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 Wednesday’s offering:
News
- Penn State Vice President to Leave University, Join the Smithsonian (StateCollege.com)
- Temperature in State College Could Top 95 by Thursday (StateCollege.com)
- Police: Delivery Driver Assaulted in State College Robbery (StateCollege.com)
- College Township Looks at Traffic Impact of Planned Penn State Ice Arena (Centre Daily Times)
- Nonprofit Jared Box Project, Now a Decade Old, Reaches a Milestone (StateCollege.com)
- Joint MD/MBA Program Approved (Daily Collegian)
- Penn State Report Even More Bullish on Marcellus Shale (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- DuBois’ Stottlemyer Joins National Effort to Restore Chestnut Trees (Penn State Live)
- Women File Suit against Penn State Fayette (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
- FTCAP Favorites (Onward State)
- Students Take Advisory Seats on Pa. Education Board (Associated Press via York Dispatch)
Columns/Opinion
- Joe Battista – Remembering Pat Boland: A Hard-working, Honorable Friend (StateCollege.com)
Sports
- Penn State Basketball: Hoops-Football Doubleheader Likely the Day of Nebraska Game (StateCollege.com)
- Penn State Football Eve Set for Sept. 2 in Beaver Stadium (GoPSUsports)
- Philadelphia QB Mornhinweg Chooses Penn State (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- Wild Ride for Penn State Recruiting (York Dispatch)
- Redemption to Become Theme for Penn State in 2011 (Allentown Morning Call)
- Ali Krieger Is Her Older Brother’s ‘Little Miracle’ (Insidenova.com via Onward State)
- Miscues Cost Spikes in 6-1 Setback (State College Spikes)
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