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

Featured Video

We ... are Penn State (December 19, 2011)

We ... are Penn State (December 19, 2011)

Penn State's creamery, from the cow to the cone

Penn State's creamery, from the cow to the cone

Researchers use balloons to unlock mysteries posed by dying stars

Researchers use balloons to unlock mysteries posed by dying stars

Everyday virus proves potent against cancer cells.

Everyday virus proves potent against cancer cells.

Updates:
Penn State Promise

Penn State Harrisburg community forum to discuss child abuse

Video: Board of Trustees' Jan. 20 press conference

Newly elected chair of the Board of Trustees delivers remarks

Frazier provides update on independent investigation

Guidelines for reporting of child abuse, sexual assault

Professor's blog provides updates on Antarctic research

Monday, December 14, 2009

Neyda Abreu, assistant professor of geosciences at Penn State DuBois, is having the adventure of a lifetime. She’s collecting meteorites in the frozen landscape of Antarctica, working with the Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET). For six weeks, Abreu’s home will be a 10-foot by 10-foot tent that she’ll share with one other team member. That is when she’s not out on the barren Antarctic mountain ranges searching for extraterrestrial material that could unlock secrets about our solar system.

Abreu and the rest of the eight team members on this expedition are continuously updating a blog on the ANSMET Web site, so anyone in the world can follow their daily activities. Currently, the team is in training; just getting prepared for the work ahead and adjusting to life at the bottom of the world.

In her first blog post, Abreu describes their new living conditions, “For two people of my height (5-foot 4-inches), 10-by-10 may appear to be rather spacious. However, when you add four very large duffel bags loaded with personal and sleeping items, three wooden boxes of housekeeping items and a two-burner propane stove complete with its tank, it starts getting cozy! If you add a tent visitor or two into the mix and two pairs of Mickey-Mouse boots, you start to get a sense for the type of close-knit community in which we will live in the field. A juxtaposition of infinite openness with tight living quarters. We have relinquished our personal space in favor of visiting and learning about one of the most sublimely beautiful spaces on Earth.”

The program is funded by the Office of Polar Programs of the National Science Foundation. To follow the team’s blog and learn more about ANSMET visit http://www.humanedgetech.com/expedition/ansmet0910/ online.

Contact
Tags