and copper wire during a Math Options workshop. Sponsored by Continuing Education at Penn State Erie, Math Options featured 30 interactive workshops such as "Actuaries Make a Difference," "CSI at PSU" and "Finding DNA in Your Kitchen."

Math Options Career Day held at Erie

Four first-year students from an Arts & Architecture 104 studio class installed their final campus construction project at the east entrance plaza of Willard Building at University Park. The project asked groups to design a gateway for a specific site that redefined the space based on pre-existing conditions.

Students display gateway designs across campus

Elegant townhouses line the main street in the town of Aix-en-Provence.

Dispatch: Alumni Association tour to France

Students demonstrate their autonomous robots, made for a senior capstone project in a computer engineering class.

Engineering students present projects at Learning Factory showcase

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.

Seniors participate in farewell event

In a matter of a few days Penn State Hazleton's basketball court became a television set for the Lou Dobbs town hall meeting "Broken Borders." About 30 CNN special events staff and production crew members arrived from their Atlanta, Washington, D.C., and New York locations to execute the hour-long, live-audience show.

Lou Dobbs and CNN visit Penn State Hazleton

Penn State held its annual Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day event on April 26. A luncheon in the Bryce Jordan Center's South Annex gymnasium capped off the official events for the day.

Children explore career options at annual event

Penn State's new women's basketball head coach Coquese Washington is flanked by Tim Curley, left, director of athletics, and Penn State President Graham B. Spanier, as she is presented with the school uniform. The University named Washington as the fifth head coach of the Penn State women's basketball program. For the full story, go to http://live.psu.edu/story/23820 online.

New women's basketball head coach announced

The Penn State "S Zone" turned into a "VT Zone" in honor of Virginia Tech at the Blue-White Game on Saturday.

Variety of activities highlight Blue-White weekend

Students picked up memorial service programs and seated themselves in the auditorium before the service began.

Penn State community turns out for Virginia Tech memorial service

In the lab, director Tom Richard talks with U.S. Rep. Tim Holden about facilities needed and the actual conversion of raw materials.

Faculty brief lawmaker on biofuels

Nittany Lion gymnasts share their national title with Penn State fans in Rec Hall.

Nittany Lions win NCAA gymnastics title

Brenden Rogers plays Swiss Cheese in "Mother Courage."

'Mother Courage' opens performances at Penn State

The Builders Association of Central Pennsylvania's 2007 Home Show moved into Penn State's Bryce Jordan Center on Friday, March 30, and was open through 5 p.m. Sunday, April 1.

Home Show 2007

Athletes Kortney Clemons, standing, and Rohan Murphy, work out in preparation for the 2007 Paralympics Pan American Games in Brazil this summer. Both have already qualified in their respective events -- Clemons, 100-yard race and power lifting, and Murphy, power lifting. Additionally, Clemons and Murphy hope to qualify for the the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing. Clemons and Murphy, both ranked in the top 10 in the world in their respective power-lifting weight classes, are part of the Penn State Ability Athletics Program. For the full story, go to http://live.psu.edu/story/22845 online.

Paralympic athletes set sights on Beijing

A panel discussion, "Graphic Novels: A Conversation," featuring Harvey Pekar, right, and Phoebe Gloeckner, left, two active artists in the field of graphic novels was held Thursday, Feb. 22 in Pattee Library's Foster Auditorium. Center, J. Jerome Zolten, associate professor of communication at Penn State Altoona, moderated the discussion. The program was held in conjunction with an exhibit, "Graphic Novels: Comics as Art, History, and Literature," selections from the University Libraries' collection, on view in the Diversity Reading Room, 109 Pattee Library, through March 2.

Graphic Novels

Students from the Envisioneers do some final preparations to their Rube Goldberg machine, including setting up a tiny sailboat (right), before the competition at the HUB's Heritage Hall.

Machine Contest

Standing in the red light of Davey Laboratory's 24-inch telescope, AstroFest participants took turns looking at the star Vega during AstroFest on Friday, July 10. The community outreach event is organized each year by the staff and students of the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics. The event draws hundreds of people each night. This year, AstroFest ran from July 8 to July 11.

AstroFest 2009

The Beaver Stadium scoreboards on Friday (May 4) showed the logo of the upcoming Big Ten Network. Network officials visited Penn State's University Park campus Friday and discussed the network, including what kind of programming and events it would feature. For the full story on the visit, go to [url=http://live.psu.edu/story/24088]http://live.psu.edu/story/24088[/url].

Big Ten Network officials visit Penn State

Barbara Bennett played the female lead in the 1929 romantic comedy "Syncopation," but it was Waring's Pennsylvanians -- one of the most popular bands of the day -- that received top billing.

Fred Waring film premiers at University Park

Comic misunderstanding ensue in the "Nittany News at Noon" when the co-anchor Adam Morse, right, breaks up with lead anchor Quetta Carpenter, second from right, to take up with entertainment reporter Alexis Rhoades. The weather forecaster, Jonathan Kitt, left, can predict stormy weather ahead.

Cabaret performances brighten June at Penn State Downtown Theatre

he national 12-university consortium called the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) announced a collective agreement today (June 6) to digitize select collections across all its libraries, up to 10 million volumes, as part of the Google Book Search project. Penn State's Pattee/Paterno Libraries at University Park are a repository for millions of resources. Read the full story at http://live.psu.edu/story/24619 online.

