The controversial movie about Joe Paterno’s life is slowly coming together, according to this Huffington Post bit yesterday. As has been previously reported, legendary Scarface and The Godfather actor Al Pacino will play the former coach in the film tentatively called Happy Valley. Although the project is still in its early stages, some new details are slowly […]
The International Center for the Study of Terrorism at Penn State announced Monday that it would close on June 30, with director John Horgan and some researchers moving to the University of Massachusetts Lowell to continue its work. This may put undergrads majoring in security and risk analysis in a bind as some of its highest profile professors leave. And, one of the center's leading terrorism experts said as the center looked for more academic support, she was blindsided by the university's reluctance to retain its researchers.
Another one bit the dust. Today, Governor Corbett announced the forced resignation of Richard Allan, his secretary of the Department of Conservation of Natural Resources. Allan is also an ex officio member of the Board of Trustees and was present during the entirety of the Sandusky Scandal.
A beloved Penn State lecturer objected to ties between the economics department and textbook company Pearson Education.
Penn State lost its graduate school dean and vice president for research yesterday.
The University of Missouri announced that Hank Foley, who has worked at Penn State since 2000, would be appointed as vice president for academic affairs.
Senator Pat Toomey wrote a letter yesterday supporting a proposal by Penn State's Lunar Lion team to host the 2014 Team Summit for the Google Lunar X Prize. He becomes the second prominent politician this week to throw their voice behind the program.