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A man walks his dog through a tunnel spraying misty water

In photos: 2025 Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts

July 10, 2025

The Nittany Lion mascot

Sending a 'We Are!' to these Penn Staters — July 7

July 07, 2025

A person looking through a telescope with two people standing next to her.

AstroFest 2025 to offer four nights of stargazing, astronomy activities July 9-12

July 07, 2025

Ag Progress Days commercial

Penn State’s Ag Progress Days features commercial exhibits, field demos

July 07, 2025

A crowd mills about on a tree-lined street, with colorful flags hanging overhead.

2025 Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts to be held July 9-13

July 03, 2025

Cow to Cone video

Penn State Creamery unveils new 'Cow to Cone' video celebrating 160th anniversary

July 03, 2025

Elm trees at University Park to be sprayed at sunrise on July 7

July 02, 2025

An image of artwork portraying Uncle Sam covered in tattoos, made circa 1965 by artist Billy Morrow Jackson

New exhibition at Palmer Museum through July 27 calls for community response

July 02, 2025

Students gather in lab setting

ARISE program provides hands-on training to aspiring anthropologists

July 01, 2025

Penn State Today schedule to shift for Fourth of July holiday

June 30, 2025

Resources available to support student and employee mental health, well-being

June 30, 2025

fireworks

Independence Day parking and transit changes, 4th Fest 2025 impacts announced

June 30, 2025

Ceramics Class with The Center for Arts & Crafts at Penn State

Registration open for July classes at the Center for Arts & Crafts at Penn State

June 30, 2025

Environmental Health and Safety transitioning to University Police and Public Safety

June 27, 2025

An aerial view of the University Park campus

Penn State Wireless encourages the switch to 'eduroam' before Nov. 21

June 27, 2025

The Nittany Lion mascot

Let's hear a 'We Are!' for these Penn Staters — June 26

June 26, 2025

Sushrutha Sridhar, left, talks to Stephanie Estes of Penn State Health Obstetrics and Gynecology in a doctor’s office. Sridhar is wearing a flowered dress, and Estes is wearing a white lab coat. An ultrasound image of a uterus is shown on a screen between them.

The Medical Minute: Irregular periods, weight gain, facial hair? It could be PCOS

June 25, 2025

Cirque performer group on a colorful stage

'Cirque Dreams Holidaze' is set to dazzle at the BJC this holiday season

June 25, 2025

child on farm

Latest Pennsylvania farm fatality report underscores agricultural hazards

June 25, 2025

Symposium attendee presenting research at the event's poster presentation.

Nese Nursing hosts Translating Research into Innovations in Practice Symposium

June 24, 2025

Penn State Athletics Symbol

Penn State Altoona Athletics launches ‘Varsity A Club’

June 23, 2025

Icons for Sagacity on display at HUB-Robeson Galleries

'Icons for Sagacity' on display in HUB-Robeson Galleries exhibition cases

June 23, 2025

World Campus community invited to share how ADA has impacted their lives

June 20, 2025

Penn State Altoona students do a jazz dance in front of a blue background

Penn State Altoona to offer jazz dance classes beginning July 10

June 20, 2025

Teresa Kaveny at the Penn State student farm

Penn State 3rd in US, 64th globally in 2025 Times Higher Education Impact Rankings

June 17, 2025

group of people in a room of tables

Penn State Brandywine hosts Tech Pros + Web Pros conference

June 17, 2025

a group of students take part in sound meditation in the Fullers Overlook barn building

Scranton students enjoy unique experience at Penn State's Fullers Overlook Farm

June 17, 2025

A candid photo of Neeli Bendapudi laughing with students.

A Note from Neeli: Fostering student success and belonging through New Student Orientation

June 16, 2025

We Are Weekend graphic

We Are Weekend to unite Penn State community June 20-21

June 13, 2025

volunteer awards graphic

Registration open for 2025 Alumni Association Volunteer Awards livestream

June 13, 2025

Scott Muirhead (center), lecturer in business administration at Penn State DuBois, stands with Ilona Ballreich (left), program pirector, Sustainable Communities Collaborative, Penn State Sustainability, and Shirley Dahrouge (right), executive director of Downtown DuBois Inc., during the 2025 Campus and Community Sustainability Expo, held April 30 at the Palmer Museum of Art.