12-university consortium joins Google Digitization Project

A batter for the Montgomery County team digs in and looks to make contact.

Special Olympics summer games begin at University Park

Public Radio's Michael Feldman, host of "Whad'ya Know," an interiew/quiz show, greeted his Eisenhower Auditorium audience. The quiz show was broadcast live Saturday (June 9) from the University Park campus.

'Whad'Ya Know' airs live from Eisenhower Auditorium

Joseph S. Martz, secretary of Administration for Pennsylvania, said the Pennsylvania Statewide Radio Network (PA-STARNet) "will be the largest microwave system in the nation and the backbone for all interoperability communications in Pennsylvania." He spoke June 14 at The Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel during the Pennsylvania Statewide Interoperability Summit, which brought together more than 200 state and county public safety communications managers and other government officials. Martz said, "Communications between many counties is a little inconsistent. In many other counties interoperability (two-way radio communications) doesn't exist. Our goal is to fix that." Martz added that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is making $1 billion in federal funds available to states to help them develop and implement statewide communications interoperability plans.

State official discusses communications network

Students researching the site say the farmhouse belonged to Daniel Massey and his descendents. The house was built in the 1840s and was occupied up into the 1930s, according to Claire Milner, curator and director of exhibits in Penn State's Matson Museum. Students have unearthed the foundation stones and the cellar area.

Anthropology students dig into local past

Ronuel Viera, left, and Alli Smith, who are juniors at Strong Vincent High School, partner for their group's first experiment, titled "Determination of Vitamin C in Kool-Aid by Redox Titration." Redox titration is generally used to measure the amount of vitamin C present in a given food. Students completed two hands-on experiments and competed in a game of Chemistry Jeopardy during this year's event.

Students get a bang out of chemistry at Erie

Scarlet Queen Turnips add bright color to vegetable side dishes.

Cellar Market opens for new season

Bob Barton, who announces classical music on WPSU-FM, right, is Ben Franklin. Left is David Saxe, who plays John Adams. "Treason is a charge invented by the winners to hang the losers," Franklin tells Adams.

Founding Fathers sing, dance in '1776'

Teams of girls built straw structures to see which designs could support the most weight in the form of rolls of coins.

Penn State Delaware County hosts Math Options

"We're such genetic geniuses that God can afford to mix and match," sing Lizzy and Danny (Vanessa Reseland and Joshua James Campbell.)

'Baby' is a musical about parenthood

A wind microburst knocked down 12 power lines along Park Avenue on Penn State's University Park campus on Thursday afternoon, May 31. For details, check Penn State Live at http://live.psu.edu/story/24555 online.

Storm knocks down power lines

Rod Nordland, chief foreign correspondent for Newsweek, discussed the deteriorating conditions for war correspondents in a lecture for journalism students in Carnegie Building, University Park. Nordland was at Penn State to receive a Distinguished Alumni Award today (June 1). This is the University's highest award for an idividual recognizing "personal life, professional achievements and community service" that exemplify Penn State's objectives.

Foreign correspondent outlines situation in hot spots

An alumna poses at the Nittany Lion Shrine Friday during Traditional Reunion Weekend.

More than 700 alumni return to campus

Daisy Zimmerman Reiter, chair of the 1957 reunion committee, accepts the Pioneer Medallion from Lewis H. Gold, president of the Penn State Alumni Association, on behalf of the entire class.

Alumni celebrate return to University Park

Fans of Abercrombie and Fitch won't have any trouble finding their brand of choice.

Trash to Treasure sale to serve up bargains

Penn State Lehigh Valley Chancellor Ann Williams congratulates Mike Mayer who earned his bachelor of arts in applied psychology.

Graduation ceremonies held at Penn State

This happy graduate displayed his diploma to family and friends sitting near him in the stands moments after he crossed the stage.

Graduate ceremony closes out spring commencement

A public dedication ceremony and open house for Borland Building, the new administrative home of the College of Arts and Architecture, will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 10, at the east entrance facing Shortlidge Road. Penn State President Graham Spanier and College of Arts and Architecture Dean Barbara Korner will make brief remarks at 2:20 p.m. From 2 to 4 p.m., guests can enjoy free Berkey Creamery ice cream and take self-guided tours of the renovated building.

Borland Building plans open house Oct. 10

Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist, best-selling author, television commentator and Newsweek essayist George F. Will addressed a crowd of about 300 Thursday, Nov. 20, in the Wolf Kuhn theatre of the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts at Penn State Altoona. Will's newspaper column appears twice weekly in about 500 newspapers in the United States and Europe. He provides a bi-monthly back-page essay for Newsweek magazine and has written a dozen books on baseball and politics.

Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist speaks at Altoona

And the winner is....the Atherton Street and Curtin Road Gateway Element.

2008 Senior Class Gift

Alexis Rhoades plays Slave Soloist Mary Jane while Huck is played by Matt Schmidt in the Penn State School of Theatre production of "Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn." The play previews Oct. 2 and 4 and runs through Oct. 20 at the Penn State Downtown Theatre Center. Call (814) 863-0255 or (800) ARTS TIX for tickets and curtain times. Tickets also are available at the Penn State Downtown Ticket Center, Eisenhower Box Office and the Bryce Jordan Center.

Huck Finn returns in 'Big River'

The installation of the memorial, “Remembering Sept. 11: A Memorial in Sculpture,” covers the grassy area of the mall in front of Pattee Library on the University Park campus.

Memorial sculpture installed