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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

Did They Get It Right? - RedTails

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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Penn State Promise

Board of Trustees launches new website

Faculty Senate recaps 2011-12 activity for Board of Trustees

Frazier provides update on Special Investigations Task Force

Board of Trustees meeting to be streamed live

Penn State donates more than $2.6 million to abuse prevention efforts

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Ambassador Butler to lead nuclear disarmament group

Ambassador Richard Butler.
Thursday, January 06, 2011

Ambassador Richard Butler, Penn State's distinguished scholar of international peace and security, and a faculty member of the School of International Affairs, has been named chairman of the Middle Powers Initiative (MPI), effective Jan. 1. Douglas Roche, founding chairman of the MPI, called Butler "one of the world's leading authorities on nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament, with a record of solid achievements in those fields. He will be an outstanding leader of MPI, and takes up the role of chairman at a crucial moment in work to rid the world of nuclear weapons." (more)

Ambassador to address U.S. foreign policy, nuclear disarmament

Ambassador Richard Butler AC, distinguished scholar for international peace and security at Penn State's School of International Affairs
Friday, February 06, 2009

Ambassador Richard Butler AC, distinguished scholar for international peace and security at Penn State's School of International Affairs, will offer a free public lecture series beginning Thursday, March 5. Butler, a former Australian Ambassador to the United Nations, is one of the world's leading experts with respect to nuclear arms control and disarmament. As executive chairman of the U.N. Special Commission to Disarm Iraq (UNSCOM), Butler was U.N.'s chief arms inspector of Iraq between 1997 and 1999. He will speak on the topics of "Renewing U.S. Foreign Policy," on Thursday, March 5; "The Elimination of Nuclear Weapons," on Thursday, April 2; and "Reform of the U.N. Security Council," Thursday, April 16. (more)