July 2016
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Penn State represented at Fringe Festival
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When the curtain goes up at the New York International Fringe Festival (FringeNYC) on Aug. 12, Penn State alumnus Dahn Hiuni will be ready. His play, “Murmurs & Incantations,” will be one of only about a dozen full-length plays featured at the festival.
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Palmer Museum of Art director Muhlert to retire
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During the past 20 years, the Palmer Museum of Art has added 4,000 objects to its collection, undergone a renovation that resulted in a new 3,100-square-foot gallery and expanded its outreach programming to include music performances and poetry readings.
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Artist awarded foundation grant to continue Arctic work
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Lori Hepner has been exploring landscapes in the Arctic that are being threatened by climate change. She creates new art from photographs taken outside and then transformed in the studio using LEDs that she moves while taking long exposure photographs.
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Centre Hall Fire Company tests new equipment
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Members of the Centre Hall Fire Company gathered at Bierly’s Garage on top of Mount Nittany on July 20 for a training and testing session for their newest pieces of rescue equipment.
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The Avid Gardener: Nippon’s nasty export
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Although gardening in the very early twentieth century was a challenge, there is one annoyance with which our predecessors in the eastern part of the United States did not have to contend – Japanese beetles (Popillia japonica).
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Shooting team places at Nationals
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The Penns Valley BB Gun Shooting Team won seventh place out of 59 teams during the 2016 Daisy International BB Gun Championship Match, held July 1 through 4 in Rogers, Ark.
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Former Pageant Queen Sentenced to Prison for Cancer Scam
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The Pleasant Gap woman and former pageant winner who pled guilty to charges that she faked a cancer diagnosis to take money from fundraisers held for her treatment has been sentenced to two to four years in state prison.
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Intern adapts to lengthy commute for NYC opportunity
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More than 130 miles separate Reading, Pennsylvania, and New York City. To drive that distance takes about two and a half hours.
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New therapy often successful at controlling tics
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When Dr. Laura Duda goes into an elementary school classroom, she can usually spot one or two children who have a tic — a rapid, involuntary movement or sound such as sniffing, blinking their eyes or scrunching their faces.
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State High’s Shisler Named Pennsylvania Track Coach of the Year
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After guiding the State College Area boys track and field team to its first state championship in program history, Little Lions Coach Steve Shisler has been named the Pennsylvania high school track Coach of the Year by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCA).