The Gates Foundation has recently granted 81 teams worldwide $100,000 each to research preventive solutions for infectious diseases such as malaria. The Foundation reports that Penn State professors Dr. Andrew Read (biology and entomology), Thomas Baker (entomology), and Matthew Thomas (entomology) will use their 100k to do the following: “[Read, Baker, and Thomas] will examine […]
When Senator Arlen Specter decided to visit Penn State’s Hershey Medical Center on Monday, May 4, he chose the location for a reason. The Lebanon Daily News reports that by switching from the Republican party to the Democratic party, which prioritizes health care reformation, Specter has improved his position for re-election to a senior position […]
Can’t make this stuff up. The Centre Daily Times reported yesterday that Scott Ruzal, a 20-year old student from New Jersey, was sentenced to at least 35 days in jail after a policeman told the judge who had presided over the case that Ruzal had been tweeting nasty things about cops while he was in […]
Last night, Bruce Springsteen performed at the Bryce Jordan Center. The Centre Daily Times reported that he would play songs by request, confusing his E Street Band. And the Boss is sometimes having fun at others’ expense, such as when he closed the 3 ½ hour performance with a medley of tunes including “Good Golly […]
Alison Go, the blogger behind U.S. News & World Report’s Paper Trail Blog, broke our hearts a little this evening. She had this to say, It’s been a fun two years, but it’s now time for me to leave Paper Trail and U.S. News. I’ll honestly miss reading and writing about the dumb (and impressive) […]
A lot has been made about the current recession, but a few people have already begun looking past it to the eventual economic upturn. Specifically, Penn State economists: Theodore Alter, Theodore Fuller and Stephen Smith recently co-authored a report titled “Pennsylvania: Road to Growth”. The 68-page document looks into which industries in PA will experience […]