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The following photo stories have appeared on Penn State Newswires or on the Penn State Live Web site in 2004. For past indexes, click here. Dec. 17, 2004 McKeesport students enjoy first snowfall of the season Students at Penn State McKeesport enjoy a co-ed, pick-up game of football in the field behind the Frable Building earlier this week during a sudden snowfall. For pictures, click here. Dec. 16, 2004 Shopping options abound at University Park Last-minute holiday shoppers don't have to travel far to find gifts. Many options are available on University Park campus, including gift certificates and gift baskets. For pictures, click here. Dec. 15, 2004 For pictures, click here. Dec. 9, 2004 Students demonstrate ingenuity at Learning Factory Showcase More than 200 engineering students presented projects at the Learning Factory Showcase held Wednesday at the HUB-Robeson Center, University Park. The projects were sponsored by companies seeking solutions to engineering challenges. Outside the auditorium, a marble machine that was built at the Learning Factory to commemorate World AIDS Day was displayed. Each marble that dropped represented a person dying of AIDS. For pictures, click here. Dec. 8, 2004 Robot competition is senior project The Department of Computer Science and Engineering held its biannual robot competition Wednesday, Dec. 8, in the second floor atrium of the Information Sciences and Technology Building, University Park. This semester, six teams took part in the challenge design and build an autonomous robot that navigates a maze to locate and knock down dominoes.The winners received a $1,200 prize from Lockheed Martin and a Design Excellence Award. For pictures, click here. Dec. 7, 2004 Festival of Trees opens at Ag Arena The 10th annual Festival of Trees is presented by the State College Area Family YMCA in cooperation with the Woodland Owners of Centre County. It runs Wednesday through Sunday at the Ag Arena on Penn State's University Park campus. For pictures, click here. Dec. 3, 2004 MBNA Building wins award The MBNA Career Services Center on Penn State's University Park campus has won an Honor Award for design from the Northwest Pennsylvania American Institute of Architects. The firm Weber Murphy Fox is the architect for the building. The awards presentation will be held Dec. 8 in Erie. Following are some photos that exhibit the building's design. For pictures, click here. Dec. 2, 2004 French government honors two Penn State faculty members Chantal Manes, Head of the Education Office at the French Cultural Service in Washington, D.C., honors Norris Lacy with the Order of Academic Palms for his work in early French literature. For the full story, check Penn State Live at http://live.psu.edu/story/9276 For pictures, click here. Nov. 30, 2004 Penn State has large statewide economic impactPenn State has large statewide economic impact Penn State and Tripp Umbach today released a report detailing Penn State's economic impact on Pennsylvania. According to the report, Penn State is the single largest contributor to the state's economy -- an engine of 24 campuses generating $6.14 billion annually in direct net economic impact to the commonwealth. For the full story, check http://live.psu.edu/story/9128 For pictures, click here. Nov. 20, 2004 Swift launch is successful This sign is at the entrance to the Cape Canaveral Air Force Base, where Swift was launched. For a high-resoultion version, click on the photo. For pictures, click here. Nov. 20, 2004 Swift launch is successful From NASA TV, a close-up of ignition of the Delta Rocket as the launch countdown clock hits zero. For pictures, click here. Nov. 17, 2004 Penn State Erie celebrates program milestonePenn State Erie celebrates program milestone Penn State Erie is celebrating the 15th anniversary of its Penn State Educational Partnership Program (PEPP) this year. Ty Schuerman, a GE retiree and a PEPP volunteer mentor for all 15 years, was at Wilson Middle School helping a team of students in the engineering module create small electric cars.. For pictures, click here. Nov. 17, 2004 New Kensington welcomes back Lady Lion basketball After a 25-year hiatus, a two-year recruiting process, and a one-day delay, the Penn State New Kensington women's basketball team made its 2004-05 debut Nov. 18 against Butler County Community College at PSNK Field House. The 64-31 loss could not dampen the celebration of the return of Lady Lions basketball to the Upper Burrell campus for the first time since 1979. Students, faculty, staff, parents, and friends turned out for the first of 10 home games for the head coach Tom Saulle's team that features eight freshmen and three sophomores. Freshman guard Erin Weber scored 11 points, tops for the Lady Lions. On hand for the historic game were the two former women's basketball coaches, Bob Darby and Arlene Hall. Darby, instructor in kinesiology, was the first coach, 1974-76, and Hall, director of academic affairs, was at the helm for three years, 1976-79. For pictures, click here. Nov. 16, 2004 Newly tenured faculty recognized Penn State President Graham B. Spanier addressed attendees of the second annual Penn State Promotion and Tenure Recognition Program for newly tenured faculty held recently in the Paterno Family Humanities Reading Room, Pattee Library, on Penn State's University Park campus. For pictures, click here. Nov. 15, 2004 All systems ready for Swift launch The Swift Mission Operations Center, run by Penn State, was bustling with activity on Monday morning, in preparation for NASA's launch of the Swift satellite scheduled for Wednesday. Swift, scheduled to be launched into Earth orbit from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida shortly before 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 17, will be controlled by a Penn State team at the Swift Mission Operations Center near the University Park campus as soon as the instrument separates from its booster rocket. In addition to staffing Swift's control center and operating the satellite after its launch, the Penn State team built two of the satellite's three telescopes. For pictures, click here. Nov. 11, 2004 Veterans Day observed at University Park More than 100 people came out to listen to the Veterans Day service at Old Main on the University Park campus on a brilliantly sunny, warm Thursday (Nov. 11, 2004). Since fall 2001, a total of 449 military withdrawals have been taken by Penn State students who serve in armed forces reserves or National Guard and have been called up to active military duty. This semester alone, 49 students have been activated — adding to the total of 106 student call-ups at Penn State in 2004. For pictures, click here. Nov. 11, 2004 Segways help OPP get the job done quicker The