Penn State, State College Noon News & Features: Thursday, June 16

State College, Penn State and Centre County are in the news — locally, nationally, internationally and in cyberspace. We post the latest sampling of stories of note, with links, from our site and across the Web every weekday in Noon News & Features.

Here is Thursday’s offering:

News

• State College, First National Eye Downtown Redevelopment Concept (StateCollege.com)

• Motorcyclist Reported Hurt after Ferguson Township Crash (StateCollege.com)

• Dutch Elm Disease Forces Removal of 16 More Campus Trees (Penn State Live)

• Tech in Action: CCSG to Use Clickers for Voting (Onward State)

• Visiting Professor at Penn State Law Leads Mladic Prosecution (Penn State Live)

• Volunteers Return After Trip to Alabama to Aid Those Affected by Tornadoes (Centre Daily Times)

• Electricity Load Reduction Test to be Held June 22 at University Park (Penn State Live)

• Penn State Expert Determined to Find Life on Earth-like Planets (Penn State Live)

• Penn State Altoona Summer Camp Gets Help from HealthSouth (Penn State Altoona)

Columns/Opinion

• Jay Paterno: ‘A Man Is Not Finished When He’s Defeated. He Is Finished When He Quits.’ (StateCollege.com)

Photos/Video

• Penn State Welcomes Pennsylvania’s FFA Students (Penn State Live)

• Teaching Kids About Healthy Eating, Active Living (Penn State Live)

Sports

• Battle, Brown Named Penn State Athletes of the Year (GoPSUsports)

• State College Spikes Preparing for Sunday’s Home Opener (StateCollege.com)

• Pennepacker Takes Over as State College AD (Centre Daily Times)

• Penn State’s Bradley Reflects on Pitt Rivalry (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)

• Penn State’s Curley Named Winner of John L. Toner Award (StateCollege.com)

• Chambers Wants New Pitt-Penn State Rivalry (ESPN Blogs)