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A moment of levity: Penn State Lehigh Valley graduates celebrated with the Nittany Lion after commencement ceremonies, held May 5 at Stabler Arena in Bethlehem, Pa.

Commencement across Penn State: Spring 2012

New graduates of Penn State's Eberly College of Science listened to the commencement address provided by United States Secretary of Energy Steven Chu during spring 2012 graduation ceremonies held May 5 at the Bryce Jordan Center on the University Park campus.

Spring commencement 2012 under way

A Moroccan farmer taught Penn State students about the properties of vetiver grass, including its ability to clean wastewater. The grass could be used as part of a solution to water-quality problems being experienced in Assoul, Morocco, where students spent time recently.

Penn State, Moroccan students problem-solve together

Anjelica Fortunato, left, and Jeffrey Lu reviewed for their Anatomy 129 final exam on May 1 on the HUB-Robeson Center Lawn on Penn State's University Park campus. Penn State students are preparing for and taking final exams throughout the week as spring semester 2012 comes to a close.

Finals Week Spring Semester 2012

Denae Taylor, right, tried on some electrical-safety gear with the help of Joe Dinardo, Supervisor of Facilty Resources at Penn State, during Penn State's annual Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day on April 26. Denae is the granddaughter of Penn State Outreach employee Betty Lose, and attends Bellefonte Middle School.

Children explore career options at University Park

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Video: Penn State's Natural Fusion team travels to the Solar Decathlon

Friday, November 6, 2009
Guests wait in line along the National Mall to tour Penn State's Natural Fusion home. Click on the image above to watch the video.
Credit: Patrick Mansell Guests wait in line along the National Mall to tour Penn State's Natural Fusion home. Click on the image above to watch the video.

Following a summer of dawn-to-dusk work days, the 2009 Penn State Solar Decathlon team's original concepts and plans quickly became reality.

The team's entry, titled the Natural Fusion home, followed in the footsteps of Penn State's initial Solar Decathlon entry in 2007, dubbed Morningstar. Natural Fusion was imagined, planned, ultimately assembled to completion and presented to the public in the October 2009 -- first at an open house at University Park with special guest Ed Begley Jr. on hand, then at the U.S. Department of Energy's Solar Decathlon competition in Washington, D.C.

Focusing on natural aesthetics, functional design characteristics and innovative sustainable technology, the house showed visitors a close-up look at the potential for cost-effective, comfortable and environmentally responsible living.

Watch the video, produced by Patrick Mansell, at http://live.psu.edu/youtube/UZUpNU750Jo. (View the first part of this two-part series at http://live.psu.edu/youtube/BZWq9JwO7S0.)

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