Still Life

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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Adobe Connect upgrade offers improved accessibility

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

An upgraded version of Meeting@PennState (a Web-conferencing module powered by Adobe Connect) is now available to the Penn State community. Meeting@PennState provides faculty, staff and students with an array of online collaborative tools including videoconferencing, webinars and chat.

Along with a newly designed website, the upgrade offers users a simplified interface, with attendee management features, enhanced audio and video controls, and improved accessibility for persons with disabilities, including screen reader support and easier keyboard navigation.

New guest access capabilities enable individuals, unaffiliated with the University, to conveniently log into a public meeting using a guest account without having to establish a Friends of Penn State account. To easily identify meeting attendees, guests will be shown with a blue icon in the attendee pod, while Penn State and Friends of Penn State participants will have yellow labels.

Additionally, faculty and staff can now create their own meeting rooms (though only those with LDAP directory designations of “staff” or “faculty” will be automatically promoted to Meeting Owners). Staff with a “member” or other designation should contact meeting@psu.edu to create meeting rooms. Students should contact a faculty or staff member to receive a room.

The next Meeting@PennState demonstration session will be held from 10 to 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 24. No registration or RSVP is necessary to join the meeting at https://meeting.psu.edu/r54559680/.

For more information about the Adobe Connect service, contact meeting@psu.edu or visit the new Adobe Connect website at http://meeting.psu.edu/ to access training opportunities and support resources.