Office of Physical Plant recently acquired seven Segway Human Transporters to help move employees and tools around the campus. For pictures, click here. Nov. 11, 2004 Window replaced in IST Building It took two cherry pickers to lift two heavy panes of glass up into the bridge of the new IST Building that spans Atherton Street on the University Park campus. The glass replaced two panes that were damaged when someone fired a shot at the glass earlier this year. For pictures, click here. Nov. 2, 2004 Student voter turnout heavy Signs helped direct long lines of students to the polling places at the HUB-Robeson Center on the University Park campus. Turnout among the student voters was high. For pictures, click here. Nov. 2, 2004 DuBois bustling with activity on Penn State Day The Penn State sign welcomed prospective students to visit Penn State DuBois on Saturday, Oct. 30, part of Penn State Day across the commonwealth. For pictures, click here. Nov. 1, 2004 New PSU ID cards distributed starting today Today (Nov. 1) was the first day that faculty, staff and students were able to pick up their new PSU ID cards. In the HUB-Robeson Center Alumni Hall on Penn State's University Park campus, directional signs helped to guide faculty, staff and students through the process. For pictures, click here. Nov. 1, 2004 Other duties as assigned: President Spanier sweeps the ice for hockey team Other duties as assigned: One never knows what may fall under that catch-all phrase in job descriptions. For Penn State President Graham B. Spanier this past Friday night, "other duties" included driving the zamboni at the Penn State Ice Rink for the showdown between the Penn State Icers and No. 1 Ohio University. For pictures, click here. Oct. 29, 2004 Ground broke for new Forest Resources Building Ground was broken Oct. 29 for the new Forest Resources Building on the University Park campus. This is an artist's rendering of what the completed project will look like. The new four-story building encompasses about 95,000 square feet of space. The Forest Science, Wildlife and Fisheries Science, and Wood Products programs will all be located under one roof. For pictures, click here. Oct. 29, 2004 Howard Dean speaks at Penn State University Park -- Howard Dean, former Vermont governor and candidate for Democratic nomination for president. Dean spoke on Penn State's University Park campus last night (Oct. 28). His appearance was part of the Distinguished Speaker Series. For pictures, click here. Oct. 29, 2004 Former president visits Penn State Penn State football Coach Joe Paterno introduced Former President George H.W. Bush to the audience in the HUB-Robeson Center Alumni Hall today (Oct. 29). The former president was on Penn State's University Park campus campaigning for his son, President George W. Bush. For pictures, click here. Oct. 28, 2004 Alumnus returns to Delco after two tours in Iraq Marine Lt. David Fleming drives home a point while recalling his second tour of duty in Iraq to more than 100 members of the Penn State Delaware County campus community. Fleming, a 2001 American Studies graduate and a platoon commander, returned to Penn State Delaware County on Tuesday after his second tour of duty in Iraq. For pictures, click here. Oct. 27, 2004 Zoller exhibition features works by visual arts faculty An exhibition of new artwork by Penn State School of Visual Arts faculty members will be on display through Nov. 2 in the Zoller Gallery on the University Park campus. The exhibit, "In a Voting Year," includes assistant profesor of art Cristin Millett's "Obstrical Phantom." For pictures, click here. Oct. 27, 2004 Bakery gears up for Halloween Mary Ann Shultz cuts Halloween shapes from cookie dough at The Bakery at Penn State. Approximately 300 dozen Halloween cookies will be mixed, decorated and baked this week at The Bakery. For pictures, click here. Oct. 25, 2004 Halloween Trail paints broad strokes of autumn at Penn State Tickets are on sale now for the annual Halloween Trail, which will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 30 and 31, at Shaver's Creek Environmental Center. The trail is geared toward ages 4 through 10. A free pumpkin-carving event precedes the festival from 6 to 9 p.m. Oct. 28 at Shaver's Creek. Participants should bring tools for carving and a spoon for cleaning out the seeds; their creations will decorate the festival trail. For pictures, click here. Oct. 25, 2004 Hydrogen Day showcases energy alternatives Toyota Fuel Cell Hybrid Vehicle - the FCHV - was availble for test rides at the physical plant refueling station on Penn State's University Park campus today (Oct. 25) for Hydrogen Day. The event, put on by Penn State's Hydrogen Energy Center, featured more than 30 poster presentations offering details on the latest research results on hydrogen production, storage and use, as well as related topics. A complete list of the posters is available online at http://www.engr.psu.edu/h2e/H2%20Day%202004/Posters.pdf For pictures, click here. Oct. 25, 2004 Homecoming parade delights spectators The Penn State Homecoming Parade started from a new location this year, passing between Beaver Stadium and The Bryce Jordan Center. As is customary for the parade, police cars led the long line of participants as the parade began Friday evening (Oct. 22). For pictures, click here. Oct. 25, 2004 Blue Band at home in new building A member of the Penn State Blue Band was up early, polishing his instrument before Saturday's Homecoming game. After years of storing equipment in a trailer and elsewhere on campus, the Blue Band this year moved into its own building. The new Blue Band Building was officially dedicated on Sunday. For pictures, click here. Oct. 22, 2004 Research Unplugged features Brian Dempsey Brian Dempsey, professor of civil and environmental engineering, discussed "Pollution Without Progress?" at the Oct. 20 session of Research Unplugged. Dempsey talked about water pollution issues and the construction of I-99 with a group of students, faculty and community members. Research Unplugged, held at noon every Wednesday at the Downtown Theatre Center on Allen Street, is a town hall-style meeting with a focus on science and research. For pictures, click here. Oct. 22, 2004 Alumni Association treats Homecoming guests with ice cream social Stephanie Henson, Homecoming committee overall chair pins a Homecoming court banner on Andy Hackett, one of the homecoming king candidates. They were at the Homecoming ice cream social, held at the Hintz Family Alumni Center Friday afternoon (Oct. 22). For pictures, click here. Oct. 22, 2004 ESPN2's 'Cold Pizza' comes to Penn State ESPN2 broadcast its "Cold Pizza" show from behind Beaver Stadium on Penn State's University Park campus Friday morning (Oct. 22). Members of the Penn State Blue Band and