Gizmodo, that bastion of nerdtech writing, wrote yesterday about Penn State Environmental Engineering Professor Bruce Logan (He’s the older white gentleman). Logan’s current research projects include such mindblowing titles as, “Testing and Evaluation of System Materials for Creating a Scaleable Bioelectrically Assisted Microbial Reactor (BEAMR)”, and “Isolation and analysis of novel electochemically active bacteria for […]
According to the Chronicle of Higher Education, The Wal-Mart Foundation and the American Council on Education today identified 20 colleges as recipients of Success for Vets Grants, meant to help them develop innovative ways to help veterans make the transition from military service to college. As you might have guessed from the headline, Penn State […]
Is Beaver Stadium an indoor facility? The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania says “yes,” due to the barrier surrounding the stadium. As a result, the Clean Indoor Air Act of 2008 now applies to Beaver Stadium, so smokers must refrain from lighting up anywhere in the facility. We’ll see how this supposed crackdown pans out at the […]
What: This event is not just for swing dancers or dancers but for anyone who has an interest in swing dancing and would want to learn. There is a beginner lesson from 10:00 PM to 10:45 PM for newbies. Check out the Facebook event page here. When: 10:00 pm to 1:00 am on Saturday April […]
On Tuesday, the Collegian ran a column written by Adam Clair about the failure of Penn State’s music festivals. He specifically called out Asher Roth, saying he “is the categorical opposite of what sort of performer should be headlining a college music festival.” Asher Roth is a guy who has exactly one song anybody has […]
As some of you may know, this year is the 100th anniversary of Penn State’s humor magazine, Phroth. The magazine also produces the Phollegian, which we all enjoyed on March 31st for some reason instead of April Fool’s Day. Ah, well. We were lucky enough to score an interview with the lady behind the laughs, […]