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Associate professor finds
new species
A team of university scientists has discovered what appears to be a new
species of centipede-like worms living on and within mounds of methane ice
on the floor of the Gulf of Mexico, about 150 miles south of New Orleans.
Search for dean turns to
World Wide Web for help
As the University moves through its reorganization, the task of finding
a leader for its newest and largest college -- which is spread from one
end of the state to the other -- has been a challenge that only technology
could overcome.
Sigh of relief as tax plan
is dropped
Colleges and universities successfully lobbied to exclude from final federal
legislation a provision that would have taxed the tuition waivers that many
institutions, including Penn State, give to graduate teaching and research
assistants and to the families of faculty and staff members.
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