Penn State cheerleading squads, along with a float that will be used in this evening's Homecoming Parade, formed a semicircle backdrop for the show. For pictures, click here. Oct. 21, 2004 Faculty/Staff News of Record A number of individuals recently celebrated 25 years with the University. For pictures, click here. Oct. 19, 2004 With Cubby's help, student with disabilities navigates campus Cindi Lashinsky's roommate Cubby sleeps on the floor and snarfs up dog kibble. He's a male Labrador retriever trained as a service dog. Lashinky, who suffers from a neurological disorder, credits Cubby with helping her maintain her balance on stairs and increasing her independence and mobility on the University Park campus. For the full story, check http://live.psu.edu/story/8636 For pictures, click here. Oct. 19, 2004 CNN's Paul Begala visits Berks, Lehigh Valley Paul Begala, co-host of "Crossfire," CNN's political debate program, addressed students, faculty, staff and community members at Penn State Lehigh Valley on Oct. 18. He stressed the importance of voting and how important it is for students to listen to the issues. For pictures, click here. Oct. 18, 2004 Delaware County holds 'A Day in My Wheels' Mike Madden, instructor in human development and family studies, experiences teaching his class from a wheelchair during Penn State Delaware County's fourth annual "A Day in My Wheels" Disability Day observation, held last week. Spearheaded by the campus' Student Government Association along with Dory Shea of Media, a Delco student confined to a wheelchair because of Spina Bifida, "A Day in My Wheels" is designed to enlighten students, faculty, staff and the community as to the issues and obstacles that people with disabilities go through every day. For pictures, click here. Oct. 15, 2004 MTV's Rachel Rocks the Vote at Penn State York MTV's Rachel Robinson encouraged Penn State York students to vote and express their opinions if they want to make a difference in the election. Robinson, from MTV's Road Rules, visited the York campus for Rock the Vote! on Wednesday, Oct. 13, in the Lion's Den. She shared her MTV experiences and talked with students about the importance of voting, being politically active and having a voice. For pictures, click here. Oct. 13, 2004 'Mamma Mia!' opens at Eisenhower Auditorium Bill, Rosie, Sam, Donna, Sophie, Harry and Tanya are the main characters in "Mamma Mia," now playing at Eisenhower Auditorium on Penn State's University Park campus. For pictures, click here. Oct. 13, 2004 'The Rimers of Eldritch' to take the stage "The Rimers of Eldritch" runs Oct. 19 through 30 at The Pavilion Theatre, University Park Tickets are available at the New Penn State Tickets Downtown, Eisenhower Box Office, Bryce Jordan Center, by calling (814) 863-0255 or (800)-ARTS-TIX. In this scene from a recent dress rehearsal, Megan Thomas as Cora Groves and Wendell Franklin as Walter talk about fixing a leaking roof. For pictures, click here. Oct. 13, 2004 DuBois dedicates Workforce Development and Technology Center DuBois Educational Foundation President Ross Donahue and Penn State DuBois Campus Executive Officer Anita McDonald survey the atrium of the new DEF Workforce Development and Technology Center before the grand opening. The Educational Foundation is the advisory board to Penn State DuBois. For pictures, click here. Oct. 12, 2004 It's fall lambing season at Penn State A newborn lamb curls up in a holding area that is kept warm with a heat lamp, with the mother just outside the metal drum. Fall lambing season is under way on Penn State's University Park campus. More than 100 lambs will be born before the season ends this month. For pictures, click here. Oct. 12, 2004 Penn State readies for computer auction Glenn Feagley, Computer Support Facility coordinator, wipes the hard drive on a computer. Feagley and others in his department are preparing for the next sale of excess computer inventory. The sale will be held starting at 5 p.m. Oct. 14 at the Salvage and Surplus Building on Services Road on the Penn State University Park campus. For pictures, click here. Oct. 11, 2004 Penn State dedicates Eastview Terrace Penn State on Saturday dedicated the seven new residence halls that comprise the new Eastview Terrace residence hall area on the University Park campus. The buildings were named for seven distinguished faculty members who have made a significant difference in the University: Julia Gregg Brill, Haskell Curry, Dorothy Harris, E. Willard Miller, G. Kenneth Nelson, Hans Panofsky and Phillip Young. This certificate is representative of the certificates presented to family members of each of those honored. For pictures, click here. Oct.8, 2004 Joanne Rogers visits Penn State WPSX-TV host Patty Satalia, left, interviews Joanne Rogers, widow of the late Fred Rogers, on the set of "Pennsylvania Inside Out" before their joint appearance at the Pattee/Paterno Library Wednesday for a conversation and booksigning. For details, check http://live.psu.edu/story/8233 For pictures, click here. Oct.7, 2004 Heard on campus: William R. McLucas "The question in the minds of most people is
'What's going on in the marketplace? Is the whole system broke,
is it corrupt, or is it both?' I'm not sure anybody can answer
that question completely, much less simply. One thing I think
is true is that we didn't go to bed three years ago with a marketplace
in corporate America that was transparent, well-run and ethical
and perfectly fine and then wake up the next morning with a system
that was broken and corrupt and flawed and populated by greedy
people. These problems really evolved over a period of time. It's
important to remember the people and conduct we are no seeing
roundly condemned were not a few years ago seen as intrinsically
bad and some of the behavior wasn't viewed as inappropriate, much
