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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Monday, September 21, 2009

Igor Jablokov, CEO of Yap, Inc., a company specializing in audio-to-text conversions, will be the first speaker for the Norbert and Audrey Gaelen Entrepreneur Speaker Series for the fall 2009 semester. His presentation will be on “The Origins of Yap Inc.: How do You Start a Company in an Industry Filled With Loud Mouths?"

The event, which is free and open to the public, is scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 24, in 112 Walker Building. There will be a brief reception with refreshments at 4:15 p.m. followed by the presentation at 4:30 p.m.

Founded in 2006, Yap, Inc. pioneered the world's first speech-to-text platform that did not rely upon humans for conversions. The company's technologies provide the foundation for innovative analytics, messaging, search, translation and voicemail services for commercial or government applications.

Yap’s technologies have been used in such applications as IM+ for Blackberry and iPhone, which uses Yap's platform to convert speech into instant messages, and YouMail, which converts incoming voicemails into text. The company has helped create leading products such as Apple's iPod, IBM's ViaVoice and Nuance's Dragon.

The company has reached wide acclaim for its work in curbing texting while driving, allowing it to be selected as a finalist in Silicon Valley’s TechCrunch event, often referred to as the "American Idol" of the technology industry. It also was named North Carolina's Early Stage Company of the Year in 2007.

The company is headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., and is venture financed by SunBridge Partners and Harbert Venture Partners.

Jablokov, who has served as Yap’s CEO since its inception, is a 1997 computer engineering graduate of Penn State.

Established in fall 2008, the Norbert and Audrey Gaelen Entrepreneur Speaker Series is made possible through an endowment by Norbert and Audrey Gaelen. Each semester, the series brings successful entrepreneurs to the University for entrepreneurship-focused events to foster Penn State’s innovation culture.

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