Even though ground has not yet been broken, the Penn State community has gotten a pretty convincing glimpse of the soon-to-be Pegula Ice Arena. This new facility is currently in the works due to a $88 million donation by natural gas tycoon Terry Pegula. Thanks to a few released renderings and drawings of the facility, we can get a pretty good idea of what the new Icers' home will look like. Check out some artists' conceptual images after the jump!
Our own John Tecce made the trip from Happy Valley to Death Valley this weekend to see one of the best teams in the country, the LSU Tigers. This week's Observations come SEC style and compares Beaver Stadium with another of college football's premiere venues.
It has come to our attention that "directional school" uses Penn State's "Victory" song as their own. How embarrassing.
Penn State Distinguished Alumnus Dan Mead is set to deliver his lecture "Technology Leadership and Collaboration in a Connected World" at 4 p.m. on campus at the Carnegie Cinema on Thursday. Mead earned degrees in quantitative business analysis and finance as well as an MBA from Penn State. In 2010, he received the Penn State Distinguished Alumni Award which is the highest award that can be given to a graduate.
Andrea Tapia and her SRA 397A class will host the inaugural Crisis Informatics Speaker Series at 6:30 in 202 IST Building. During October, the Series will present four speakers who will talk about mitigating disasters, natural and manmade.
Even with the noise of the Friday lunchtime rush rising, local musician and Penn State graduate Jason Olcese (better known as Jason O) performed a dozen songs at the HUB as part of SPA’s Noontime Concert Series.