Two Penn Staters are interning at the White House this summer: Hannah Botelho, of Potomac, Maryland, and Vincent Amendolare, of Hillsborough, New Jersey.
Penn State is Forbes' 93rd-best college in America, a vast improvement upon the school's #184 overall ranking last year.
The Buffalo Bills franchise has invited the Penn State Blue Band to perform at Ralph Wilson Stadium on November 3. The Bills will play the Kansas City Chiefs for an early afternoon game. This will mark a busy weekend for the Blue Band, as Beaver Stadium will host a game between the Nittany Lions and Fighting Illini.
It's time for everyone's favorite monthly update.
Penn State's costs associated with the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal through the end of May have been counted and the latest total is $47,753,721. That's roughly $900,000 more than the previous month.
Night Ranger, a rock band founded in 1982, will play State Theatre on Tuesday, August 20. Their performance will mark the opening salvo of a semester full of musical acts.
Rock opera group Trans-Siberian Orchestra will stop in Happy Valley on November 15th. Known for their unique musical style, incorporating a mixture classical, orchestral, and progressive pieces into hard rock with a splash of heavy metal, the group will perform as part of their Lost Christmas Eve Tour at the Bryce Jordan Center.