For its second straight meeting, the Board of Trustees will have airport-like security for those wishing to attend the sure-to-be brouhaha after trustees again received threats related to the meeting.
Redshirt junior defensive end Deion Barnes will play in the 2015 Senior Bowl, joining fellow Nittany Lions Adrian Amos, Mike Hull, and Donovan Smith for the postseason college football all-star game in Mobile, Alabama on Jan. 24.
Beginning on Aug. 1, Anne Langley will take over as the new Associate Dean for Research, Collections, and Scholarly Communications in Penn State’s University Libraries.
After record-setting performances in the Pinstripe Bowl, Christian Hackenberg and Anthony Zettel were named to BTN.com's all-conference bowl team. The Big Ten went 6-5 in postseason play.
The 2014 fall semester was a record-setting one for the Penn State football team as 51 players -- including 21 true freshmen -- earned GPAs of 3.0 or higher, while 25 players were named to the Dean's List. In total, 57 players recorded cumulative GPAs of at least 3.0, a new program record.
Penn State has received a $30 million grant from NASA to lead a five-year study of carbon-related greenhouse gases. The goal of the study is to better understand and thus better manage climate change.