Penn State Daily Newswire

Top Stories For March 2003

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March 31

-- HEARD ON CAMPUS: SPEAKERS AT WATERBURY FORUM, SALA GROUNDBREAKING

-- $10 MILLION STUCKEMAN GIFT TARGETS NEW HOME FOR SALA

-- DOOMED MATTER NEAR BLACK HOLE GETS SECOND LEASE ON LIFE

-- STUDY SHOWS NEW GEL CAN HELP ROSACEA SUFFERERS

-- SPANIER, INGOLD WIN PENN STATE INTRAMURAL RACQUETBALL TITLE

March 28

-- DID YOU KNOW: LADY LIONS HIT SECOND BACK-TO-BACK 'SWEET SIXTEEN' SEASONS

-- FOUR PENN STATERS WIN PRESTIGIOUS GOLDWATER SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS

-- A CLOSER LOOK YIELDS NEW CLUES TO WHY BACTERIA STICK TO THINGS

-- RESEARCHERS: U.S. SCHOOL VIOLENCE RANKS 18TH IN THE WORLD

-- WHAT'S IN THE NEWS: A SPORTING CHANCE

March 27

-- DID YOU KNOW: NIGHTTIME ATHERTON STREET CLOSINGS ARE BACK

-- IN TOUGH TIMES, A COMPANY SHOULD PRESERVE TRAINING BUDGET

-- NEWSWIRE EXTRA: RALLY IN SUPPORT OF TROOPS

-- PENN STATE PART OF HIGHER EDUCATION RESPONSE TO 'CYBER ATTACKS'

--THERMOMETERS AT PENN STATE TAKE ON NEW LOOK FOR SAFETY

March 26

-- LADY LIONS ROLL INTO 'SWEET SIXTEEN' WITH WIN OVER SOUTH CAROLINA

-- VILLAGE AT PENN STATE POPULATION GROWING AT A QUICK PACE

-- TWO PENN STATE ASTRONOMERS RECOGNIZED FOR SCIENTIFIC IMPACT

-- NEWSWIRE EXTRA:  CATS RULE THE STAGE AT EISENHOWER AUDITORIUM

-- THE MEDICAL MINUTE: EXERCISE AS THE 'FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH'

March 25

--  LADY LIONS CONTINUE NCAA PLAY AT HOME, TIPOFF AT 5 P.M. ON ESPN

--  CITIZENS BANK FOUNDATION MAKES $500,000 GIFT TO DOWNTOWN THEATRE CENTER

-- UNDERWATER SENSOR SYSTEM COULD PROTECT RESERVOIRS, DRINKING WATER

--  NEWSWIRE EXTRA: CATS ON THE PROWL AT EISENHOWER AUDITORIUM

-- SALA BUILDING GROUNDBREAKING TO BE HELD SATURDAY

March 24

-- DID YOU KNOW: POULTRY SCIENCE CLUB AT TOP OF PECKING ORDER

-- TERRORIST LABELS SHIFT IN POLICY WINDS

-- ONLINE SEMINAR EXAMINES PENNSYLVANIA'S HISTORY AND FUTURE

-- PENN STATE POISON CENTER OPERATIONS TO BE DISCONTINUED

-- FACULTY AND STAFF ACHIEVEMENTS LAUDED IN AWARDS PROGRAM

March 21

-- PENN STATE BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING IN HERSHEY TODAY

-- DID YOU KNOW: HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER RANKS HIGH FOR INPATIENT SATISFACTION

-- UPCOMING JORDAN CENTER SHOWS APPEAL TO RANGE OF TASTES

-- WHAT'S IN THE NEWS: A 'PEALING' PEACE

-- QUOTE OF THE DAY: GUION BLUFORD AT THE FORUM

-- STUDENTS GATHER TO WATCH AS WAR INTENSIFIES

-- TRUSTEES APPROVE 2003-2004 ROOM AND BOARD RATES

-- SKETCH PLANS APPROVED FOR BUSINESS, FOREST RESOURCES BUILDINGS

-- TRUSTEES HEAR AN UPDATE ON UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION AND INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS

-- E-EDUCATION INSTITUTE RENAMED IN HONOR OF JOHN A. DUTTON, DEAN EMERITUS

-- BURKE NAMED DEAN AND CEO OF PENN STATE ERIE

-- TRIPONEY APPROVED AS VICE PRESIDENT FOR STUDENT AFFAIRS

-- BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES WEIDEMANN AS VICE PRESIDENT FOR OUTREACH

-- LOUGHRAN NAMED PENN STATE CANCER INSTITUTE DIRECTOR

-- BERNARD BAILYN TO RECEIVE HONORARY DEGREE AT SUMMER COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY

-- PENN STATE ANNOUNCES BALLOT POSITIONS FOR 2003 ELECTION OF TRUSTEES BY ALUMNI

March 20

-- ANNUAL MATCH DAY ARRIVES FOR STUDENTS IN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE

-- 'CATS' TO PROWL CAMPUS JUST TWO NIGHTS NEXT WEEK

-- HEALTH CARE FOR THE UNINSURED IS TOPIC OF MARCH 25 SPANIER CALL-IN SHOW

-- STUDENT RESEARCH EXHIBITIONS SET

March 19

-- NEWSWIRE EXTRA: MAPLE HARVEST TIME AT SHAVER'S CREEK

-- WIND ENERGY PURCHASE MAKES ENVIRONMENTALISM A BREEZE AT PENN STATE

-- PENN STATE HOSTING NCAA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT THIS WEEKEND

