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.
For the third year in a row -- and for the fourth time in the last six years -- Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital is again ranked among the nation's best children's hospitals, per U.S. News and World Report.
Looking for summer employment? Or perhaps an on-campus job in the fall?
Well, the "Craigslist of employment" meta search engine Indeed.com has a new posting for a job opening in State College, and it comes with a nice salary (and full benefits).
Stemming from a policy enacted this year at the Abington campus, all Penn State campuses will begin offering priority registration for veterans beginning in September for the Spring 2014 semester.
Federal student loan interest rates are set to double on July 1 after United States Senate Republicans defeated a bill yesterday that would have kept the rates stagnant for another year.
"There’s a real possibility that in 2013 we will have a lion on the Moon — a Lunar Lion," says former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, who was once nicknamed "Newt Skywalker" for his fascination with space exploration.