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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Financial Times ranks Smeal MBA Program 6th among U.S. public programs

Monday, January 30, 2012
Business Building, Penn State University Park campus.
Credit: Annemarie Mountz Business Building, Penn State University Park campus.

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Financial Times has ranked the Penn State Smeal College of Business MBA Program sixth among all publicly supported programs in the United States.

The Smeal MBA Program is ranked 22nd among all U.S. programs and 49th globally, according to the newspaper.
 
Additionally, the paper ranked Smeal ninth among all U.S. programs for the extent to which alumni fulfilled their goals for completing an MBA.
 
The Financial Times ranking is based on information provided by the schools and surveys of graduates from the classes of 2006, 2007 and 2008. The criteria include alumni salary and career development, the diversity and international reach of the school and its MBA program, and its research capabilities.
 
The complete Financial Times ranking is available online at rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/global-mba-rankings-2012.
 
For more information on the Smeal MBA Program, visit www.smeal.psu.edu/mba.