While at Penn State, Russell Marker discovered in the late 1930s the basic chemistry underlying the commercial production of steroidal hormones and birth control pills. His work lead to the large-scale preparation of progesterone.
The Board of Trustees Committee on Finance, Business, and Capital Planning recommended approving a 4.27 percent increase on the room and board rate. The full board will vote on the recommendation -- a $4,885 per semester average rate -- tomorrow at its regularly scheduled meeting in Hershey.
As announced today, Penn State ranked 39th among universities worldwide in the fourth annual Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings. This is the first time Penn State has ranked in the Top 50 for this particular invitation-only survey. Institutions from 133 countries were surveyed, making it the world's largest of its kind.
Penn State has a trove of prominent animals that rove its campus: the Nittany Lion, Sneezy the Squirrel, and the ducks in the Hintz Family Alumni Center pond are the most famous and the first that come to mind. But it's the oft overlooked Penn State horses whose existence here may be the most threatened.
Penn State President-elect Eric Barron will begin his transition from Tallahassee to State College in earnest on April 2, according to an email sent over the Florida State listserv last night by Board of Trustees Chair Allan Bense.
Penn State's political junkies and aspiring politicians may have picked the right place to start their career in politics. According to The Huffington Post, Penn State is currently the alma mater of nine current members of the United States Congress, making it the tenth largest producer of people of such a distinction.