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Patricia Jabbeh Wesley receives the Judge Emma Shannon Walser Medal during a recognition ceremony in Monrovia, Liberia.

Penn State Altoona professor honored in Liberia for poetry

August 17, 2026

2026 Volunteer Awards graphic

2026 Volunteer Awards recognize alumni leaders

August 17, 2026

An image of a person traveling abroad with a backpack

Penn State Global Safety launches new Global Safety Network platform

August 17, 2026

Brandon Sherman wearing a dark suit, burgundy shirt, and dark tie.

Professor works with Tunisian educators via State Department language program

August 14, 2026

JASI

Penn State program helps Pennsylvania children receive the support they need

August 14, 2026

People kneeling on the ground working on a wooden structure on a sunny day

Commonwealth Commitment Awards honor Penn State changemakers across Pennsylvania

August 13, 2026

Ralph Ford

WATCH: Penn State Behrend, a commitment to northwestern Pennsylvania

August 13, 2026

People posing for a photo outdoors on a sunny day

Penn State summer program helps high school students discover what comes next

August 13, 2026

APD Keystone Signing

Newly formed Keystone AgTech Alliance to accelerate innovation

August 13, 2026

Four people pose for a group photo in Washington DC

Energy Department plans investment in Penn State mining program

August 12, 2026

Four people stand in a large room with wooden barrel kegs stacked on one side

PennTAP advances statewide decarbonization and manufacturing competitiveness

August 11, 2026

Food science students in the lab.

The far-reaching impact of Penn State degrees

August 10, 2026

Stream monitoring tool the focus of Penn State Extension webinar

August 10, 2026

Native tree planting the focus of Penn State Extension webinar

August 10, 2026

A graphic image that reads "1 Million Penn State Degrees" on a dark blue background

Penn State to award one millionth degree Aug. 15

August 10, 2026

Researcher Saptarshi Das poses in front of the Nanofabrication Lab at Penn State's Materials Research Institute, smiling and holding a silicon wafer used as a foundation in circuit construction

$12M grant to build animal-inspired sensing for autonomous drones and robots

August 10, 2026

group of faculty, staff and students standing under a blue tent behind a Penn State Brandywine table at Dining Under the Stars in September 2025

Brandywine Alumni Society to sponsor ‘Dining Under the Stars’ for fifth year

August 10, 2026

group of students around nittany lion statue

Teen Entrepreneur Challenge helps students turn ideas into action

August 10, 2026

Ott receives leadership award

Ott receives leadership award from Society for the Study of Reproduction

August 10, 2026

Three people stand atop a wooden platform, each wearing helmets and safety equipment related to ziplining. The child in the middle has his hands raised in the air.

A decade of heart: Camp Lionheart celebrates 10 years

August 07, 2026

Student leaders on stage at the Four Diamonds Mini-THON Leadership Summit hold oversized number cards revealing the total amount raised for the 2025-26 school year.

Four Diamonds Mini-THON passes $83 million raised to conquer childhood cancer

August 07, 2026

A close up of hands forming dough into croissants on a baking sheet for baking

Penn College students at SCI Muncy graduate with professional baking certificates

August 07, 2026

Bird's eye view of the rural PA landscape

USDA grant to help uncover opportunities and challenges facing rural governments

August 06, 2026

Life Lion medical helicopter approaching the helipad above the emergency department entrance at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center.

Penn State Health Life Lion adds new helicopter

August 06, 2026

Colin Neill

WATCH: Penn State Great Valley, a commitment to the greater Philadelphia area

August 06, 2026

Visitors walk through agricultural exhibits at Penn State Ag Progress Days.

Gov. Shapiro issues proclamation celebrating Penn State’s Ag Progress Days

August 06, 2026

Ag Progress Days 2025

Ag Progress Days celebrates five decades of innovation and education at Rock Springs

August 06, 2026

Two women wearing formal gowns standing on a stage.

Miss Central Pennsylvania uses online education to help fight food insecurity

August 05, 2026

Students working at Toftrees Penn State

SAFES in College of Ag Sciences names student learning program grant recipients

August 04, 2026

International exchange participants stand and kneel around Penn State Nittany Lion Shrine

International exchange on emerging technology, ethical AI held at Penn State

August 04, 2026

man and woman working in a physics lab

NSF funding supports Two-Dimensional Crystal Consortium's next chapter

August 03, 2026

Carol Schurman was inducted into the NACAA Hall of Fame for exceptional service.

