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The HUB is ready for Fall Semester
Visitors to the ground and first floors of the Hetzel Union Building on
the University Park campus will see major changes this fall, a result of
the on-going construction of the new HUB-Robeson Center. For now, the second
and third floors will experience no changes.
Water loss reported at Breazeale
reactor
On Tuesday, Aug. 11, the University's Breazeale Nuclear Reactor facility
confirmed the loss of slightly radioactive water to the appropriate state
and federal authorities. The reporting was done even though there is no
public health consequence from this event and no requirement to report such
a minimal spill.
Semiconductor program takes
off
Activity is heating up at some of the University's facilities with a one-day
workshop on Aug. 21 to inaugurate the Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology
Program. The workshop will bring together representatives of Pennsylvania-based
semiconductor companies, researchers, educators and government officials
instrumental in implementing the new program that is expected to help the
state's $296.4-million-a-year semiconductor industry.
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