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Happy Valley Animation Festival being held at the HUB-Robeson Galleries

May 08, 2025

Person working on stained glass in a workshop.

Center for Arts and Crafts offers May classes and workshops beginning May 18

May 08, 2025

Penn State Altoona professor is finalist for Midwest Book Award

May 07, 2025

An outside view of a recital hall with grand windows photographed at sunset

New-Music Festival and Symposium showcases talent to international community

May 07, 2025

Penn State Altoona professors’ latest podcasts explores '90s slasher films

May 06, 2025

Four One Night on Broadway performer headshots

‘New One Night on Broadway' takes Centre Stage with Penn State Theatre alumni

May 06, 2025

Tender, by Beth Hetland, cover art, and photo of Beth Hetland, a woman wearing a flowered dress,smiling into the camera

Beth Hetland's 'Tender' wins 2025 Lynd Ward Graphic Novel Prize

May 06, 2025

Closeup of springtime flowers

Nature and wellness unite at the Arboretum’s 'Wild Wellness' event

May 06, 2025

Penn State Forum Speaker Series announces 2025-26 lineup

May 05, 2025

An image of a piece of artwork featuring orange, red, yellow, green and blue tones.

Penn State Wilkes-Barre art gallery features student work

May 05, 2025

Dance studio in the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts at Penn State Altoona

Penn State Altoona to host tap class starting May 9

May 02, 2025

Queen Bee and the Blue Hornet Band at Penn State Movin' On 1998

Dear Old State: Keep on 'Movin' On'

May 01, 2025

Bright green title text with Frankenstein images in the background

Penn State to present premiere of 'True Crime Frankenstein'

April 30, 2025

Altoona English professor’s forthcoming book receives advance praise

April 29, 2025

Neil deGrasse Tyson stands in front of a Hubble telescope image of the solar galaxy.

Tickets go on sale starting April 30 to see astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson

April 29, 2025

A young cow reaches its head through pen bars to inspect a microphone boom.

Deadline to experience the free 200 Acres sound walk is June 30

April 29, 2025

A gallery with classical paintings on the wall and textiles laid out for display throughout the room

Hidden Gems: The Ronald K. De Long Gallery at Penn State Lehigh Valley

April 29, 2025

A large room full of shoppers browsing lots of books on tables

AAUW State College to hold 2025 Used Book Sale on May 17-20

April 28, 2025

Book Cover that read "The Routledge Companion to Remix Studies"

School of Visual Arts faculty member co-edits, co-authors book on ‘remix studies’

April 28, 2025

An architectural rendering of a building on a dark, gloomy island.

Architecture grad students earn gold mention in international design competition

April 28, 2025

Livestream talk on April 30 with award-winning television director Mary Lou Belli

April 28, 2025

Artwork by Grace Brown depicting two children playing in the water.

Spring 2025 issue of Penn State Altoona literary arts magazine available online

April 25, 2025

Altoona professors welcome best-selling author to latest podcast episode

April 24, 2025

A black and white photograph of several architectural models.

Architecture department to host traveling exhibition of Le Corbusier works

April 23, 2025

A collage shows two women and two men posing for formal photographs.

Penn State alum soloists reflect on careers in the performing arts

April 23, 2025

WE ARE mortar board

Things to Do at Penn State: April 24-May 15

April 23, 2025

A woman instructor raises her hands high in front of a group of dancers.

Free Let’s Dance movement workshop returns to Eisenhower Auditorium stage May 1

April 22, 2025

An invitation to "Impact," the Penn State graphic design senior capstone exhibition. It contains the text: "You're invited! Sunday, April 27, 2025; Hetzel Union Building, Room 134, Pollock Rd., University Park, PA 16802; 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m."

Stuckeman graphic design students to showcase capstone projects in exhibition

April 22, 2025

View of the new Palmer from the Penn State Arboretum at dusk

Penn State's ‘Night at the Museums' to be held at University Park campus May 1

April 21, 2025

Sustainability Summit keynote theme to be 'Where sustainability lives, communities thrive'

April 18, 2025

Architect's rendering of new academic building

Things to Do at Penn State Harrisburg: April 22-28

April 17, 2025

Artwork by Grace Brown and Raena Groner

Penn State Altoona to exhibit student artwork

April 17, 2025

Artworking by Maggie Parks depicting the northern lights over mountain tops and trees

Penn State Altoona to exhibit artwork by visual art studies senior Maggie Parks

April 17, 2025

A painting of blue flowers on a blue background

Things to Do at Penn State: April 17-24

April 16, 2025

A student building an architectural model out of cardboard.

