
Student-led project Apparatus X, a self-sustaining emergency response vehicle prototype, will attempt to restore the Hurricane Katrina-devastated Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans by empowering its residents to rebuild their community.

A student in the Schreyer Honors College was found unresponsive in his room Saturday morning. Richard Bilger, 21, was declared dead at Mount Nittany Medical Center at 12:32 p.m., according to the Centre County Coroner's Office.

Matt Brezina co-founded two multimillion-dollar tech startups, Xobni and Sincerely, after graduating from Penn State.

A Penn State student is accused of attacking an 18-year-old female, causing her to require reconstructive surgery and brain surgery.
Sean Urbain, 20, is bound for trial on charges of aggravated assault, simple assault, and reckless endangerment following his preliminary hearing Wednesday. He was unable to post bail of $100,000, so he was incarcerated.

Reddit co-founder Steve Huffman and other celebrity entrepreneurs will advise Penn Staters on how to start companies during IST Startup Week 2014, which starts tonight.