less criminal." For pictures, click here. Oct.7, 2004 10th annual United Way Day of Caring Jim "Smiley" Burket, hospitality services, helps with the destruction of a wall at Community Help Center in State College. Labeling the telephone lines was part of his work at the center. This was one of more than 300 projects under way in Centre County today (Oct. 7) for the 10th annual PNC Bank United Way Day of Caring. For pictures, click here. Oct.6, 2004 Panelists discuss upcoming election Matthew Lee, a member of the Penn State Political Science Club, introduced the participants in a panel discussion, "The Student Vote," held last night (Oct. 5) in the HUB-Robeson Center Auditorium. The focus of the evening, which was sponsored by the Penn State Student Newspaper Readership Program and the Penn State Political Science Association, was the upcoming presidential election and the importance of the student vote. For details, check http://live.psu.edu/story/8286 For pictures, click here. Oct. 5, 2004 Conference engages faculty in digital future Ted Krichels, general manager of Penn State Public Broadcasting, launched the Engaging Faculty In a Digital Age Conference at the Penn Stater this weekend as co-hosts Byron Knight of University of Wisconsin-Extension and Tom Rieland, general manager of Ohio State public broadcasting looked on. For details about the conference, check http://live.psu.edu/story/8327 For pictures, click here. Oct. 4, 2004 Penn State holds Sesquicentennial Games Members of the Penn State Blue Band make their way to the Old Main lawn to take part in the Penn State Sesquicentennial Games opening ceremonies. The ceremonies took place Friday, Oct. 1, and the games were held Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 2-3. For details, check http://live.psu.edu/story/8127 For pictures, click here. Oct. 4, 2004 Spooktacular science a frightful delight at Penn State Altoona Balloons exploded, copper turned into silver and gold, ping-pong balls shot out from a giant bazooka and a physicist narrowly escaped a huge flying pumpkin this past weekend in Altoona. While these antics sound like something you'd see at a haunted house, they were part of Penn State Altoona's annual Spooktacular Science Show held Saturday, Oct. 2, in the campus Community Arts Center. For pictures, click here. Oct. 4, 2004 President's Office holds open house The annual open house was held Friday (Oct. 2, 2004) at President Graham B. Spanier's office in Old Main, University Park. One of the highlights of the event was a tour of Old Main that featured the land grant frescoes painted by Henry Varnum Poor and a trip to the belltower. For pictures, click here. Oct. 1, 2004 Final Vinyl Sale hopes to move 10,000 albums Greg Petersen, director of program services in University
Outreach, examines an old 33 record of classical music.WPSU-FM
will hold a public sale of the station's entire catalog of more
than 10,000 LP records beginning at 9 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 2, in
the Penn State Armory, behind Wagner Building on the University
Park campus. Records cost $2 and CDs cost $5. For details, click
here. For pictures, click here. Sept. 30, 2004 Robert Novak visits University Park Robert Novak was the first of four internationally known figures to visit Penn State University Park as part of the 2004-05 Distinguished Speaker Series. Novak spoke to a crowd of hundreds on Wednesday, Sept. 29, at Eisenhower Auditorium. The series also will feature Howard Dean, a former governor and candidate for Democratic nomination for president, in October; Soledad O'Brien, an award-winning journalist, in January; and Alice Walker, American poet, novelist and activist, in March. For more information see http://live.psu.edu/story/7864 For pictures, click here. Sept. 30, 2004 Lieutenant governor talks to students about voting Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. Catherine Baker Knoll spoke to a group of students at the HUB-Robeson Center on Penn State's University Park campus today (Sept. 30) about the importance of voting. Her visit was sponsored by the bipartisan student Political Science Society. "Your vote is important, because it affects your future," she told the group. For pictures, click here. Sept. 29, 2004 'Hooray for Mr. Touchdown' to debut Oct. 20 Betty Williams (Amy Brienes) and Deke Chambers (Jeff Bearden) stroll across campus in a scene from "Hooray for Mister Touchdown," a full-length feature film produced by a husband-and-wife Penn State faculty team. For details, check Penn State Live at http://live.psu.edu/story/8281 For pictures, click here. Sept. 28, 2004 Penn State students work to fight hunger Thirty rice bowls for World Hunger Week activities on Penn State's University Park campus were stacked and ready to be painted by students during Late Night at the HUB-Robeson Center Friday night (Sept. 24). For information about World Hunger Week activities, go to http://live.psu.edu/story/8169 For pictures, click here. Sept. 27, 2004 Penn State student receives invitation to conduct Italian ensemble Christian Baldini, a graduate student in orchestral conducting and the assistant conductor of the Penn State Philharmonic Orchestra, rehearses with the UCA Ensemble in Buenos Aires. For pictures, click here. Sept. 24, 2004 Women in the Sciences and Engineering Institute celebrates anniversary The Women in the Sciences and Engineering (WISE) Institute is marking its 10th anniversary.The institute has a mission to enhance the entry and success of women in the science, engineering, mathematics and technology fields and to achieve gender balance at Penn State. To celebrate that milestone, the group held a reception Thursday (Sept. 23, 2004) at Nittany Lion Inn, University Park. Several students made presentations, poster contest winners were recognized and several scholarships were presented. For pictures, click here. Sept. 23, 2004 Weather-watchers could get a double-dose of fraternal forecasters Aaron and Andrew Ulrich have a unique career goal. The 23-year-old juniors want to be the first identical twin television meteorologists in the United States. For the full story, click here. For pictures, click here. Sept. 23, 2004 Penn State students make life better through Teach for America program Penn State students are making their mark in Teach for America, a national program aimed at eliminating the achievement gap between children in low-income communities and their higher-income counterparts. Here, Patrick Pontius, Mid-Atlantic recruitment director for Teach for America, and Jillian Lewis, a Penn State physiology major, talk about the program. For the full story, check Penn State Live at http://live.psu.edu/story/8191 For pictures, click here. Sept. 22, 2004 Penn State Career Days are under way Penn State's largest career fair of the year, the annual Career Days, began yesterday (Sept. 20) and continues through Sept. 23 at The Bryce Jordan Center on the University Park campus. More than 400 employers are there, recruiting for internships, full-time and part-time positions in all technical and non-technical majors. Here, Bobby Cook, a representative of Target, interviews Dan Laurenzi, a Penn State student who may be interested in a career in retail. For pictures, click here. Sept. 20, 2004 President delivers State of the University Address Penn State President Graham B. Spanier spoke about the University's humble beginnings, and how its first president, Evan Pugh, set the stage for Penn State to become a leading research university. He also spoke about his continuing efforts to further humanize the University. For a story about his presentation, go to http://live.psu.edu/story/8040 To read the text of his remarks, go to http://www.psu.edu/ur/GSpanier/sou/sou_2004/ and to view