The blog at Penn State’s alumni magazine had a post about Steve McCurry, the alumnus photographer who shot the famous Afghan Girl picture… it got us interested in the whole story, so here it is. Kodachrome First, some technical stuff… see, the photograph was shot using Kodak Kodachrome film. Kodak announced the discontinuation of that […]
Steven Levy, who got his Master’s Degree from Penn State in 1974 recently returned from a trip to Iraq. Serving as the embedded journalist for a delegation made up of executives from major technology companies, Levy published an article about his experience. His article describes how representatives from Google, Twitter, YouTube, Wordpress and AT&T among […]
This Saturday, just after 4 PM, the 2009 NFL Draft will begin. The eight Penn State players who attended the NFL Combine in February have some expectation of getting drafted. But what exactly goes on as these players’ pro aspirations hang in the balance? We caught up with former Nittany Lion and current NFL linebacker […]
Currently, Penn State Medical school students have to make the trek out to Hershey Medical Center to do their residency. Yet in a few years, students may be able to do their residency at Mount Nittany Medical Center. Why the geographical shift? “Officials said details of the plan are still being developed and a timeline […]
Last week, President Spanier unveiled the new Presidential Leadership Academy. Funded by Edward R. and Helen S. Hintz, both alumni, to the tune of $5 million, the Academy is structured to develop critical thinking skills and have participating students apply those skills to decisions on complex public policy, societal and global issues that they may […]
Time travel has always been the stuff of science fiction, but one Penn State alumna, Ronald Mallett (’69), has spent his life attempting to turn it into reality. Mallett was ten years old when his dad passed away of a heart attack. Inspired by a comic book version of H.G. Wells’ classic The Time Machine, […]