
Good grass isn't hard to come by in Happy Valley. In fact, Happy Valley grows the dankest grass. Today, the 2012 Golf Turf Conference begins at Penn State to provide "practical information on golf course management to practitioners, industry reps, and students." Learn more about the event after the jump.

The College of Engineering has introduced a new addition to the ever-expanding Penn State blogosphere. The new Penn State College of Engineering blog aims to share the updates and achievements of Penn State’s world-class engineers to a wider audience.

I’m not the same person that I was a year ago. I was a very involved student at this University, giving tours as a Lion Ambassador, writing posts for this blog, taking classes as a Marketing major, etc. And all of those things remain constant today. But a part of me changed – changed for the better, I think.

Kofi Ofori, a 2001 Penn State graduate, created this mixed media exhibition to address themes of corruption, deception, ignorance, and a modern moral poverty.

When Americans get sick, we drive to the nearest health clinic to visit a doctor. In rural South Africa, it is often times more practical for the care to come to the patient. Penn State engineering students work in South Africa to bring improvements to these mobile medical clinics.