streaming video of the presentation, go to Penn State Live at http://live.psu.edu and click on the link under In Motion on the left side of the page. For pictures, click here. Sept. 20, 2004 Deike Building dedicated The newly renovated ground floor of Deike Building was dedicated in a ceremony on Penn State's University Park campus Friday, Sept. 17. Over the past several months, the first floor of the building has been transformed into an integration of classrooms, a new student center and museum spaces. Shown here is one of the museum spaces. For pictures, click here. Sept. 20, 2004 Chemistry and Life Sciences Buildings dedicated In his remarks at the dedication ceremony, Penn State President Graham B. Spanier called the Chemistry and Life Sciences Buildings the most ambitious teaching and research facilities ever at Penn State. He said they were a striking example of innovative and cutting edge architecture, a symbol of Penn StateÕs future. For pictures, click here. Sept. 17, 2004 Teresa Heinz Kerry visits Penn State Teresa Heinz Kerry, widow of the late Sen. John Heinz of Pennsylvania and wife of Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry, spoke to a full Schwab Auditorium on Penn State's University Park campus last night (Sept. 16). For pictures, click here. Sept. 16, 2004 Stephanie Martignetti, left, Ryan Watkinson, Beth Rayca, Mike Lewis and Jason Fahey, seated, perform in "Is There Life After High School?" The play opens Sept. 28 and runs through Oct. 16 at Citizens Bank Theatre at the Penn State Downtown Theatre Center. Tickets are available at the New Penn State Tickets Downtown, Eisenhower Box Office, Bryce Jordan Center, or by calling (814) 863-0255 or (800) ARTS-TIX. For pictures, click here. Sept. 15, 2004 Students flock to CPA ticket sales kickoff Eisenhower Auditorium on Penn State's University Park campus was a busy place Wednesday (Sept. 15), the first day of student ticket sales for all Center for the Performing Arts events. Students were buying all day, taking advantage of the student ticket discount made possible by UPAC. For pictures, click here. Sept. 14, 2004 Nittany Express truck draws spectators Fans posed in front of the Nittany Express, the newest moving truck for the Penn State Nittany Lions football team's equipment, before the football game against Akron on Sept. 3. Operated by Hoy Transfer, the team's official carrier since 1975, the truck was unveiled at Beaver Stadium before that game and will be parked outside the stadium this Saturday as well. Fans are encouraged to take their own pictures with the truck and send them to Penn State Live at PennStateLive@lists.psu.edu ... we'll post a selected sample of them on Penn State Live. For more pictures from the truck's unveiling, click on the navigation arrows above this photo. For pictures, click here. Sept. 14, 2004 National Preparedness Month kickoff at University Park Members of Gov. Edward G. Rendell's Homeland Security Cabinet kicked off National Preparedness Month in Pennsylvania with a rally at the State Capitol followed by a bus trip to Penn State's University Park campus last night (Sept. 13). Other stops include Erie, Pittsburgh, Johnstown, Wilkes-Barre, Allentown and Philadelphia. For pictures and additional quotes, click here. Sept. 13, 2004 Surrealist exhibit opens at the Palmer Museum An exhibition, based on Julien Levy's collection of Surrealist art opens Tuesday, Sept. 14, and runs through Sunday, Dec. 5 at the Palmer Museum of Art. "Accommodations of Desire: Surrealist Works on Paper Collected by Julien Levy," a national traveling exhibition, includes more than 100 drawings, collages, prints, watercolors, and photographs by key artists of the Surrealist movement. For more details about the exhibit, click here. Following are several pieces of art from the installation. For pictures, click here. Sept. 13, 2004 Libraries hold two-day open house The Fall 2004 University Libraries Open House got under way today (Sept. 13), and continues Tuesday, Sept. 14. The tour can start at any of the University Park Libraries, including Pattee, Paterno and the branch/subject libraries. As the open house began today, Heather Ross gave student Tom Sack tour information to help him on his way through the libraries. For more information about the event, go to http://live.psu.edu/story/8005 For pictures, click here. Sept. 13, 2004 Great Insect Fair entertains, educates "Fascinating Bug Investigations" (or FBI) was the theme of Penn State's 2004 Great Insect Fair, which was held Saturday, Sept. 11, in the Ag Arena on Penn State's University Park campus. Sponsored by the College of Agricultural Sciences' Department of Entomology, the event featured exhibits and activities illustrating how insects are used by police detectives and coroners to help solve crimes. A friendly bugmobile spoke to people as they arrived at the fair. For more information about the event, go to http://entscied.cas.psu.edu/Fair.html For a map, click here. Sept. 10, 2004 Seen on campus: Sandra Steingraber Steingraber is an internationally recognized expert on the environmental links to cancer and reproductive health. Her book, “Living Downstream: An Ecologist Looks at Cancer and the Environment,” presents cancer as a human rights issue and was the first to bring together data on toxic releases with newly released data from U.S. cancer registries. For pictures, click here. Sept. 9, 2004 Dispatch from Harrisburg: Celebrating accomplishments and community In this last dispatch, the Pride of the Neighborhood team shares the final few days of their project. Here, the Pride mosaic is finally finished. To read the dispatch, click here. For a picture, click here. Sept. 4, 2004 Penn State celebrates Football Eve In anticipation of the start of the 2004 Penn State Nittany Lion football season, the University held a larger-than-normal pep rally in Beaver Stadium Friday night. "Football Eve" featured the Penn State Blue Band, cheerleaders, Joe Paterno look-alikes, the Nittany Lion, fireworks and -- of course -- the football team. Following are highlights from the evening's activities. For pictures, click here. Sept. 3, 2004 Nittany Express -- Lions on the move When the Penn State football team hits the road this season, the newest addition to the Nittany Lion convoy won't be hard to spot. The Nittany Express is the newest moving truck for the team's equipment. Operated by Hoy Transfer, the team's official carrier since 1975, the truck will haul about 10,000 pounds of equipment over approximately 8,500 miles throughout the regular season. The truck was unveiled at Beaver Stadium Friday (Sept. 3, 2004). The following photos are a photo album of the truck as it prepares to hit the road. For a picture, click here. Sept. 3, 2004 Dell founder visits IST Dell founder and chairman of the board