Ferguson Township Police are investigating the death of a 23-year old Penn State student. The department said there were no signs of foul play and a preliminary investigation indicated the death may be substance-related.
Housing was the key focus of discussion for the State College Borough Council on Monday night, with a lengthy debate over potential exemption of graduate students from the definition of student homes in the housing ordinance resulting in plans for further discussion.
An obscene note has Penn State Police investigating an incident of harassment and ethnic intimidation.
For the seventh consecutive year, members of the Penn State community will travel to the state Capitol in Harrisburg to rally for state support and talk with legislators about the impact of state appropriations for the university.
A statewide grand jury determined that at least 50 priests or religious leaders in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown sexually abused hundreds of children over a period of 40 years, Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane announced Tuesday. Of those named in the grand jury testimony, there are priests who were connected to both Penn State and the State College area.
Penn State professor and noted astronomer W. Neil Brandt won the Bruni Rossi Prize for his extraterrestrial research.