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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Melanoma mini-symposium scheduled for June 8

Thursday, May 21, 2009

Join Penn State Hershey Cancer Institute for the eighth annual melanoma mini-symposium on June 8 in Lecture Room D of the main hospital. The event, focused on the importance of clinical trials for the treatment of melanoma, begins at noon and is scheduled to run until 4:30 p.m.

Program schedule:

Noon

 Welcome and introduction

Gavin P. Robertson,  associate professor, Departments of  Pharmacology, Pathology, Dermatology, and Surgery
Ralph Detrick, 2009 President, Elizabethtown Rotary Club
Mike Arnold, 2009 President, Foreman Foundation for Melanoma Research
Kent E. Vrana, Elliot S. Vesell Professor and Chair, Pharmacology
12:15 p.m.

Melanoma patient’s perspective

Alyson Pospisil, melanoma patient advocate
12:30 p.m.

Melanoma Therapeutics Program update

Gavin Robertson
1:00 p.m.

What a patient needs to know about melanoma

Daniel J. Geltrude, co-founder, Mike Geltrude Foundation
1:30 p.m.

Multidisciplinary skin oncology clinic

Rogerio I. Neves, associate professor, Departments of Surgery, Dermatology, and Pharmacology
2:00 p.m. BREAK
2:15 p.m.

Advanced melanoma: Are we making progress in treatment?

Rene Gonzalez, professor, Medicine/Medical Oncology, University of Colorado, Denver
3:15 p.m.

New and effective treatments for metastatic melanoma

Paul Chapman, attending physician, Melanoma/Sarcoma Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Professor, Medicine, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York City
4:15 p.m.

Closing Remarks

Tom Loughran Jr., director, Penn State Hershey Cancer Institute

For more information, please contact Anton Mulder at (717) 531-0003 ext. 285928.

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