Stuckeman School, Penn State Outreach offering two options for design summer camp

April 16, 2025

SWE Mosaic 2024

Symphonic Band and Symphonic Wind Ensemble present final concert of the semester

April 15, 2025

Regan Kreitzer's photo of cows

Schuylkill Snap! Penn State Schuylkill announces annual photo contest winners

April 15, 2025

A line of people standing for a group photo

2025 Arts Business Idea Competition winners announced

April 14, 2025

An illustration of composer Beethoven is shown amid modern shapes and bright colors.

Throwback concert on April 25 to feature School of Music singers, musicians

April 14, 2025

Sahrawi visiting artist to share his experiences throughout April

April 14, 2025

A woman with curly hair parts a beaded sculpture hanging from the ceiling.

Dance professor to serve as School of Theatre’s first artist-in-residence

April 14, 2025

Images and text about the lives of two characters in a novel

Caps Off: New Abington graduate's novel wins award, selected for a conference

April 11, 2025

A photo of Downtown Altoona, Pennsylvania

Fourth annual Blair Creators Festival set for April 26

April 11, 2025

a close-up of a saxophone being played

Penn State Altoona University Jazz Band to perform April 26

April 11, 2025

A white house with solar panels on the roof.

Architecture, engineering professor’s firm earns Walton Family Foundation nod

April 11, 2025

We Are Weekend graphic

We Are Weekend will unite Penn State community June 20-21 to kick off summer

April 11, 2025

A magnificent golden sun hangs low in the sky, surrounded by dramatic clouds painted in shades of orange and gold. The sweeping landscape below shows dark mountain silhouettes shrouded in evening mist, while the deep blue sky transitions to warmer tones near the horizon. Wispy clouds catch the last rays of sunlight, creating a peaceful and awe-inspiring scene that captures the magical moment between day and night.

Penn State Altoona’s Ivyside Pride to perform ‘All Things Under Heaven’

April 10, 2025

35th annual Frühling Posaunen Festival to be held at School of Music on April 13

April 09, 2025

Penn State Altoona professors' latest podcast explores cult horror

April 09, 2025

Alice in Wonderland

Things to Do at Penn State: April 10-17

April 09, 2025

A split image of Katie McDonald at left and Kyle Schumann at right.

Co-founders of acclaimed architectural studio to visit the Stuckeman School

April 04, 2025

2025 Charles W. Mann Jr. Lecture in the Book Arts flyer

Queer history through book arts is subject of Libraries’ 2025 Mann Lecture

April 03, 2025

WPI historical marker with history

Penn State Berks presents 'Apprentice' art exhibition, opening April 10

April 03, 2025

Photo of fiction writer Jamil Jan Kochai standing outside in front of brown picket fence

Mary E. Rolling Reading Series welcomes Jamil Jan Kochai on April 10

April 03, 2025

Penn State Jazz Combos to perform at Nittany Lion Inn on April 16

April 03, 2025

HUB-Robeson Galleries’ presents 'Left Listening,' an interactive performance activity

April 03, 2025

PSCS Alice in Wonderland

Behind the Scenes with Penn State Centre Stage's 'Alice in Wonderland'

April 03, 2025

Artwork by Kai Deline

Penn State Altoona to exhibit artwork by visual art studies senior Kai Deline

April 03, 2025

Dancers from Penn State Altoona's Ivyside Dance Ensemble rehearse for their spring 2025 performance.

Things to Do at Penn State: April 3-10

April 02, 2025

Penn State Altoona English professor presents at Cambridge University conference

April 01, 2025

Penn State Altoona professor's poetry published in new anthologies

April 01, 2025

Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts

Penn State Altoona to present poetry reading by Sheila Carter-Jones

April 01, 2025

Choir Mosaic 2024

Penn State School of Music presents two choir concerts April 6

April 01, 2025

A painting of blue flowers on a blue background

Korean artwork exhibit by artist Ajin opens at Penn State Wilkes-Barre

April 01, 2025

PSCS Alice in Wonderland

Penn State Centre Stage presents ‘Alice in Wonderland’

March 31, 2025

A bust of Oliver LaGrone

Artists’ legacies honored through sculpture donation

March 31, 2025

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Happy Valley Animation Festival being held at the HUB-Robeson Galleries

May 08, 2025

Person working on stained glass in a workshop.

