Active Minds’ Send Silence Packing – a nationally recognized public education exhibit of 1,100 backpacks, representing the number of students who die by suicide every year – will be on display at Old Main Lawn on April 22 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Penn State’s spring practice season officially comes to a close this Saturday with the annual Blue-White scrimmage, held at 4 p.m. for the first time in the game’s history. While the glorified practice attracts tens of thousands of fans back to State College for the festivities and tailgating, the game is the first opportunity for fans to catch a glimpse of emerging talent and see what returning players made the most progress during the offseason.
Let these stories of Penn State love take you happily into this beautiful weekend.
With an underwhelming home slate of games on tap for 2015, our staff debated which of them is most deserving of the Whiteout.
The response to Greg Drane being announced as the sixth director of the Blue Band was overwhelmingly positive. After hearing firsthand about Drane's passion for the "Blue Band family" as he calls it, and his plans for the future, it's easy to understand why.
The Summers Founders Program provides six teams of entrepreneurs, all with at least one Penn State student, a $10,000 grant to pursue original startups for a 10-week period over the summer. It's a groundbreaking new initiative spearheaded by President Eric Barron, senior Eli Kariv, Penn State alum and successful entrepreneur Matt Brezina, and the director of development and alumni relations at the Schreyer Honors College Sean Miller, in an effort to create an innovative and entrepreneurial culture on campus.