Michael Dell visited the Penn State campus Friday, Sept. 3. For pictures, click here. Sept. 3, 2004 Chimp-sized hominids walked upright 6 million years ago Recent fossil evidence suggests that a hominid, the size of a chimp, walked upright on two legs in Kenya's Tugen Hills, over 6 million years ago --- about 3 million years earlier than "Lucy," the most famous early biped.This is a computer reconstruction of the fossil bone from CT slices. For the full story, click here. For pictures, click here. Sept. 2, 2004 Sunny afternoon lures students to Blue and White Bash The Blue and White Society kicked off the fall semester with a party on the lawn of the Hintz Alumni Center, University Park. For pictures, click here. Aug. 31, 2004 Orientation welcomes new students to New Kensington Orientation is a two-day program designed to launch freshman successfully into their first academic year with all the tools necessary to make a smooth transition into University life. During the first day, Pride Days, freshmen are assigned to small groups — prides — and participate in exercises designed to assist their academic and social acclamation to the University. Prides of students cross the New Kensington campus' main entrance bridge and head back to the theatre to hear keynote speaker, Joe Martin. For photos, click here. Aug. 31, 2004 Fame gymnastics coach visits, fresh from Athens Bela Karolyi, who coached Nadia Commaneci, Mary Lou Retton , Kerry Strug and many other world-class athletes in the Olympics gymnastics competitions was at The Bryce Jordan Center at University Park on Tuesday, Aug. 31, to promote the upcoming gymnastics show. The 2004 T.J. Maxx Tour of Gymnastics Champions, which will feature men and women from the 2004 U.S. Olympics team, will be presented at 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 25, at the Jordan Center. For photos, click here. Aug. 30, 2004 Tim McGraw performs at Jordan Center Country musician Tim McGraw and his band, the Dancehall Doctors, played to a full house Saturday, Aug. 28, at The Bryce Jordan Center on the University Park campus. McGraw is supporting his latest release, "Live Like You Were Dying." For photos, click here. Aug. 27, 2004 Great Valley holds videogame camp
For photos, click here. Aug. 27, 2004 Student welcome week continues It's welcome week on the Penn State University Park campus, as students continue their annual trek back for fall semester. Classes begin Tuesday, Aug. 31, but will follow a Friday schedule For photos, click here. Aug. 27, 2004 Eastview Terrace welcomes first students University Park's newest undergraduate housing center welcomed its first juniors and seniors Friday, Aug. 27. The trickle will become a flood on Saturday when the bulk of the students are expected to arrive. For photos, click here. Aug. 26, 2004 Students arrive for fall semester Students began arriving Thursday, Aug. 26, at Unversity Park, and will continue to move in through the weekend. The first day of classes will be Tuesday, Aug. 31. The Penn State Bookstore, located in the basement of the HUB-Robeson Center, was stocked to the rafters with books and supplies in preparation for the onslaught. Here, Allie Saxer, a freshman from Lake Hopatcong, N.J., gets some help printing out a book list from her little sister Lauren. For photos, click here. Aug.25, 2004 New washers to save water, energy, time and money The Penn State Blue Band provided the musical backdrop at the "Clean Up Your Act" event held Aug. 24 at The Bryce Jordan Center on Penn State's University Park campus. Part training session, part kick-off event for a new University environmental initiative to save water, time and money by installing more than 600 Maytag Neptune washers system-wide, the event was attended by hundreds of new and returning resident assistants, community assistants and housekeeping staff. For photos, click here. Aug. 20, 2004 Energy-efficient washers installed in residence halls Penn State has installed energy-efficient, front-loading Maytag washers in its residence halls as one more way to conserve energy and resources. For a picture, click here. Aug. 19, 2004 Faculty/Staff News of Record: People For photos of individuals retiring from the University, click here. Aug. 18, 2004 Governor visits Ag Progress Days U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter addressed some of the people
at Ag Progress Days before Gov. Edward G. Rendell's arrival. For pictures, click here. Aug. 17, 2004 Scenes from Ag Progress Days From golf greens to grain drills, visitors to the crops and soils tent at Penn State's Ag Progress Days -- which opens today (Aug. 17) and runs through Thursday, Aug. 19 at the Russell E. Larson Agricultural Research Center -- will have a variety of activities to choose from. This year's exhibition theme is "Strength in Diversity: Crops, Soils, Turf." For pictures, click here. Aug. 16, 2004 Michael Gannon, associate professor of biology at Penn State Altoona, spoke at Canoe Creek State Park's Annual Bat Festival held on Saturday Aug. 14. Gannon, who recently returned from a two-week ecological research study at El Verde Field Station, located within the Caribbean National Forest in Puerto Rico, focuses his research primarily on the population and community ecology of bats, with emphasis on both temperate and tropical systems. For pictures, click here. Aug. 16, 2004 Setup begins at Ag Progress Days Penn State's Ag Progress Days start tomorrow (Aug. 17) and continue through Thursday, Aug. 19. Today (Aug. 16) was move in day for the equipment on display. For pictures, click here. Aug. 13, 2004 Hershey medical students get white coats For pictures from the ceremony, click here. Aug. 12, 2004 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel addition The Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel expansion will double the number of guest rooms available to 300, as well as adding 3,000 square feet of flexible meeting space, according to Fran Levin, director of sales and marketing. The new entrance and carport are shown. For pictures, click here. Aug. 12, 2004 Subcampus Parking Deck and Chiller Building The Subcampus Parking Deck and Chiller Building providing 1,273 parking spaces on six levels opened Wednesday, Aug. 11. The building is located on Bigler Road near Park Avenue on the University Park campus. For pictures, click here. Aug. 12, 2004 Life Sciences Building
For pictures, click here. Aug. 12, 2004 Penn State Trial Gardens Amaranthus caudatus, "Velvet Curtain,"
lights up the Trial Gardens located off Park Avenue on the University
