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Election Day at Penn State: What Reasons Did Students Have to Come Out and Vote?

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Tuesday was Election Day across the country and at Penn State. The primary voting location for most Penn State students was in Heritage Hall in the HUB, where the end of day...

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Penn State Ranks In The College Football Playoff Rankings

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.- The College Football Playoff committee released their first rankings of the season Tuesday night which seeded Penn State as the fourth-ranked team in college football. There was...

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Penn State Competes With Michigan State In Blood Donor Challenge

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - The Penn State Nittany Lions and the Michigan State Spartans square off every year on the gridiron, but the two schools compete in more than just football. For the 25th year in...

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Sisters on the Runway Hosts Annual Domestic Violence Awareness Walk

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Sisters on the Runway PSU held its annual walk, Walk a Mile in Her Shoes, to raise awareness about domestic violence and sexual assault on campus this past Wednesday. The walk...

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Students Look To Video Games For Stress Relief

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – College life can be tough. With exams, extra-curriculars and everything else constantly coming in, many Penn State students can end up stressed, tired, and burnt out. Students...

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Penn State Students Prepare for Flu Season with Help of UHS

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — With winter approaching, Penn Staters are focused on staying healthy as flu season gets underway. Students are trying their best to prevent getting the “Penn State Plague.” Even...

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Penn State’s Student Veteran Organization Holds Veterans Day Ceremony

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — To celebrate Veterans Day on Monday, members of Penn State’s Student Veteran Organization held their annual Veterans Day ceremony at Old Main. This year’s event marked the 100th...

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100 Days ‘Til THON 2020 Celebration Takes Over the HUB

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – The countdown to THON 2020 has begun. In just 100 days, over 40,000 students, supporters and Four Diamonds families will be standing and dancing for 46 hours straight in the...

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Council of Lionhearts Hosts Thanksgiving Basket Drive

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Penn State’s Council of Lionhearts is helping Centre County families in need this Thanksgiving. The Council of Lionhearts is hosting a Thanksgiving basket drive to help put a...

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American Red Cross Hosts Blood Drive in HUB’s Alumni Hall

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The American Red Cross held its ninth blood drive this month in the HUB’s Alumni Hall on Monday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The drive is one of the last of the 25th annual Penn State...

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Hiroshima Bombing Survivor Speaks at Penn State

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Hiroshima bombing survivor Shigeko Sasamori spoke last Friday in the Forum Building. The Japanese Program and the Department of Asian Studies at Penn State sponsored the speech....

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Adenovirus Outbreak Strikes Penn State Campus

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Penn State has seen an uptick in adenovirus cases this year. University Health Services is advising students to follow prevention techniques to stay healthy and limit the spread...

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Penn State Frost Entomological Museum Reopens After Years of Renovations

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.- For the first time in more than six years, the Penn State Frost Entomological Museum has once again opened its doors for bug lovers of all shapes and sizes.  The exhibit is...

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Penn State and Ohio State Tackle Hunger

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — This week is Ohio State week, as Penn State prepares for a monumental football game on Saturday and a huge hockey series this weekend. Off the field, however, there’s another...

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Korean Women’s Hockey Writer Seth Berkman Speaks at Penn State

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Seth Berkman grew up the way a typical American kid would grow up in the New Jersey suburbs. The sports journalist was adopted from South Korea when he was just 3 months old,...

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State College Mayor’s Chaotic Last Council Meeting

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- After nearly 20 years of service to the State College Borough, Mayor Donald Hahn presided over his last meeting on Monday. The meeting started with a surprise appreciation gift...

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Construction on Old Main Finished

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.- Construction on the bell tower at Old Main has finished.  The iconic landmark at Penn State has been under construction as part of the University’s plan to refurbish Old Main to...

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Penn State Students Prepare for the Stress of Finals

UNIVERSITY PARK​, ​Pa-  With the end of the semester quickly approaching, Penn State students now have to face the dreaded finals week. With finals week less than two weeks away, students are coming...

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New Tobacco Laws Raise Minimum Age

New laws have changed the minimum age to purchase tobacco and nicotine in the state of Pennsylvania. Dylan Huberman reports.

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A Place for All

Sharon Schafer has always had a passion for farming and working within agriculture. She worked for years at a supported agriculture farm where she saw a vast amount of food go to waste and not go to...

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