August 2016
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Snapshot: Char Morett-Curtiss
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Many times, the best players in a sport don’t make the best coaches. Char Morett-Curtiss has been the exception to that for more than three decades now. Penn State’s field hockey head coach is in her 30th season of leading the Lions. With 483 career wins heading into this season, which…
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Letter from the Editor
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We love our history at Town&Gown. It’s one of the hallmarks of this magazine. Just in the first eight months of this year, Town&Gown has featured stories or devoted entire issues to the 100-year anniversary of the State College branch of the American Association of University Women, new discoveries about the three…
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Penn State Football: Five Questions Heading Into James Franklin’s Weekly Press Conference
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Every Tuesday morning reporters covering Penn State football will prepare for James Franklin’s weekly press conference slated to take place around 12:30 inside Beaver Stadium. With that in mind, here is a new series that will address five hot topic items facing Franklin and the program each week.
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New York Times Correspondent and Putin Biographer to Speak at Penn State
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The author of a widely acclaimed biography of Russian President Vladimir Putin will speak and hold a book signing at the Katz Building on Penn State’s University Park campus.
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For the Future That We Wait: A Penn State Class of 2020 Crystal Ball
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Last week some 8,000 freshmen started attending classes in Happy Valley. The Class of 2020 is now in the house! And they have their hopes and dreams of what they want to do. So let’s look in the future – what will this disparate group of young individuals do with their lives after they graduate?
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Todd Blackledge Wants to See Pitt-Penn State Every Year
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Included in the crowd supporting the annual Pitt-Penn State clash is legendary former Penn State quarterback and current ESPN analyst Todd Blackledge, who voiced his support for an annual installment Monday morning on a conference call.
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Penn State Student Farm to Host First Fall Harvest Festival
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Now that production is in full swing at Penn State’s one-acre Student Farm, The Student Farm Club will host its first Harvest Festival for the community on Wednesday, Sept. 7. The festival is free and open to the public.
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5 Questions with Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State director George Trudeau
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Besides kicking off another Penn State football season, September also means the start of another season for the Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State. The 2016-17 season begins September 21 at Eisenhower Auditorium with Cirque Eloize’s Saloon, A Musical Acrobatic Adventure, a show co-commissioned by the Center for the Performing Arts. As…
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Finding Love at Any Age
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By Jodi Morelli Douglas Mason, 66, and Sonja Ghaner, 70, fell in love last summer. The couple, who live in State College, found each other at the Centre Region Senior Center and knew almost instantly that there was something special between them. Mason, who is originally from Philadelphia, is a retired soil scientist.…
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YMCA Summer Camp Students Lift Spirits of Sick Children with Jared Box Project
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The Jared Box Project has grown into a nationwide effort, but it remains strong locally and that was on display when more than 100 children in the State College YMCA Summer Camp presented the organization and Mount Nittany Medical Center with 100 of the plastic storage boxes filled with games, toys