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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Professor David Hall named interim dean of the College of IST

Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Professor David Hall.
Professor David Hall.

David Hall, professor of information sciences and technology and director of Penn State's Center for Network-Centric Cognition and Information Fusion (NC2IF), will assume interim leadership of the College of Information Sciences and Technology (IST) on Jan. 1.

Hall joined the College of IST in 2001 and previously served as associate dean for research and graduate programs. In that capacity, he was responsible for overseeing the college’s doctoral and master's degree programs, as well as research grant administration and leadership of faculty research efforts.

He spearheaded the efforts for NC2IF to gain University center status and win funding from the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency and other sources.

“I look forward to the privilege and challenge of leading the College of IST into its second decade as a world leader in education and research, focused on the intersection of people, information science and informatics,” Hall said. “Under the leadership of Hank Foley and the founding dean, Jim Thomas, the College of IST has gathered an outstanding faculty and staff, and has grown from a concept originated by Penn State President Graham Spanier to a preeminent institution in the exciting field of information science for the 21st century.”

Hall has more than 30 years of experience in research, research management and systems development. He is the author of more than 200 papers, reports, books and book chapters, and he has delivered numerous lectures on his research, research management and artificial intelligence. Prior to joining the College of IST, he served associate director and senior scientist at Penn State’s Applied Research Laboratory, where he oversaw the 150-person Information and Network Systems Office.

Hall replaces Henry C. “Hank” Foley, who will become Penn State’s vice president for research and dean of the Graduate School. A national search for a permanent dean will be launched in the near future.

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