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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University policy addresses climate research allegations

Monday, December 7, 2009

During the past two weeks, allegations have been made of research misconduct by several scientists engaged in global climate research - including a Penn State faculty member. These allegations have been discussed widely in the media and web-based outlets. Due to the controversial nature of the topic, University officials fully expect that these allegations will be discussed for many months to come and in a variety of venues.

Scientific research is a fundamental component of Penn State's mission and we hold faculty and students who are engaged in research to the highest expectations of ethical behavior and conduct. From time to time, however, claims of research misconduct do occur. Penn State's definition of research misconduct includes "…fabrication, falsification, plagiarism or other practices that seriously deviate from accepted practices within the scientific community for proposing, conducting, or reporting research or other scholarly activities" (see http://www.research.psu.edu/orp/ethics/misconduct/index.asp).

When allegations of research misconduct arise, they are always taken seriously, and are addressed according to long-standing policies and well-established procedures (see Penn State policy, RA-10, at http://guru.psu.edu/policies/ra10.html). Policy RA-10 delineates an investigatory process, and addresses issues related to due process, confidentiality, and the reporting of findings.

Pursuant to recent reports of alleged misconduct by this Penn State faculty member, Penn State Policy RA-10 was invoked last week. The faculty member has indicated his concurrence with the decision to launch an inquiry.

With thousands of faculty members and students conducting more than $760 million in annual research activity, Penn State considers this to be a serious matter. Thus the institution has acted quickly and decisively to begin the review process articulated in our research misconduct policy. The review will be conducted in a fair, impartial and deliberative manner.