Penn State physicists Eugenio Bianchi, Anuradha Gupta, and B.S. Sathyaprakash took second place for their work, “Quantum gravity and black hole spin in gravitational wave observations: a test of the Bekenstein-Hawking entropy” for the the 2019 Buchalter Cosmology Prize.
Both recruits will join the Nittany Lions in Happy Valley next fall after recording more than 400 kills each as high school seniors.
Council approved the proposal with a 4-3 vote after rejecting it in December.
The Nittany Lions finished in the top 10 of the AP Top 25 poll for the third time in the last four seasons.
Kelly, a former walk-on who was placed on scholarship prior to the 2019 season, is the second Nittany Lion to enter the portal this offseason.
The younger Newton is a quarterback who recently entered his name into the NCAA's transfer portal after a strong three-season term with FCS Howard.