Schurman recognized in National Association of County Agricultural Agents Hall of Fame

August 03, 2026

Jody Pritt

Pritt named interim vice provost for Penn State Global

August 03, 2026

A world map with a passport and a camera sitting on top

Webinars available for navigating new Global Safety Network system

August 03, 2026

Marilyn Wells

WATCH: Penn State Brandywine, a commitment to southeast Pennsylvania

August 03, 2026

Chocolate Short Course Penn State

Penn State’s sweetest course offers hands-on learning for all

August 03, 2026

Dean Troy Ott demonstrates Tilva at the 2026 PA Farm Show

Over 40,000 answers later, Extension tool Tilva’s impact is growing, evolving

August 03, 2026

Photo of the Ag Progress Days fairgrounds taken from above

Penn State’s Ag Progress Days returns with activities, demos and exhibits

August 03, 2026

A group of high school students pose for a photo at the Nittany Lion Shrine

S.C.O.P.E. 2026 concludes with 17 high school students’ final research presentations

July 31, 2026

Project ECHO at Penn State report cover featuring a nurse in blue scrubs holding a tablet, with the title “Learning Without Limits” and Penn State College of Medicine and Project ECHO logos.

Bridging the gap: Project ECHO releases seven-year report on rural health impact

July 31, 2026

Food System Mapping Tool at Ag Progress Days 2025

National awards recognize Penn State Extension’s community development work

July 30, 2026

Headshot of Liza Behrens

Behrens honored with national innovation award for dementia care program

July 30, 2026

Bees on a honey comb

Honey from continental US may be as pesticide-free as imported organic honey

July 29, 2026

Graduate student shoveling soil.

Doctoral student leads grain processing project for Team Pennsylvania

July 29, 2026

The Lion statue at Penn State Harrisburg viewed through leaves and trees

State grant funds Harrisburg program to train teachers for air quality research

July 29, 2026

Falyn Verner and her father kneel together outdoors, planting a young tree in the soil.

Penn State Altoona student leads American chestnut restoration senior seminar project

July 28, 2026

Penn State Extension webinars to focus on invasive species in Pennsylvania

July 27, 2026

A group of people pose in front of a projector screen for a photo

Penn State wraps first listening tour for K-12 leaders to shape AI in education

July 27, 2026

Three people in a recording studio

How Penn State Greater Allegheny is preparing students for career success

July 27, 2026

Joe Kantz 4-H

Snyder County commissioner reflects on Penn State Extension 4-H roots

July 24, 2026

Old main with trees in shadows

Penn State awarded $20M to lead an NSF ‘programmable cloud laboratory’

July 23, 2026

Lion Shrine head on

Penn State scientists to lead three Genesis Mission projects

July 23, 2026

Radha Pyati

WATCH: Penn State Berks, a commitment to Berks County

July 23, 2026

Headshot of Gabrielle Foreman

Q&A: Colored Conventions and the Supreme Court’s birthright citizenship ruling

July 23, 2026

Pictured are the winners of the Lifestyle Pitch competition

Berks LaunchBox celebrates local entrepreneurs at Lifestyle Business Pitch Night

July 22, 2026

Students learning about equipment in the MILL

MILL at Penn State Berks receives state manufacturing innovation grant

July 22, 2026

ag history

Pasto Agricultural Museum to offer new exhibits at Ag Progress Days

July 22, 2026

intern on field

Penn State turfgrass science doctoral student interns with MetLife Stadium crew

July 22, 2026

The bright blue entrance sign to Penn College's campus

Penn College receives $1.5M state grant for Schneebeli Earth Science Center

July 21, 2026

A doctor wearing a physician’s coat points to a computer screen with an ultrasound image on it. Another clinical staff member looks on. A wall in the near background has a mural of two people sitting on a bench looking out over a body of water.

Penn State Health nationally recognized for cardiovascular, stroke care

July 21, 2026

Ag Progress Days town hall

Government events at Penn State’s Ag Progress Days to focus on ag innovation

July 20, 2026

Ag Progress Days attraction

Crops, Soils and Conservation Area at Ag Progress Days offers variety of exhibits

July 20, 2026

A man wearing a suit and tie standing in front of a school

Leon Smith is second consecutive Penn State alum named National Teacher of Year

July 20, 2026

Calculator and 1040 tax form

Q&A: How do federal taxes impact local schools and services?

July 17, 2026

Miriam Kelly Miller speaks into a microphone at a wooden podium. Behind her, a large projection screen displays the text "Community Driven Research Day" alongside the Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute logo.

Grassroots innovation meets academic research at Community-Driven Research Day

July 17, 2026

John Dubel, Master Watershed Steward, at a bird banding event.