Penn State DuBois faculty member represents campus at Sustainability Expo

June 13, 2025

College of Ag Sciences Dean Troy Ott speaks to attendees at the 2025 Pa. Timber Show

Heard on Campus: College of Agricultural Sciences Dean Troy Ott at Timber 2025

June 12, 2025

Penn State Club Cycling National Championship

Six Penn State club sports teams win national championships

June 12, 2025

A guide gives a tour at the University Park campus

Undergraduate Admissions gearing up for 'Spend a Summer Day'

June 12, 2025

Penn State publishes 2024 Drinking Water Quality Report

June 12, 2025

A group of people dancing joyously on a covered stage

Juneteenth 2025 to be celebrated at Penn State with community events June 13-14

June 11, 2025

A male and female student rehearse a theater scene.

Penn State Centre Stage summer theater returns with two distinct productions

June 10, 2025

Three girls conduct a science experiment outdoors during Penn State Behrend's College for Kids program.

Behrend's College for Kids features storm-chasing, sandcasting and Swifties

June 10, 2025

Student group stands in front of Hosler Building holding a solar panel.

Penn State students win first place at DOE’s Solar District Cup challenge

June 10, 2025

The Nittany Lion mascot

Sending a 'We Are!' to these Penn Staters — June 9

June 09, 2025

marchers in a downtown pride parade

College of IST participates in State College Pride Parade

June 09, 2025

Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts

Penn State Altoona to host summer performance series, calls for local artists

June 09, 2025

A digital rendering of a financial candlestick chart showing fluctuating stock or cryptocurrency prices on a blue-toned grid background.

Penn State Altoona to host International Conference on Empirical Economics

June 09, 2025

Transportation Services announces Juneteenth holiday service changes

June 09, 2025

penn state scranton's lion shrine with mountain view in the background

Penn State Scranton recognizes staff, faculty and student accomplishments

June 06, 2025

white fringetree

Master Watershed Stewards offer webinar ahead of native trees and shrubs sale

June 05, 2025

A group of students work together in a food bank to pack boxes for families

Penn State Mont Alto honors a year of service and philanthropy

June 05, 2025

Students work in the Krause Pedagogical Innovation Laboratory.

Maker Day Camps offered in Krause Pedagogical Innovation Lab in August

June 04, 2025

competitors in inaugural Ironman 70.3 Pennsylvania Happy Valley

Ironman triathlon on June 15 to impact campus roads, parking at University Park

June 03, 2025

The exterior of Lion Surplus, a beige building surrounded by crates and boxes.

Hidden Gems: Lion Surplus at Penn State

June 02, 2025

A photo of Ryan Jones, left, and Jennifer Crispell, who is holding a plaque.

Penn State Smeal Alumni Relations director receives Gold Staff Recognition Award

June 01, 2025

Master Watershed Steward Christine Boyle stands on a dock

Master Watershed Steward Christine Boyle makes a splash in Luzerne County

May 30, 2025

An individual wearing academic regalia stands at a podium.

University marshal retires after 40 years of service to faculty marshal corps

May 29, 2025

Boy using screwdriver while fixing bolts on a robot vehicle. Smart kids and STEM education.

Penn State Altoona to host ‘Junior Engineers’ camp July 21–25

May 29, 2025

Music in the Gardens

Penn’s Woods Music Festival returns for vibrant, intimate celebration June 20–22 

May 28, 2025

Streambank fence and buffer

New certification program expands conservation capacity in Pennsylvania

May 28, 2025

A.K. Sandoval-Strauaz

Professor edits new book focused on Latino influence on urban history

May 28, 2025

The Nittany Lion mascot

Sending a 'We Are!' to these Penn Staters — May 27

May 27, 2025

A grid of eight headshots, four in the top row and four in the bottom row.

Penn State Wilkes-Barre honors employees

May 27, 2025

The Penn State Altoona team celebrates their College Hockey East championship win in February.

A banner year: Penn State Altoona hockey team reflects on a championship season

May 27, 2025

Art installation at HUB-Robeson Galleries, Parenthetic Passage, will be available to view through Oct. 30

New York artist, Camille Hoffman, will be on display in HUB-Robeson Galleries

May 27, 2025

2025 State College Spikes baseball season parking information

May 27, 2025

2025-26 RIDEpass registration now available

May 27, 2025

Railroad clock at Penn State Altoona

Penn State Altoona holds spring 2025 faculty and staff awards ceremony

May 23, 2025

Students standing in field.

