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Firefighters battled a controlled blaze on the tarmac at Penn State's University Park Airport on May 23 during a full-scale emergency exercise. The exercise was designed to provide real-time training and recertification for emergency response personnel from around the Centre Region.

University Park Airport Emergency Response Exercise

A moment of levity: Penn State Lehigh Valley graduates celebrated with the Nittany Lion after commencement ceremonies, held May 5 at Stabler Arena in Bethlehem, Pa.

Commencement across Penn State: Spring 2012

New graduates of Penn State's Eberly College of Science listened to the commencement address provided by United States Secretary of Energy Steven Chu during spring 2012 graduation ceremonies held May 5 at the Bryce Jordan Center on the University Park campus.

Spring commencement 2012 under way

A Moroccan farmer taught Penn State students about the properties of vetiver grass, including its ability to clean wastewater. The grass could be used as part of a solution to water-quality problems being experienced in Assoul, Morocco, where students spent time recently.

Penn State, Moroccan students problem-solve together

Anjelica Fortunato, left, and Jeffrey Lu reviewed for their Anatomy 129 final exam on May 1 on the HUB-Robeson Center Lawn on Penn State's University Park campus. Penn State students are preparing for and taking final exams throughout the week as spring semester 2012 comes to a close.

Finals Week Spring Semester 2012

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Schmidt Kramer makes gift to Law School's Nancy Liu Memorial Fund

Professor Bob Rains, Charles Schmidt Jr., Esq. '74 and Terry Hyman, Esq. '82
Tuesday, May 19, 2009

The Harrisburg, Pa., law firm of Schmidt Kramer, P.C. recently donated $10,000 to Penn State University's Dickinson School of Law Nancy Liu Memorial Fund. The fund was established to support Disability Law Clinic student participation in national conferences on disability law.

"We view this as a way to demonstrate our commitment to those whose economic hardships stem from physical and mental disabilities," said Schmidt Kramer attorney Terry Hymen '82. "Our firm represents many clients who end up outside the economic and social mainstream because of disabilities not of their own making." (more)