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Lady Lions Alex Bentley, left, and Zhaque Gray celebrate their Big Ten championship after beating Ohio State 84-66 on Monday, Feb. 20, at the Bryce Jordan Center on Penn State's University Park campus. The Lady Lions clinched their first conference regular season title since 2004.

Lady Lions win Big Ten championship

THON 2012 shattered last year's total, raising $10,686,924.83 for the Four Diamonds Fund.

THON 2012 breaks $10 million

THON child Megan Eslinger, 4, chases bubbles blown by dancer Elizabeth Ferrari on Saturday afternoon, Feb. 18, during THON at the Bryce Jordan Center on Penn State's University Park campus. The 46-hour no-sitting, no-sleeping event raises millions of dollars each year for the Four Diamonds Fund.

THON 2012 going strong

Owen Divers and Quinn Allen started off strong for THON 2012 on Friday, Feb. 17.

THON 2012 under way

Mike Rybar made final adjustments to the Penn State Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering teams Goldberg machine prior to the 2012 Rube Goldberg competition held on Feb. 11 at Penn State's Nittany Lion Inn. Rybar and his team created a musically themed machine that needed to complete a simple task (inflate a balloon) in twenty or more elaborate steps. The annual competition is named for cartoonist Rube Goldberg who created famous artwork depicting overly complicated machines doing everyday tasks.

Rube Goldberg Competition: Feb. 11, 2012

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Survey ranks Penn State ninth in federal research R&D

Friday, October 23, 2009

University Park, Pa. -- Penn State ranked ninth among the nation's public universities in receiving federal research and development funds in fiscal 2008, according to a recent survey by the National Science Foundation.

Penn State was awarded $405.5 million, compared to about $375 million in fiscal 2007, when it ranked 11th among the nation's public universities. The figures include all Penn State locations.

The foundation's survey also disclosed that Penn State along with another public institution, the University of Pittsburgh, and the private University of Pennsylvania, combined to bring about $1.34 billion in federal research and development funds to the Commonwealth.

"Those funds are a recognition of the vital role played by research universities in Pennsylvania, and represent an important flow of taxpayers' dollars back to our state," said Eva J. Pell, Penn State senior vice president for research and dean of the Graduate School. "Federal funds help to create jobs now and in the long-term because our economy is increasingly knowledge-driven.

"Penn State's high national ranking is evidence that the University is an extremely valuable strategic asset to Pennsylvania's economic future."

Federal funds support a broad array of programs at Penn State, including initiatives in such diverse areas as renewable energy, cybersecurity, health and medicine, plant disease, the natural environment, and materials science and engineering. To learn more about research at Penn State, visit http://www.rps.psu.edu. 

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