Fraternity and sorority retreat focuses on leadership and change

May 23, 2025

Group of people posing outside of a large brick and glass building

Penn State agricultural technology event aimed at ‘closing the innovation gap’

May 23, 2025

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A man walks his dog through a tunnel spraying misty water

In photos: 2025 Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts

July 10, 2025

The Nittany Lion mascot

Sending a 'We Are!' to these Penn Staters — July 7

July 07, 2025

A person looking through a telescope with two people standing next to her.

AstroFest 2025 to offer four nights of stargazing, astronomy activities July 9-12

July 07, 2025

Ag Progress Days commercial

Penn State’s Ag Progress Days features commercial exhibits, field demos

July 07, 2025

A crowd mills about on a tree-lined street, with colorful flags hanging overhead.

2025 Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts to be held July 9-13

July 03, 2025

Cow to Cone video

Penn State Creamery unveils new 'Cow to Cone' video celebrating 160th anniversary

July 03, 2025

Elm trees at University Park to be sprayed at sunrise on July 7

July 02, 2025

An image of artwork portraying Uncle Sam covered in tattoos, made circa 1965 by artist Billy Morrow Jackson

New exhibition at Palmer Museum through July 27 calls for community response

July 02, 2025

Students gather in lab setting

ARISE program provides hands-on training to aspiring anthropologists

July 01, 2025

Penn State Today schedule to shift for Fourth of July holiday

June 30, 2025

Resources available to support student and employee mental health, well-being

June 30, 2025

fireworks

Independence Day parking and transit changes, 4th Fest 2025 impacts announced

June 30, 2025

Ceramics Class with The Center for Arts & Crafts at Penn State

Registration open for July classes at the Center for Arts & Crafts at Penn State

June 30, 2025

Environmental Health and Safety transitioning to University Police and Public Safety

June 27, 2025

An aerial view of the University Park campus

Penn State Wireless encourages the switch to 'eduroam' before Nov. 21

June 27, 2025

The Nittany Lion mascot

Let's hear a 'We Are!' for these Penn Staters — June 26

June 26, 2025

Sushrutha Sridhar, left, talks to Stephanie Estes of Penn State Health Obstetrics and Gynecology in a doctor’s office. Sridhar is wearing a flowered dress, and Estes is wearing a white lab coat. An ultrasound image of a uterus is shown on a screen between them.

The Medical Minute: Irregular periods, weight gain, facial hair? It could be PCOS

June 25, 2025

Cirque performer group on a colorful stage

'Cirque Dreams Holidaze' is set to dazzle at the BJC this holiday season

June 25, 2025

child on farm

Latest Pennsylvania farm fatality report underscores agricultural hazards

June 25, 2025

Symposium attendee presenting research at the event's poster presentation.

Nese Nursing hosts Translating Research into Innovations in Practice Symposium

June 24, 2025

Penn State Athletics Symbol

Penn State Altoona Athletics launches ‘Varsity A Club’

June 23, 2025

Icons for Sagacity on display at HUB-Robeson Galleries

'Icons for Sagacity' on display in HUB-Robeson Galleries exhibition cases

June 23, 2025

World Campus community invited to share how ADA has impacted their lives

June 20, 2025

Penn State Altoona students do a jazz dance in front of a blue background

Penn State Altoona to offer jazz dance classes beginning July 10

June 20, 2025

Teresa Kaveny at the Penn State student farm

Penn State 3rd in US, 64th globally in 2025 Times Higher Education Impact Rankings

June 17, 2025

group of people in a room of tables

Penn State Brandywine hosts Tech Pros + Web Pros conference

June 17, 2025

a group of students take part in sound meditation in the Fullers Overlook barn building

Scranton students enjoy unique experience at Penn State's Fullers Overlook Farm

June 17, 2025

A candid photo of Neeli Bendapudi laughing with students.

A Note from Neeli: Fostering student success and belonging through New Student Orientation

June 16, 2025

We Are Weekend graphic

We Are Weekend to unite Penn State community June 20-21

June 13, 2025

volunteer awards graphic

Registration open for 2025 Alumni Association Volunteer Awards livestream

June 13, 2025

Scott Muirhead (center), lecturer in business administration at Penn State DuBois, stands with Ilona Ballreich (left), program pirector, Sustainable Communities Collaborative, Penn State Sustainability, and Shirley Dahrouge (right), executive director of Downtown DuBois Inc., during the 2025 Campus and Community Sustainability Expo, held April 30 at the Palmer Museum of Art.