Park campus. For pictures, click here. Aug. 12, 2004 Penn State football media day Zack Mills faced the press as journalists flocked by the dozens today (Aug. 12) to Beaver Stadium for the annual Penn State football media day. The program included a press conference with quarterbacks Mills and Michael Robinson, and linebacker Derek Wake. The more than 100 media members in attendance then had an opportunity for one-on-one interviews and photo sessions with all members of the 2004 Nittany Lion footbal squad, followed by 45-minute press conference with head coach Joe Paterno. For pictures, click here. Aug. 12, 2004 Penn State uses energy-saving initiatives to save money and resources
For pictures, click here. Aug. 12, 2004 Eastview Terrace The enlarged Redifer Commons will provide cafeteria services for the students at Eastview Terrace. The project added 385 seats to the available dining area, for a total of 885, as well as a new snack shop, mailroom, storage space, computer lab and office and meeting spaces. For pictures, click here. Aug. 12, 2004 Penn State University Park construction roundup Click here for a package of photos from various sites. Aug. 12, 2004 The Blue Band now has its own rehearsal building. The new facility includes a 9,000-square-foot practice area, faculty offices, storage space for instruments and uniforms, and display cases for the band’s historic memorabilia. It opens mid-August. The band's main rehearsal room still needs a few finishing touches before the band can practice here. One of the features is the techtum panels along walls, which are used for sound absorption. For pictures, click here. Aug.11, 2004 Village at Penn State residents tour Penn State Creamery Penn State Professor Emeritus Philip Keeney, a nationally recognized teacher and scientist in ice cream and chocolate technology, left, gives a tour of the Penn State Creamery to residents of The Village at Penn State, a retirement community that is affiliated with Penn State. For pictures, click here. Aug. 5, 2004 Faculty/Staff News of Record: People The following individuals received 25-Year Awards. For pictures, click here. Aug. 5, 2004 Penn State sends banner to support Olympic gymnasts A good-luck banner for the United States men's and women's Olympic gymnastic teams was available for signing today (Aug. 5) at The Bryce Jordan Center on the Penn State University Park campus. The banner departed for the USA Gymnastic Headquarters this afternoon and from there it will be flown to Athens for display during the gymnastic warm-ups. For pictures and additional quotes, click here. Aug. 3, 2004 Dispatch from Harrisburg: Helping hands from near and far In the latest dispatch about their green-space project in Harrisburg's Allison Hill neighborhood, student volunteers from Penn State, Shippensburg University and Columbia University report that while a few of their comrades have left for the summer or to study abroad, the rest of the troop is putting the final touches on the newly named "Pride Park." The helping hands of neighbors and volunteers from the suburbs have helped the process along in preparation for an end-of-the-summer celebration. For pictures, click here. Aug. 2, 2004 Penn State prepares to control Swift operation A new NASA space observatory, which will be controlled from a Mission Operations Center located at Penn State, has been delivered to NASA's Kennedy Space Center, where it now is being prepared for an October launch into space. For pictures, click here. Aug. 2, 2004 Pollock Road construction update Traffic patterns on Pollock Road will shift on Friday, Aug. 6, as construction on the road continues. For a map, click here. July 29, 2004 Ecology graduate students discuss their research The Millbrook Marsh Nature Center, near Penn State University Park, was the site for the Summer 2004 Ecology Graduate Student Mini-Symposium, held Wednesday evening (July 28). The event was put put together by the Inter College Degree Program in Ecology, which offers both masters and doctoral degrees to students from various departments and colleges. Students’ backgrounds include biology, agricultural engineering, horticulture, statistics, geography and more. The symposium was the collaboration of Program Coordinator Rosemarie Hibbler and Program Chair David Mortensen. For pictures, click here. July 29, 2004 Faculty/Staff News of Record William J. Anderson Jr., associate vice president for physical plant, is leaving the University to accept the chief facilities officer position at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge. For a picture, click here. July 27, 2004 Non-partisan group aims to get students to the polls this November Mixed in with the typical back-to-school fliers, students at University Park this fall will find something new: information on how, when and where to vote. The voter-registration materials are part of a non-partisan campaign developed by P.S. U Vote, a group of mostly undergraduates, faculty members and staff. For pictures, click here. July 27, 2004 Nobel Peace laureate to receive honorary degree Penn State's summer commencement ceremonies, to be held Saturday, Aug. 14, will feature the awarding of an honorary doctor of humane letters to Nobel Peace Prize laureate Jody Williams, campaign ambassador for the International Campaign to Ban Landmines. For a picture, click here. July 23, 2004 Around the globe in 100 recipes Nutrition instructor Anne Quinn Corr headed up “The Ethnic Chef: A Summer Cooking Camp for Middle School-Aged Children” that taught 18 youngsters, aged 11 to 14, the traditions, cuisines and cooking methods and techniques of various ethnic cultures. For pictures, click here. July 23, 2004 Penn State wins Caligiuri Collegiate Cup at annual Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix A team of Penn State mechanical engineering students built and raced a Formula-style race car to win the Caliguiri Collegiate Cup Formula Race at the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix. For pictures, click here. July 22, 2004 Night views of Penn State On a stroll around campus at night, the Department of Public Information's photographer captured these images of University Park under the cover of darkness. For pictures, click here. July 21, 2004 Dispatches from Harrisburg: Finding inspiration in a neglected neighborhood This summer, six student volunteers from three universities, including four Penn Staters, are continuing a green space project in Harrisburg's Allison Hill neighborhood that was started by a Penn State landscape architecture service-learning class two years ago. In the latest dispatch, the author describes the gradual improvements in the transformed lots. Here, kids at Derry Street paint a trash can that reads "Don't litter." For pictures, click here. July 19, 2004 Geoffrey R. Scott, professor of law, The Dickinson School of Law, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to conduct research into the international protection of cultural and ethnographic properties in Asia at the Doshisha University Faculty