Center for Arts and Crafts offers May classes and workshops beginning May 18

May 08, 2025

Penn State Altoona professor is finalist for Midwest Book Award

May 07, 2025

An outside view of a recital hall with grand windows photographed at sunset

New-Music Festival and Symposium showcases talent to international community

May 07, 2025

Penn State Altoona professors’ latest podcasts explores '90s slasher films

May 06, 2025

Four One Night on Broadway performer headshots

‘New One Night on Broadway' takes Centre Stage with Penn State Theatre alumni

May 06, 2025

Tender, by Beth Hetland, cover art, and photo of Beth Hetland, a woman wearing a flowered dress,smiling into the camera

Beth Hetland's 'Tender' wins 2025 Lynd Ward Graphic Novel Prize

May 06, 2025

Closeup of springtime flowers

Nature and wellness unite at the Arboretum’s 'Wild Wellness' event

May 06, 2025

Penn State Forum Speaker Series announces 2025-26 lineup

May 05, 2025

An image of a piece of artwork featuring orange, red, yellow, green and blue tones.

Penn State Wilkes-Barre art gallery features student work

May 05, 2025

Dance studio in the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts at Penn State Altoona

Penn State Altoona to host tap class starting May 9

May 02, 2025

Queen Bee and the Blue Hornet Band at Penn State Movin' On 1998

Dear Old State: Keep on 'Movin' On'

May 01, 2025

Bright green title text with Frankenstein images in the background

Penn State to present premiere of 'True Crime Frankenstein'

April 30, 2025

Altoona English professor’s forthcoming book receives advance praise

April 29, 2025

Neil deGrasse Tyson stands in front of a Hubble telescope image of the solar galaxy.

Tickets go on sale starting April 30 to see astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson

April 29, 2025

A young cow reaches its head through pen bars to inspect a microphone boom.

Deadline to experience the free 200 Acres sound walk is June 30

April 29, 2025

A gallery with classical paintings on the wall and textiles laid out for display throughout the room

Hidden Gems: The Ronald K. De Long Gallery at Penn State Lehigh Valley

April 29, 2025

A large room full of shoppers browsing lots of books on tables

AAUW State College to hold 2025 Used Book Sale on May 17-20

April 28, 2025

Book Cover that read "The Routledge Companion to Remix Studies"

School of Visual Arts faculty member co-edits, co-authors book on ‘remix studies’

April 28, 2025

An architectural rendering of a building on a dark, gloomy island.

Architecture grad students earn gold mention in international design competition

April 28, 2025

Livestream talk on April 30 with award-winning television director Mary Lou Belli

April 28, 2025

Artwork by Grace Brown depicting two children playing in the water.

Spring 2025 issue of Penn State Altoona literary arts magazine available online

April 25, 2025

Altoona professors welcome best-selling author to latest podcast episode

April 24, 2025

A black and white photograph of several architectural models.

Architecture department to host traveling exhibition of Le Corbusier works

April 23, 2025

A collage shows two women and two men posing for formal photographs.

Penn State alum soloists reflect on careers in the performing arts

April 23, 2025

WE ARE mortar board

Things to Do at Penn State: April 24-May 15

April 23, 2025

A woman instructor raises her hands high in front of a group of dancers.

Free Let’s Dance movement workshop returns to Eisenhower Auditorium stage May 1

April 22, 2025

An invitation to "Impact," the Penn State graphic design senior capstone exhibition. It contains the text: "You're invited! Sunday, April 27, 2025; Hetzel Union Building, Room 134, Pollock Rd., University Park, PA 16802; 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m."

Stuckeman graphic design students to showcase capstone projects in exhibition

April 22, 2025

View of the new Palmer from the Penn State Arboretum at dusk

Penn State's ‘Night at the Museums' to be held at University Park campus May 1

April 21, 2025

Sustainability Summit keynote theme to be 'Where sustainability lives, communities thrive'

April 18, 2025

Architect's rendering of new academic building

Things to Do at Penn State Harrisburg: April 22-28

April 17, 2025

Artwork by Grace Brown and Raena Groner

Penn State Altoona to exhibit student artwork

April 17, 2025

Artworking by Maggie Parks depicting the northern lights over mountain tops and trees

Penn State Altoona to exhibit artwork by visual art studies senior Maggie Parks

April 17, 2025

A painting of blue flowers on a blue background

Things to Do at Penn State: April 17-24

April 16, 2025

A student building an architectural model out of cardboard.

