Penn State women's lacrosse took down a traditional powerhouse Friday afternoon, and earned a trip to the second round of the NCAA tournament in the process. Behind four goals from Jenna Mosketti and Tatum Coffey, the Nittany Lions defeated the Blue Jays 14-11 at Virginia's Klöckner Stadium.
After years of student government lobbying, the first ever student-selected student trustee will take his seat on the board. Undergraduate Luke Metaxas was revealed as the chosen candidate at this afternoon's Board of Trustees committee on Governance and Long-Range Planning meeting.
On Wednesday, D.J. Newbill was in Salt Lake City working out with the Utah Jazz less than two months before the NBA Draft. By Sunday, he'll have flown across the country, back to State College in time for his graduation.
Pending the Board's approval, Regina Vasilatos-Younken will become the vice provost for graduate education and dean of the Graduate School.
It costs a pretty penny to gather Penn State's leadership in one room.
Penn State programs are again outperforming its peers. In the recently released 2015 QS World University Rankings by Subject, university programs broke the top 200 in 31 of 36 disciplines studied.