
Senator Pat Toomey wrote a letter yesterday supporting a proposal by Penn State's Lunar Lion team to host the 2014 Team Summit for the Google Lunar X Prize. He becomes the second prominent politician this week to throw their voice behind the program.

It's that time of the month again -- the monthly update of the Penn State Progress website to reflect the latest costs of the Sandusky scandal to Penn State. As of March 31 -- the most recent update -- the university has handed over $45,881,904 for scandal-related expenses.

For the third year in a row -- and for the fourth time in the last six years -- Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital is again ranked among the nation's best children's hospitals, per U.S. News and World Report.

Looking for summer employment? Or perhaps an on-campus job in the fall?
Well, the "Craigslist of employment" meta search engine Indeed.com has a new posting for a job opening in State College, and it comes with a nice salary (and full benefits).

The THON community suffered a loss late Tuesday night with the passing of Four Diamond’s child Evan Kreider. The Kreider family was paired with Nittany Nation earlier this year, and the Kreiders could often be seen sitting courtside with their org cheering on the basketball team.