The HUB Parking Deck on the University Park campus will remain open this weekend (June 10-13), the Penn State Parking Office has announced. The previously planned closure is no longer necessary. Until improvements to Shortlidge Road are completed on Aug. 1, access to the HUB Deck will be from Pollock Road only. (more)
To accommodate the construction project taking place on Shortlidge Road, the HUB Parking Deck will be closed from 6 p.m. Friday, June 3, to 5 a.m. Monday, June 6, and again from 6 p.m. Friday, June 10, to 5 a.m. Monday June 13. Faculty, staff and students who normally use the HUB Deck on the weekend will find ample parking available in Lot Brown C or the Eisenhower Parking Deck. To view a map of the parking areas on the University Park campus, visit http://www.transportation.psu.edu/helpfulmaps/ online. (more)
Construction workers placed the final steel beam atop the new Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital, marking a milestone in the construction of the freestanding building, in a topping-off ceremony held Feb. 8. The beam bearing the signatures of patients, staff, students, volunteers, donors, and community members was hoisted into the air by a crane then carefully guided into place.
Students, faculty and staff returning to the University Park campus for the start of spring semester classes today (Jan. 10) will see the first visible signs of progress on the Biobehavioral Health Building construction site since the construction fencing went up back in October. The bridge connecting Henderson Building and Henderson Building South has been demolished -- a step necessary before construction on the new building could begin. (more)
Nearly 100 University administrators, state leaders and community members gathered at the University Park Airport to recognize the completion of its new airport traffic control tower. The new tower was unveiled at an opening ceremony on Dec. 7 and is expected to begin operations in January. For photos, visit http://live.psu.edu/stilllife/2398 online. (more)
Site preparation work will begin on Oct. 25 for the construction of the Biobehavioral Health Building on Penn State's University Park campus. The new building is being situated south of the Henderson Building between the Old Main lawn and the HUB lawn. The first step in the process will be to install fencing around the construction zone, and to build a paved, lighted walkway to maintain pedestrian traffic across the HUB lawn. Roughly half of the HUB lawn will be fenced off as part of the construction zone, with access to the rest of the lawn maintained. (more)
The Nittany Lions have not played in Beaver Stadium since April, but there has been much activity in and around the facility over the past four months in preparation for Saturday's opener (Sept. 4) against Youngstown State and for the 2010 season. Most notable to the public will be the changes in and around Gate A, but plenty more has been upgraded. (more)
The HUB Parking Deck will be closed to all vehicles beginning at 5 p.m. Friday, June 18 and running through 5 p.m. Sunday, June 20. The closure is required for maintenance being done to the deck. University vehicles can be parked in Lot Brown C behind Osmond Lab for the weekend. Permit-holders coming in to work on Saturday and Sunday can park in lots Brown G, Brown C or Yellow F (Eisenhower Deck). For photos of the work, visit http://live.psu.edu/stilllife/2284 online. (more)
University Park, Pa. -- Penn State officials were notified Thursday (April 15) by U.S. Rep. Glenn Thompson, R-Howard, that the federal Department of Transportation has awarded the University Park Airport in State College a $251,690 grant for the second phase of construction for a new air traffic control tower. (more)
In what is traditionally called a topping-off ceremony, contractors hoisted the final I-beam into its place Tuesday, April 6, on the Millennium Science Complex, now under construction at Penn State's University Park campus. By completing the complex skeletal frame, construction workers can begin finishing the envelope, or outer shell, and then finally the interior of the complex, which will house materials science and life science faculty together to encourage innovative research collaborations. Read on to watch video highlights of the ceremony. (more)
