February 2016
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Doctoral student uses iPad to help children with autism communicate
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Michelle Therrien, a doctoral student at Penn State, understands the importance of children building relationships at school. She also understands how difficult creating such friendships can be for children with autism.
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From the expert: Tips for wrinkle care and prevention
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Whether you are in your 20s and just beginning to think about wrinkle prevention, in your 30s and seeing the first signs of wrinkles, or in your 50s and wondering how to reverse time, finding out how to do so is a question I get asked frequently.
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Trustees to Talk Facility Access, Alcohol, and Appropriations
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The notable items on the agenda include the reappearance of controversial recreational facility access changes, alcohol service at intercollegiate athletics facilities, and the Pennsylvania budget impasse.
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Sentenced to Death: Fewer Periods, More Commas
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Write like you’re getting paid by the period. That’s what I tell my journalism students when their sentences resemble corn mazes. New York Timesman Dwight Garner explained the problem with long sentences in his recent review of Henry James’ ‘Autobiographies’.
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Penn State Centre Stage Presents ‘110 in the Shade’
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Penn State Centre Stage presents the critically acclaimed musical “110 in the Shade” through Saturday, Feb. 27, at the Playhouse Theatre on the University Park campus.
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Patton Township Man Charged For Dumping Corinne Pena’s Body
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Robert Moir, 59 of Patton Township, was charged with a second degree misdemeanor count of “abuse of corpse” connected to the death of Corinne Pena.
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Penn State Basketball: Chambers Dodges Credit As Nittany Lions Trend Upward
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“It’s the players that have really responded to our coaching,” Chambers said on Tuesday. “They’ve stepped it up. We didn’t know that certain guys were going to step up at timely spots over the course of the year. I’ve heard the word transition this year more than I’ve ever heard it in my ent
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Ted Brown Wants to Create a ‘Shrine’ Replica of Joe Paterno’s Office
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Ted Brown, a 1968 Penn State alumnus who’s running for re-election as an alumni-elected trustee on the Board, wants to honor Joe Paterno at Penn State in every way possible.
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Remembering Jean Tuggy
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Friends and family gathered for a memorial service to honor murder victim Jean Tuggy. The Centre County Report’s Leart Vuciterna has the story.
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Penn State Basketball: Taylor Named Big Ten Co-Player of the Week
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Penn State forward Brandon Taylor was named the Big Ten’s co-Player of the Week Monday after helping lead the Penn State men’s basketball team to a pair of wins over No. 4 Iowa and Rutgers this week.