Stuckeman School, Penn State Outreach offering two options for design summer camp

April 16, 2025

SWE Mosaic 2024

Symphonic Band and Symphonic Wind Ensemble present final concert of the semester

April 15, 2025

Regan Kreitzer's photo of cows

Schuylkill Snap! Penn State Schuylkill announces annual photo contest winners

April 15, 2025

A line of people standing for a group photo

2025 Arts Business Idea Competition winners announced

April 14, 2025

An illustration of composer Beethoven is shown amid modern shapes and bright colors.

Throwback concert on April 25 to feature School of Music singers, musicians

April 14, 2025

Sahrawi visiting artist to share his experiences throughout April

April 14, 2025

A woman with curly hair parts a beaded sculpture hanging from the ceiling.

Dance professor to serve as School of Theatre’s first artist-in-residence

April 14, 2025

Images and text about the lives of two characters in a novel

Caps Off: New Abington graduate's novel wins award, selected for a conference

April 11, 2025

A photo of Downtown Altoona, Pennsylvania

Fourth annual Blair Creators Festival set for April 26

April 11, 2025

a close-up of a saxophone being played

Penn State Altoona University Jazz Band to perform April 26

April 11, 2025

A white house with solar panels on the roof.

Architecture, engineering professor’s firm earns Walton Family Foundation nod

April 11, 2025

We Are Weekend graphic

We Are Weekend will unite Penn State community June 20-21 to kick off summer

April 11, 2025

A magnificent golden sun hangs low in the sky, surrounded by dramatic clouds painted in shades of orange and gold. The sweeping landscape below shows dark mountain silhouettes shrouded in evening mist, while the deep blue sky transitions to warmer tones near the horizon. Wispy clouds catch the last rays of sunlight, creating a peaceful and awe-inspiring scene that captures the magical moment between day and night.

Penn State Altoona’s Ivyside Pride to perform ‘All Things Under Heaven’

April 10, 2025

35th annual Frühling Posaunen Festival to be held at School of Music on April 13

April 09, 2025

Penn State Altoona professors' latest podcast explores cult horror

April 09, 2025

Alice in Wonderland

Things to Do at Penn State: April 10-17

April 09, 2025

A split image of Katie McDonald at left and Kyle Schumann at right.

Co-founders of acclaimed architectural studio to visit the Stuckeman School

April 04, 2025

2025 Charles W. Mann Jr. Lecture in the Book Arts flyer

Queer history through book arts is subject of Libraries’ 2025 Mann Lecture

April 03, 2025

WPI historical marker with history

Penn State Berks presents 'Apprentice' art exhibition, opening April 10

April 03, 2025

Photo of fiction writer Jamil Jan Kochai standing outside in front of brown picket fence

Mary E. Rolling Reading Series welcomes Jamil Jan Kochai on April 10

April 03, 2025

Penn State Jazz Combos to perform at Nittany Lion Inn on April 16

April 03, 2025

HUB-Robeson Galleries’ presents 'Left Listening,' an interactive performance activity

April 03, 2025

PSCS Alice in Wonderland

Behind the Scenes with Penn State Centre Stage's 'Alice in Wonderland'

April 03, 2025

Artwork by Kai Deline

Penn State Altoona to exhibit artwork by visual art studies senior Kai Deline

April 03, 2025

Dancers from Penn State Altoona's Ivyside Dance Ensemble rehearse for their spring 2025 performance.

Things to Do at Penn State: April 3-10

April 02, 2025

Penn State Altoona English professor presents at Cambridge University conference

April 01, 2025

Penn State Altoona professor's poetry published in new anthologies

April 01, 2025

Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts

Penn State Altoona to present poetry reading by Sheila Carter-Jones

April 01, 2025

Choir Mosaic 2024

Penn State School of Music presents two choir concerts April 6

April 01, 2025

A painting of blue flowers on a blue background

Korean artwork exhibit by artist Ajin opens at Penn State Wilkes-Barre

April 01, 2025

PSCS Alice in Wonderland

Penn State Centre Stage presents ‘Alice in Wonderland’

March 31, 2025

A bust of Oliver LaGrone

Artists’ legacies honored through sculpture donation

March 31, 2025

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