Penn State DuBois faculty member represents campus at Sustainability Expo

June 13, 2025

College of Ag Sciences Dean Troy Ott speaks to attendees at the 2025 Pa. Timber Show

Heard on Campus: College of Agricultural Sciences Dean Troy Ott at Timber 2025

June 12, 2025

Penn State Club Cycling National Championship

Six Penn State club sports teams win national championships

June 12, 2025

A guide gives a tour at the University Park campus

Undergraduate Admissions gearing up for 'Spend a Summer Day'

June 12, 2025

Penn State publishes 2024 Drinking Water Quality Report

June 12, 2025

A group of people dancing joyously on a covered stage

Juneteenth 2025 to be celebrated at Penn State with community events June 13-14

June 11, 2025

A male and female student rehearse a theater scene.

Penn State Centre Stage summer theater returns with two distinct productions

June 10, 2025

Three girls conduct a science experiment outdoors during Penn State Behrend's College for Kids program.

Behrend's College for Kids features storm-chasing, sandcasting and Swifties

June 10, 2025

Student group stands in front of Hosler Building holding a solar panel.

Penn State students win first place at DOE’s Solar District Cup challenge

June 10, 2025

The Nittany Lion mascot

Sending a 'We Are!' to these Penn Staters — June 9

June 09, 2025

marchers in a downtown pride parade

College of IST participates in State College Pride Parade

June 09, 2025

Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts

Penn State Altoona to host summer performance series, calls for local artists

June 09, 2025

A digital rendering of a financial candlestick chart showing fluctuating stock or cryptocurrency prices on a blue-toned grid background.

Penn State Altoona to host International Conference on Empirical Economics

June 09, 2025

Transportation Services announces Juneteenth holiday service changes

June 09, 2025

penn state scranton's lion shrine with mountain view in the background

Penn State Scranton recognizes staff, faculty and student accomplishments

June 06, 2025

white fringetree

Master Watershed Stewards offer webinar ahead of native trees and shrubs sale

June 05, 2025

A group of students work together in a food bank to pack boxes for families

Penn State Mont Alto honors a year of service and philanthropy

June 05, 2025

Students work in the Krause Pedagogical Innovation Laboratory.

Maker Day Camps offered in Krause Pedagogical Innovation Lab in August

June 04, 2025

competitors in inaugural Ironman 70.3 Pennsylvania Happy Valley

Ironman triathlon on June 15 to impact campus roads, parking at University Park

June 03, 2025

The exterior of Lion Surplus, a beige building surrounded by crates and boxes.

Hidden Gems: Lion Surplus at Penn State

June 02, 2025

A photo of Ryan Jones, left, and Jennifer Crispell, who is holding a plaque.

Penn State Smeal Alumni Relations director receives Gold Staff Recognition Award

June 01, 2025

Master Watershed Steward Christine Boyle stands on a dock

Master Watershed Steward Christine Boyle makes a splash in Luzerne County

May 30, 2025

An individual wearing academic regalia stands at a podium.

University marshal retires after 40 years of service to faculty marshal corps

May 29, 2025

Boy using screwdriver while fixing bolts on a robot vehicle. Smart kids and STEM education.

Penn State Altoona to host ‘Junior Engineers’ camp July 21–25

May 29, 2025

Music in the Gardens

Penn’s Woods Music Festival returns for vibrant, intimate celebration June 20–22 

May 28, 2025

Streambank fence and buffer

New certification program expands conservation capacity in Pennsylvania

May 28, 2025

A.K. Sandoval-Strauaz

Professor edits new book focused on Latino influence on urban history

May 28, 2025

The Nittany Lion mascot

Sending a 'We Are!' to these Penn Staters — May 27

May 27, 2025

A grid of eight headshots, four in the top row and four in the bottom row.

Penn State Wilkes-Barre honors employees

May 27, 2025

The Penn State Altoona team celebrates their College Hockey East championship win in February.

A banner year: Penn State Altoona hockey team reflects on a championship season

May 27, 2025

Art installation at HUB-Robeson Galleries, Parenthetic Passage, will be available to view through Oct. 30

New York artist, Camille Hoffman, will be on display in HUB-Robeson Galleries

May 27, 2025

2025 State College Spikes baseball season parking information

May 27, 2025

2025-26 RIDEpass registration now available

May 27, 2025

Railroad clock at Penn State Altoona

Penn State Altoona holds spring 2025 faculty and staff awards ceremony

May 23, 2025

Students standing in field.

Fraternity and sorority retreat focuses on leadership and change

May 23, 2025

Group of people posing outside of a large brick and glass building

Penn State agricultural technology event aimed at ‘closing the innovation gap’

May 23, 2025

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