Master Watershed Steward appointed to Statewide Water Resources Committee

July 16, 2026

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Patricia Jabbeh Wesley receives the Judge Emma Shannon Walser Medal during a recognition ceremony in Monrovia, Liberia.

Penn State Altoona professor honored in Liberia for poetry

August 17, 2026

2026 Volunteer Awards graphic

2026 Volunteer Awards recognize alumni leaders

August 17, 2026

An image of a person traveling abroad with a backpack

Penn State Global Safety launches new Global Safety Network platform

August 17, 2026

Brandon Sherman wearing a dark suit, burgundy shirt, and dark tie.

Professor works with Tunisian educators via State Department language program

August 14, 2026

JASI

Penn State program helps Pennsylvania children receive the support they need

August 14, 2026

People kneeling on the ground working on a wooden structure on a sunny day

Commonwealth Commitment Awards honor Penn State changemakers across Pennsylvania

August 13, 2026

Ralph Ford

WATCH: Penn State Behrend, a commitment to northwestern Pennsylvania

August 13, 2026

People posing for a photo outdoors on a sunny day

Penn State summer program helps high school students discover what comes next

August 13, 2026

APD Keystone Signing

Newly formed Keystone AgTech Alliance to accelerate innovation

August 13, 2026

Four people pose for a group photo in Washington DC

Energy Department plans investment in Penn State mining program

August 12, 2026

Four people stand in a large room with wooden barrel kegs stacked on one side

PennTAP advances statewide decarbonization and manufacturing competitiveness

August 11, 2026

Food science students in the lab.

The far-reaching impact of Penn State degrees

August 10, 2026

Stream monitoring tool the focus of Penn State Extension webinar

August 10, 2026

Native tree planting the focus of Penn State Extension webinar

August 10, 2026

A graphic image that reads "1 Million Penn State Degrees" on a dark blue background

Penn State to award one millionth degree Aug. 15

August 10, 2026

Researcher Saptarshi Das poses in front of the Nanofabrication Lab at Penn State's Materials Research Institute, smiling and holding a silicon wafer used as a foundation in circuit construction

$12M grant to build animal-inspired sensing for autonomous drones and robots

August 10, 2026

group of faculty, staff and students standing under a blue tent behind a Penn State Brandywine table at Dining Under the Stars in September 2025

Brandywine Alumni Society to sponsor ‘Dining Under the Stars’ for fifth year

August 10, 2026

group of students around nittany lion statue

Teen Entrepreneur Challenge helps students turn ideas into action

August 10, 2026

Ott receives leadership award

Ott receives leadership award from Society for the Study of Reproduction

August 10, 2026

Three people stand atop a wooden platform, each wearing helmets and safety equipment related to ziplining. The child in the middle has his hands raised in the air.

A decade of heart: Camp Lionheart celebrates 10 years

August 07, 2026

Student leaders on stage at the Four Diamonds Mini-THON Leadership Summit hold oversized number cards revealing the total amount raised for the 2025-26 school year.

Four Diamonds Mini-THON passes $83 million raised to conquer childhood cancer

August 07, 2026

A close up of hands forming dough into croissants on a baking sheet for baking

Penn College students at SCI Muncy graduate with professional baking certificates

August 07, 2026

Bird's eye view of the rural PA landscape

USDA grant to help uncover opportunities and challenges facing rural governments

August 06, 2026

Life Lion medical helicopter approaching the helipad above the emergency department entrance at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center.

Penn State Health Life Lion adds new helicopter

August 06, 2026

Colin Neill

WATCH: Penn State Great Valley, a commitment to the greater Philadelphia area

August 06, 2026

Visitors walk through agricultural exhibits at Penn State Ag Progress Days.

Gov. Shapiro issues proclamation celebrating Penn State’s Ag Progress Days

August 06, 2026

Ag Progress Days 2025

Ag Progress Days celebrates five decades of innovation and education at Rock Springs

August 06, 2026

Two women wearing formal gowns standing on a stage.

Miss Central Pennsylvania uses online education to help fight food insecurity

August 05, 2026

Students working at Toftrees Penn State

SAFES in College of Ag Sciences names student learning program grant recipients

August 04, 2026

International exchange participants stand and kneel around Penn State Nittany Lion Shrine

International exchange on emerging technology, ethical AI held at Penn State

August 04, 2026

man and woman working in a physics lab

NSF funding supports Two-Dimensional Crystal Consortium's next chapter

August 03, 2026

Carol Schurman was inducted into the NACAA Hall of Fame for exceptional service.