of Law in Kyoto, Japan, during the 2004-2005 academic year, according to the United States Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. For a picture, click here. July 15, 2004 Penn State Faculty/Staff News of Record: People Photos of faculty and staff featured in the News of Record section of the July 8, 2004, Penn State Faculty/Staff Newswire can be found by clicking here. .July 14, 2004 Penn State display comes to New York City This Penn State display, following the theme of "Making Life Better," is on exhibit in the lobby of the TIAA-CREF corporate headquarters at 730 Third Ave. in New York City through Aug. 9. For pictures, click here. July 14, 2004 Penn State Alumni Association surpasses 152,000-member mark For the year ending June 30, the Penn State Alumni Association saw its greatest membership surge in nearly a decade, growing from 146,619 to 152,721 members — a 4.2 percent gain. "We are delighted to see such a strong response from our alumni in the first year of our new 'For the Future' membership campaign," said Marianne E. Alexander, president of the Alumni Association. "We are particularly gratified to have stepped over the 150,000-member threshold in time for the University's 150th anniversary year.. For a chart, click here. July 13, 2004 Penn State's Sesquicentennial celebration under way Penn State kicked off its yearlong celebration of its centennial on Friday (July 9) with a program in Schwab Auditorium on the University Park campus. For pictures, click here. July 13, 2004 Engineers Without Frontiers continue to make life better around the world Penn State engineering students, as members of Engineers Without Frontiers (EWF), continue to travel and successfully engage in design/build and research projects in developing communities — this time, in the poorest areas of El Salvador and Jamaica. Here, EWF members construct the bridge they designed alongside the Salvadoran community members. For pictures, click here. July 12, 2004 Shortlidge Road changes to enhance edestrian safety Shortldge Mall will be completed by early fall and will greatly enhance the area between Joab Thomas Building and Ritenour Building. Normal vehicular traffic will not be allowed in this area at any time; however, emergency vehicle pathways will be provided. For pictures, click here. July 12, 2004 Penn State professor emeritus knighted by Spanish king Robert Lima, left, professor emeritus of Spanish and comparative literature, and fellow emeritus of the Institute for the Arts and Humanities at Penn State, recently was made a Knight Commander in the Order of Queen Isabel of Spain, as decreed by Juan Carlos I, King of Spain. The ceremony took place in Washington, D.C., at the residence of Ambassador Javier Rupérez, who presided. For pictures, click here. July 11, 2004 Arts festival fun continues Annie Lesieutre, left, and Pat Bisbey work to fill water glasses at the water station on the IST Bridge for the Arts Festival's 10K road race held on Penn State's University Park campus Sunday. The Lesieutre and Bisbey families worked this stand for the annual event. For pictures, click here. July 9, 2004 Food Science Building plans approved In a move to help the food processing and manufacturing industry in the state and throughout the nation to better meet its needs for well-educated food science students and state-of-the-art facilities for research and workforce training, Penn State's Board of Trustees today (July 9) approved final plans for the new Food Science Building, which will include the new Berkey Creamery, on the University Park campus. For pictures, click here. July 8, 2004 Penn State Faculty/Staff News of Record: People Photos of faculty and staff featured in the News of Record section of the July 8, 2004, Penn State Faculty/Staff Newswire can be found by clicking here. July 8, 2004 Ryan Family Student Center instills sense of community The College of Earth and Mineral Sciences recently opened the Ryan Family Student Center on the first floor of Deike Building on the University Park campus. The center is part of a larger renovation project that will bring the college's museum over from the Steidle Building and refurbish several classrooms. For pictures, click here. July 8, 2004 Penn State Surplus uses eBay to sell unusual items The Penn State Department of Surplus and Salvage sold this piano for $2,500 on e-Bay. The unit's e-Bay program netted them $93,000 last year. For pictures, click here. July 8, 2004 Arts festival sidewalk sale opens Day one of the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts belonged to the children. Today (July 8), the main festival got under way, with the opening of the sidewalk sale. Here, the Crocker family -- Gina, left, Keith and Erin enjoy some Creamery ice cream around lunchtime. For pictures, click here. July 7, 2004 Dispatch from Harrisburg In the latest dispatch about their green space
project in Harrisburg's Allison Hill neighborhood, student volunteers
from Penn State, Shippensburg University and Columbia University
report that the "group has finally reached a point where
we are seeing tangible For pictures, click here. July 7, 2004 Children's Day opens arts festival The Dance Academy of State College opened the entertainment at the Festival Shell for the 2004 edition of the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts on Children's Day (July 7). For pictures, click here. July 6, 2004 Commonwealth increases Penn State funding by 3 percent Penn State’s 2004-2005 appropriation was passed
by the state Legislature over the holiday weekend, resulting in
a 3 percent increase in state funding for the next fiscal year.
This provides the University with an increase of $9.335 million
over last year’s funding level for a total appropriation
of $317.179 million, and marks the end of a three-year period
during which the University received four significant cuts in
state support. For pictures, click here. July 5, 2004 Food, fun and fireworks at FourthFest More than 75,000 people are estimated to have attended Fourth of July festivities at Central Pennsylvania Fourth Fest, held on the Penn State University Park campus yesterday (July 4). A variety of activities kept kids busy at an indoor playground at The Bryce Jordan Center. Here, kids compete against one another in a gladiator competition. For pictures, click here. July 2, 2004 Willard Plaza construction progressing Work crews are busy on Penn State University Park's Pollock Road, upgrading infrastructure under the road and building the new Willard Plaza, a gift of the Class of 2004. For pictures, click here. July 1, 2004 Preparations under way for arts festival Preparations for the 38th Annual Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts got under way today (July 1). For pictures, click here. Back to Hot Topics index |