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When the Rev. Jeremy Richards was looking for a new ministry last year, the University Baptist and Brethren Church in State College stood out. But there was an obstacle. A […]

Christy Shields turned a childhood fear of thunderstorms into a passion for understanding the science behind the weather. Now she works to spark that excitement in other young people. “I […]

Rick Jacobs was taking a walk in Bellefonte’s Talleyrand Park during the COVID lockdown of 2020 when he bumped into an old buddy, then-mayor Tom Wilson. “He stopped me and […]

In eighth grade, David Crowley set his sights on going to law school and becoming Perry Mason. Decades later, the career path Crowley envisioned as a youth has worked out […]

Addressing transportation needs in a rural area with one of the nation’s largest universities smack in the middle presents some unique challenges — and opportunities. “There is a background level […]

Gary Abdullah keeps a box of tissues and a bowl of chocolates in his Carnegie Building office at Penn State’s Bellisario College of Communications. The items are simple offerings of […]

As founder of Centre Markets and the Centre Kitchen Collective, and as a flower farmer, Sabine Carey is used to being busy. But Saturdays are … something else. “Saturdays are […]

Chris Woods’ road to becoming the founder of a cannabis business with a growing presence in Central Pennsylvania had roots at Penn State. But it was hardly a grand plan. […]

Penn State professor S. Shyam Sundar says he loves sitting down with coffee and a newspaper in the morning, getting his “news fix” for the day. “I usually end up […]

Tom Range traces his love of comic books to a playground mishap that left his younger brother with two broken wrists. “I was in fifth grade. [Vince] was in third […]