Schurman recognized in National Association of County Agricultural Agents Hall of Fame

August 03, 2026

Jody Pritt

Pritt named interim vice provost for Penn State Global

August 03, 2026

A world map with a passport and a camera sitting on top

Webinars available for navigating new Global Safety Network system

August 03, 2026

Marilyn Wells

WATCH: Penn State Brandywine, a commitment to southeast Pennsylvania

August 03, 2026

Chocolate Short Course Penn State

Penn State’s sweetest course offers hands-on learning for all

August 03, 2026

Dean Troy Ott demonstrates Tilva at the 2026 PA Farm Show

Over 40,000 answers later, Extension tool Tilva’s impact is growing, evolving

August 03, 2026

Photo of the Ag Progress Days fairgrounds taken from above

Penn State’s Ag Progress Days returns with activities, demos and exhibits

August 03, 2026

A group of high school students pose for a photo at the Nittany Lion Shrine

S.C.O.P.E. 2026 concludes with 17 high school students’ final research presentations

July 31, 2026

Project ECHO at Penn State report cover featuring a nurse in blue scrubs holding a tablet, with the title “Learning Without Limits” and Penn State College of Medicine and Project ECHO logos.

Bridging the gap: Project ECHO releases seven-year report on rural health impact

July 31, 2026

Food System Mapping Tool at Ag Progress Days 2025

National awards recognize Penn State Extension’s community development work

July 30, 2026

Headshot of Liza Behrens

Behrens honored with national innovation award for dementia care program

July 30, 2026

Bees on a honey comb

Honey from continental US may be as pesticide-free as imported organic honey

July 29, 2026

Graduate student shoveling soil.

Doctoral student leads grain processing project for Team Pennsylvania

July 29, 2026

The Lion statue at Penn State Harrisburg viewed through leaves and trees

State grant funds Harrisburg program to train teachers for air quality research

July 29, 2026

Falyn Verner and her father kneel together outdoors, planting a young tree in the soil.

Penn State Altoona student leads American chestnut restoration senior seminar project

July 28, 2026

Penn State Extension webinars to focus on invasive species in Pennsylvania

July 27, 2026

A group of people pose in front of a projector screen for a photo

Penn State wraps first listening tour for K-12 leaders to shape AI in education

July 27, 2026

Three people in a recording studio

How Penn State Greater Allegheny is preparing students for career success

July 27, 2026

Joe Kantz 4-H

Snyder County commissioner reflects on Penn State Extension 4-H roots

July 24, 2026

Old main with trees in shadows

Penn State awarded $20M to lead an NSF ‘programmable cloud laboratory’

July 23, 2026

Lion Shrine head on

Penn State scientists to lead three Genesis Mission projects

July 23, 2026

Radha Pyati

WATCH: Penn State Berks, a commitment to Berks County

July 23, 2026

Headshot of Gabrielle Foreman

Q&A: Colored Conventions and the Supreme Court’s birthright citizenship ruling

July 23, 2026

Pictured are the winners of the Lifestyle Pitch competition

Berks LaunchBox celebrates local entrepreneurs at Lifestyle Business Pitch Night

July 22, 2026

Students learning about equipment in the MILL

MILL at Penn State Berks receives state manufacturing innovation grant

July 22, 2026

ag history

Pasto Agricultural Museum to offer new exhibits at Ag Progress Days

July 22, 2026

intern on field

Penn State turfgrass science doctoral student interns with MetLife Stadium crew

July 22, 2026

The bright blue entrance sign to Penn College's campus

Penn College receives $1.5M state grant for Schneebeli Earth Science Center

July 21, 2026

A doctor wearing a physician’s coat points to a computer screen with an ultrasound image on it. Another clinical staff member looks on. A wall in the near background has a mural of two people sitting on a bench looking out over a body of water.

Penn State Health nationally recognized for cardiovascular, stroke care

July 21, 2026

Ag Progress Days town hall

Government events at Penn State’s Ag Progress Days to focus on ag innovation

July 20, 2026

Ag Progress Days attraction

Crops, Soils and Conservation Area at Ag Progress Days offers variety of exhibits

July 20, 2026

A man wearing a suit and tie standing in front of a school

Leon Smith is second consecutive Penn State alum named National Teacher of Year

July 20, 2026

Calculator and 1040 tax form

Q&A: How do federal taxes impact local schools and services?

July 17, 2026

Miriam Kelly Miller speaks into a microphone at a wooden podium. Behind her, a large projection screen displays the text "Community Driven Research Day" alongside the Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute logo.

Grassroots innovation meets academic research at Community-Driven Research Day

July 17, 2026

John Dubel, Master Watershed Steward, at a bird banding event.

Master Watershed Steward appointed to Statewide Water Resources Committee

July 16, 2026

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