-- IST STUDENT TAKES THE STING OUT OF SCHEDULING BLOOD DONATIONS

-- THE MEDICAL MINUTE: ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE A GROWING PROBLEM

March 18

-- AS WAR LOOMS, HUNDREDS OF TROOPS FROM PENN STATE COMMUNITY STAND READY

-- DUNN RESIGNS AS PENN STATE MEN'S BASKETBALL COACH

-- COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SURVEY ADDRESSES COMMUNITY NEEDS

-- STUDY LISTS SIX ACCOUNTING FACULTY AMONG MOST PROLIFIC AUTHORS

-- ALUMNI COOL CAREER: ARCHITECT DELIVERS SUPERIOR INTERIORS

March 17

-- TRIPONEY NAMED VICE PRESIDENT FOR STUDENT AFFAIRS AT PENN STATE

-- PENN STATE'S WPSX IS NATION'S 100TH DIGITAL PUBLIC TELEVISION STATION

-- TESTOSTERONE LEVELS AND MARRIAGE: VARIATION IS NOT ALL BAD

-- RESEARCHERS WORKING ON CONTRACEPTION FOR WILD HORSES

March 14

-- FOOD FOR THOUGHT: PENN STATE STUDENTS COULD LITERALLY EAT A TON

-- PENN STATE ERIE GAINS FORMAL RECOGNITION AS AN ARBORETUM

-- LINKIN PARK BRINGS SUCCESSFUL TOUR TO THE BRYCE JORDAN CENTER

-- WHAT'S IN THE NEWS: MARIACHI MIGRATION

March 13

-- GARDENERS HAVE MULCH TO DO IN EARLY SPRING

-- PENN STATE ANTHROPOLOGIST DIGS THE NEAR EAST

-- PENN STATE DAIRY EXPERT SAYS CHEESE-MAKING AN OPTION FOR SOME DAIRIES

-- TRACK AND FIELD MENTORS SWEEP REGIONAL COACH OF THE YEAR HONORS

March 12

-- NINE PENN STATE STUDENTS WIN GILMAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS

-- LONG, HARD WINTER HAS DAMAGED TREES IN PENNSYLVANIA

-- PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING CARTOONIST NEXT PENN STATE FORUM SPEAKER

-- THE MEDICAL MINUTE: CARBON MONOXIDE -- A QUIET KILLER

March 11

-- GRASSROOTS NETWORK TO MOBILIZE STATEWIDE ADVOCACY FOR PENN STATE

-- STUDENT IN ANTARCTICA ANSWERS PENN STATE NEWSWIRE READERS' QUESTIONS

-- DEVELOPERS, BUILDERS CAN PRESERVE TREES DURING CONSTRUCTION

-- PENN STATE PART OF NSF STUDY ON BROADENING MISSION OF AMERICAN FACULTY

March 10

-- RESEARCHERS DEVELOPING 'SENTINEL PLANTS' TO WARN OF BIOTERRORISM

-- STUDY IDENTIFIES NEW, MORE EFFECTIVE OPTION FOR GENE DATA MINING

-- PENN STATE, CAIRO UNIVERSITY IN EGYPT CREATE JOINT ANIMAL SCIENCES PROGRAM

March 07

-- SPANIER TO HELP SHAPE FUTURE OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL BOWL SYSTEM

-- STATEWIDE MAP OF IMPERVIOUS SURFACE AREAS UNVEILED

-- HERE'S THE BEEF ON PENN STATE'S QUIZ BOWL CHAMPIONS

-- RUSSIANS TO EXAMINE ROLE OF LIBRARIES IN DEMOCRACY AT PENN STATE

-- WHAT'S IN THE NEWS: SEARCH FOR GOLDEN CITY YIELDS LITTLE GLITTER

March 06

-- NEWSWIRE EXTRA: PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS MOVING AT THE SPEED OF CHAT

-- SPRING BREAK 2003: STUDENTS TURN BREAK INTO SERVICE/LEARNING WEEK

-- HIBERNATING BLACK BEARS SHED LIGHT ON OSTEOPOROSIS

-- POLITICAL CLIMATE HAS AN IMPACT ON INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

-- THEATRE COMPLEX TO BENEFIT UNIVERSITY, REGION

March 05

-- PENN STATE AMONG TOP 10 UNIVERSITY PATENT RECIPIENTS

-- PREVENTIVE WARS ARE RARE IN AMERICAN HISTORY

-- STUDENTS INVITED TO TAKE PART IN PENNSYLVANIA HISTORY DAY

-- CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS BRINGS QUINTET, ORCHESTRA TO CAMPUS

-- THE MEDICAL MINUTE: SMALLPOX   WHA WHAT'S THE THREAT?

March 04

-- STATE BUDGET PROPOSAL INCLUDES ANOTHER CUT FOR PENN STATE

-- HEARD ON CAMPUS: ANNA QUINDLEN AT ALTOONA

-- A HOCKEY DYNASTY: ICERS CLAIM FOURTH STRAIGHT NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

-- SPRING BREAK 2003: JAMAICAN BEACH WILL BE SCENE FOR RESEARCH

-- IRWIN ELECTED MEMBER OF NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING

March 03

-- LADY LION BASKETBALL TEAM CLAIMS BIG TEN REGULAR SEASON TITLE

-- GRANT BACKS FACULTY PROJECT ON COMMUNITY-BASED TECHNOLOGY

-- ESL CERTIFICATE PROGRAM WILL FULFILL STATE REQUIREMENTS

-- PENN STATE SUMMER CAMPS OFFER LEARNING AND FUN

-- PULITZER PRIZE-WINNER WRAPS UP ALTOONA CAMPUS SPEAKER SERIES