Wyatt Massey of Spotlight PA State College
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Top Penn State Health Surgeon Warned Leaders About Transplant Problems Months Before Shutdown. Then He Was Let Go
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Raymond Lynch documented what he thought were serious problems with Hershey Medical Center’s kidney and liver transplant programs. He was dismissed by Penn State Health just weeks before a federal review.
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How Penn State Football Scored in the Most Recent NCAA Academic Rating
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Penn State improved its Academic Progress Rate in 2022-23 over the previous year, according to recently released data from the NCAA.
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Penn State Trustees Deliberated on $700M Beaver Stadium Renovations in Private Meetings, According to the Board Chair
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Trustee Anthony Lubrano said he is troubled by the university’s “use and abuse of rules and laws.” Legal observers also questioned the trend.
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Penn State Health Discontinues Kidney and Liver Transplant Programs, Citing ‘Ongoing Challenges’ and Federal Scrutiny
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The decision casts doubt on the success of the health system’s extensive efforts to rebuild the programs.
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Penn State Offers to Pay Commonwealth Campus Employees to Resign Amid Budget Cuts
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The university initiated a “voluntary separation incentive program” for some Commonwealth Campus employees as a way to reduce its multimillion-dollar budget deficit.
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Penn State Increases Transparency into Misconduct Reports. Here’s What the Data Say
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Bias and human resources issues were the most common misconduct reports Penn State received in January and February 2024. The data offer the first public look into the ethics office in years.
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Penn State Trustee Scolded for Making ‘Spectacle’ in Push to Name Football Field After Joe Paterno
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Board leadership suggested in a letter to Trustee Anthony Lubrano that the proposal should have been deliberated during a private executive session — a move that would likely have been inconsistent with Pennsylvania’s open meetings law.
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5 Takeaways from Spotlight PA’s Event on Education Transparency and Holding Public School Officials Accountable
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Learn what Pennsylvania education records you can access, how to monitor leaders in your area and what to do if you believe officials are not following the law.
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What a Proposed Performance-Based Funding Model Could Mean for Penn State, Other State-Related Universities
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The performance-based funding model proposed by Gov. Josh Shapiro would tie state support for Penn State, Pitt, Temple and Lincoln to metrics such as graduation rates or retention.
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Before Penn State Pledged More Money for ‘Promising’ Diversity Efforts, Some of Their Budgets Had Been Cut
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