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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Workshop to bring entrepreneurs together with students and faculty

Monday, October 19, 2009

The Penn State Entrepreneurs Network and the College of Engineering will host the Invention to Venture conference, a one-day workshop on the basics of technology commercialization and entrepreneurship, from 8:40 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 24, in Alumni Hall at HUB Robeson Center.

The workshop is intended for undergraduate and graduate students, faculty/staff and community members. Presentations will focus on technology entrepreneurship, opportunity assessment, venture capital, marketing, intellectual property, business plans and related topics.

Speakers at Invention to Venture include experts with national stature as well as regional leaders and technology entrepreneurs. Gavin McIntyre, co-founder of Ecovative Design and featured in Popular Science, CNN, Discovery Channel and the New York Times; Shabbir Dahod, CEO of TraceLink and venture partner with FirstMark Capital; Ujjwal Gupta, co-founder of Watermelon Express; and Pat McNamara,(serial entrepreneur and marketing guru, are some of the confirmed speakers.

Workshop participants will explore technology entrepreneurship fundamentals, discover how to turn an innovative product idea into a new technology venture, hear success stories and network with the people who can help make your ideas a reality.

The cost for the event is $10 for students, $30 for faculty, staff or alumni and $50 for business community members and other participants. A participant guide, breakfast and lunch are all included in the fee. Registration and breakfast will start at 8 a.m.

A networking reception from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Atherton Hotel will take place after the workshop. Hors d'oeuvres will be provided; drinks will be available.

Watermelon Express, a Penn State student startup and sponsor of the event, is offering standardized test preparation software to all participants free of cost. Participants can choose from GRE, GMAT, LSAT, MCAT or SAT when registering.

To learn more and register for the event, visit http://www.psu-i2v.com/.

The Invention to Venture workshop is held in cooperation with the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance, RatnerPrestia and the University Park Allocation Committee.

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