January 2022
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Penn State Men’s Basketball Thumped by Indiana 74-57
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Game stories are – as the name suggests – a retelling. In theory they exist to provide readers who weren’t in attendance a vivid recounting of how the competition unfolded. In an era long gone, the prose of Grantland Rice would flow off the page turning he mundane competition in a story of gladiators clashing…
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Court Rules Glenn O. Hawbaker Can Continue Bidding on PennDOT Projects
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A Pennsylvania appeals court ruled last week that a State College-based contractor that pleaded no contest to wage theft charges can continue to bid on state road projects. Commonwealth Court on Jan. 19 granted Glenn O. Hawbaker Inc.’s request for a preliminary injunction that prohibits the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation from excluding the company from…
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Penn State Football: Big Ten Talks Scrapping Divisions with Playoff Future in Flux, Per Report
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According to The Athletic and Iowa athletic director Gary Barta, the Big Ten could shy away from divisions and change its scheduling philosophy depending on the future of the College Football Playoff. The change could see the Big Ten shorten its conference schedule and become more active in its recently forged alliance with the Pac-12…
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‘A Dream Come True’: Katie Schumacher-Cawley Comes Full Circle with Penn State Women’s Volleyball
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In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Katie Schumacher-Cawley called Rec Hall home as a two-time All-American for Penn State women’s volleyball. Now, she’s officially poised to lead the program into a new era for the first time in more than four decades. On Tuesday, Penn State formally introduced Schumacher-Cawley as the third head coach in Nittany Lion women’s…
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Centre County Adds 1 COVID-19 Death, 134 Cases; Pennsylvania Reports 12,748 New Positives
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Centre County registered one new COVID-19 death and 134 more cases of the virus on Wednesday, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. The death is the county’s 318th since the start of the pandemic and 29th reported this month. The new cases bring the county’s total to 32,541 (29,041 confirmed and 3,500 probable). Centre…
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Penn State World Campus Programs Ranked Among Nation’s Best by U.S. News
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U.S. News and World Report rated Penn State’s World Campus among the best in the nation for its graduate and bachelor programs in the 2022 Best Online Programs Rankings released on Tuesday. For the sixth straight year, Penn State remains near the top of the rankings for several of its major online programs. The following list includes…
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New Penn State President Neeli Bendapudi to Take Office in May
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Neeli Bendapudi will officially take over as Penn State’s 19th president on May 10 following a transitional period that will begin in March, according to the university. Announced as the university’s next leader in December, Bendapudi will succeed Eric Barron, who will retire on May 9 after eight years in the role. “I cannot wait…
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Nature’s Ways: Rhododendron Is Nature’s Winter Thermometer
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Rhododendron leaves hang curled and seemingly lifeless on a frigid winter morning. As temperatures rise into the 20s, rhododendron’s leathery evergreen leaves uncurl to greet the morning sun. When temperatures reach the 30s, their leaves look almost summer-like. This curling-uncurling characteristic makes the rhododendron Mother Nature’s winter thermometer. Rhododendron is easy to recognize but it…
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Palmer Museum Kicks Off 50th Anniversary Celebration with Major American Art Exhibition
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The Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State will open a major exhibition of American art this week to launch a yearlong celebration of the museum’s 50th anniversary. “An American Place: Selections from the James and Barbara Palmer Collection” opens on Saturday and will be on view through April 24 as the centerpiece of the…
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African Designs Highlight Special Arts Gallery at Bellefonte Art Museum
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The Bellefonte Art Museum for Centre County (BAM) is exhibiting “African Designs: Creating Wearable Art” in the Special Arts Gallery during January and February. Artisans within the many African countries create fabrics and wearable art items from various materials. Some designs in the fabrics feature abstract and geometric patterns produced by weaving, printing and even…