
Baz had the questions, and Penn State’s own James L. W. West III had the answers. West—an Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of English—is an expert on all things Fitzgerald. It only made sense that when questions arose, the movies producers turned to him.

"Public Ivy" Penn State is the 61st-ranked university in the world and the 34th-ranked university in the country, according to Thomson Reuters' Times Higher Education World University Rankings for 2012-2013.

Paula Ammerman, who has served as the Penn State Board of Trustees office director for 21 years, is set to retire this June, according to a Centre Daily Times report last week.

The Greater Boston chapter of the Penn State Alumni Association offered their support to those impacted by the incident at the Boston Marathon today.

“It sounded like a cannon went off,” he said. “The noise just echoed down the street… And all of sudden, everyone was running away from the finish line and toward us.”

Tragedy struck in Boston today, as two bombs exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, killing at least two people and injuring 22 others. Here's an update about the Penn State runners in Boston.