Still Life

With four guide ropes attached to it, the east-side clock face is raised into position. While it didn't seem that windy on the ground on Saturday, Jan. 28, winds higher up were strong, requiring extra guidance to bring the clock face safely to the Old Main bell tower.

Old Main clock faces installed

Ben White of New Vibrations Audio and Video works on a ledge of the Old Main bell tower, to remove the speakers from the old chime system. The company installed a new carillon system today (Jan. 27) that will play a digital recording made of the original Old Main bell that now sits adjacent to Old Main and other bells of comparable sizes.

New carillon, restored clocks being installed

The funeral procession for Joe Paterno made its way past Beaver Stadium and down Porter Road as crowds applauded on Jan. 25. Thousands lined the procession route through the University Park campus and downtown State College to bid a last farewell to Joe Paterno.

Joe Paterno's funeral procession

Coach Joe Paterno was on the field for the first half of the Nittany Lions' football game. Penn State beat the Iowa Hawkeyes 13-3 on Oct. 8, 2011, in front of an enthusiastic crowd at Beaver Stadium.

Joe Paterno through the years

Katie Knobloch and Andrew Adamietz, members of the a capella group Blue in the Face, shared a candle at the vigil held Sunday, Jan. 22, to mourn the death of Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, who passed away earlier in the day. Several thousand members of the Penn State and State College community came out to the Old Main lawn on Penn State's University Park campus for the vigil.

Thousands mourn Paterno's passing

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Moran named Knight chair in sports journalism and society

Tuesday, May 2, 2006

Malcolm Moran, who possesses nearly 30 years of experience as an award-winning sports journalist at USA Today, The New York Times, Newsday and the Chicago Tribune, has been named the inaugural Knight chair in sports journalism and society in the College of Communications at Penn State.

In his career as a sports journalist, Moran has covered 26 bowl games with national championship implications, 26 men's basketball Final Fours, 16 World Series, 11 Super Bowls, several NCAA conventions and two Olympic Games.

Moran, a graduate of Fordham University, launched his daily newspaper career as a sports reporter at Newsday in 1977, where he covered high school, college and professional sports. He worked at The New York Times from 1979 to 1998 as a reporter and columnist before joining the Chicago Tribune in 1998, where he worked as the Notre Dame football beat reporter while also writing commentaries and providing event and feature coverage on professional and college sports.

In 2000, he moved to USA Today where, in addition to his coverage of college basketball and football, he wrote feature articles on professional and college sports.

Professor John Curley, distinguished professional in residence, chaired the search committee that drew a talented pool of applicants for the Knight chair. The first editor of USA Today, Curley is the former president, chairman and chief executive officer of the Gannett Co.

Penn State received a $1.5 million endowment from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to establish the position. Alberto Ibarguen, Knight Foundation president and chief executive officer, said the University had been selected as home of the Knight chair after a national call for proposals to receive the grant.

In addition to teaching and working with journalism professionals, Moran will serve as director of the Center for Sports Journalism, housed in the College of Communications and its Department of Journalism. Moran's appointment begins with the fall semester.