The 2013 edition of TEDxPSU will be here before we know it. Registration for the fourth ever independently organized Penn State TED event is now open, and organizers say that they're almost completely booked. TEDxPSU: Yesterday’s Frontiers and Tomorrow’s Horizons will he held on March 17 in Schwab Auditorium, and feature 15 speakers tasked with inspiring and spreading "ideas worth sharing."
Onward State reviews the Eberly College of Science's 2013 Penn State Lectures on the Frontiers of Science. This year's theme is "Your Genes: How They Contribute to Who You Are". The first speech, by Professor Mark Shriver, was titled "Races, Faces, and Human Genetic Diversity".
Two cheerleaders have been removed from the team as a result of the accident involving Paige Raque.
If you've stepped outside of your dorm or apartment today, you've probably already realized -- it's effing cold. After a week of relatively nice weather, State College is in for a cold front that is set to last until early next week.
On January 21, 1965 -- a date that would one day celebrate his namesake -- Martin Luther King Jr. spoke to a crowd of 8,000 people at Rec Hall. You've probably already seen the historical marker outside of the gymnasium -- one of 63 on Penn State' campus. The 6,300 word speech talks of brighter days to come and Dr. King's vision to change the world. Take a moment today and read the words of Dr. King on what was retrospectively one of Penn State's most historic days.
The Penn State Board of Trustees met earlier this afternoon at the Penn Stater Conference Center as part of its bimonthly meeting. A number of motions were voted on, including the election of the new Board of Trustees chair and vice chair, won by Keith Masser and Stephanie Deviney, respectively.