
We aren't exactly media darlings right now, so here's my plea to the Penn State community: Let's show the world what we're really about. We have an academic legacy to protect.

Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital again ranked among the nation's best, this time in three categories: orthopedics, cancer, and diabetes and endocrinology. Find out more after the jump!

For the second straight year, Penn State's Smeal College of Business took the top spot in the employer portion of BusinessWeek's Best Undergraduate Business Schools rankings. Find out how Smeal stacked up against the best of the state, Big Ten, and country in this year's rankings.

Penn State finished ranked highly in a number of different areas in the 2012 U.S. News "Best Grad School" rankings, which were released last night. Seventeen different graduate programs finished in the top ten of their respective rankings, and Penn State took the top spot in Higher Education Administration.

The National Research Council (NRC) released its 2010 doctoral program (graduate school) rankings on Tuesday. The NRC does this type of release every 10 yrs, though the last release took place in 1995. This data is taken very seriously by many firms that judge our institutions. Let's see what the report says...

USA Today announced their annual preseason coaches' poll Friday, ranking the top-25 football teams in the country. Penn State is ranked #14 currently, which might be a little high considering the obvious quarterback and offensive line issues.
However, the bigger issue might be the fact that Penn State will have to face the two top-ranked teams on the road.
Read on to learn more...