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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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Painting the Lines at Beaver Stadium

Painting the Lines at Beaver Stadium

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Did They Get It Right? - RedTails

Iconic Penn State elm taken down over spring break 2012

Iconic Penn State elm taken down over spring break 2012

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

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

Disease stricken matching elm tree slated for removal

Disease stricken matching elm tree slated for removal

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

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

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Health administration students place third in case competition

from L to R: Jeff Knorr, Quint Studor (famous health care author and speaker), Kara Vass and Jessica Havern
Monday, February 22, 2010

Three Penn State students in the Master of Health Administration program (M.H.A.), received third place in the annual Health Administration Case Competition hosted by the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) on Feb. 11, 2010. In the competition, 24 teams of health administration students from universities across the country were challenged with developing solutions to the same real-world dilemma. This year, the competition centered on hospital and physician alignment. (more)

College of Medicine student learns father is OK in Haiti

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

After days of sleepless worry, a Penn State College of Medicine graduate student from Haiti learned Friday that her father and grandparents are alive and well. Lynnsay Marsan, 25, a native of Port-au-Prince, had not heard from them since before a devastating earthquake struck the island nation last Tuesday. Marsan learned Thursday that her mother, sister and step-father had survived the earthquake unharmed despite the fact that their home had been destroyed. However, with no word about her father, grandfather or grandmother, who suffers from Alzheimer's, she left Hershey Friday morning in hopes of returning to Haiti. (more)

College of Medicine grad student tries to reunite with family in Haiti

Friday, January 15, 2010

A 25-year old Penn State College of Medicine graduate student is attempting to return to her native Haiti to reunite with her mother and sister and try to find her father and grandparents. Lynnsay Marsan, a native of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, says she had spoken with her mother by phone just minutes before a 7.0 magnitude earthquake devastated the country on Tuesday. Her family's home in the Haitian capital was destroyed but it took two days for Marsan to find out whether her mother and other family members survived. (more)

College of Medicine graduate students mark first ethics ceremony

Following the distribution of white coats, more than 50 entering graduate students joined together to recite the newly created pledge to uphold the values of integrity, professionalism, and scholarship in biomedical research.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Penn State College of Medicine welcomed its incoming graduate students on Friday, Aug. 21, with the inaugural Graduate Student Oath Ceremony, which took place at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. To see photos, visit http://live.psu.edu/stilllife/2129 online. (more)

Penn State part of project to raise awareness of scholarly integrity

Monday, February 23, 2009

Penn State is among seven universities that have received awards to improve the scholarly integrity and raise awareness about ethical responsibilities at their institutions. The Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) has asked the institutions to develop models for integrating research and scholarly integrity into the graduate school experience. (more)

Orientation, welcome reception for new graduate students is Aug. 20

Monday, August 18, 2008

A half-day orientation program for all new Penn State graduate students, sponsored by the Graduate School, will be held from 1 to 5 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 20, in the Forum Building on the University Park campus. Sessions during the orientation will cover topics such as plagiarism, graduate student life and health insurance. (more)