The ARWU is often used when it comes to, frankly, showing off. Plenty of schools use it as their legitimate ranking in speaking with media or simply letting future students know how great their school is. Let's face it, saying you go to one of the top 50 schools on the planet sounds pretty awesome.
When asked the question “what is the minimum dollar amount per day that you could survive on?” the answer is usually more than one dollar. However, when Matt Jones and his brother Andrew Jones, along with their two friends travelled to Haiti, they decided to live on just that: one dollar per day. In a video released on August 14th, the Bucks County natives and Penn State graduates chronicle their journey to Haiti where they live in poverty just like the Haitian natives.
Following the Jerry Sandusky scandal, one of president Rodney Erickson's goals has been for the university to become "a leader in the research, prevention, and treatment of child abuse." One step towards that goal will be a two-day conference in late October at the Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel featuring several child abuse survivors along with professors who have dedicated much of their research to the topic.
Jon Nese and Marisa Ferger are two members of the Penn State Meteorology Department. They have been nominated for an Emmy for their segment WeatherWhys, which can be seen on the television show, Weather World.
According to a Penn State Live Report, the FDA is being called to investigate reports of 'foreign objects' in Creamery ice cream
Let's show those guys at ESPN, and the hundreds of schools entered, that we're still #1. We've never lost the pride in our school, and we never will. As of right now, we're in 2nd place. Keep the votes coming, because, let's face it, we've got power in numbers.