On Topic

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 […]

Corey Phelps knows that in college communities with major universities, there can sometimes be a divide between town and gown. But Phelps wants to shatter any perception of a divide […]

Gary Brandeis, founder and chief executive officer of the Scholar Hotel Group, is a seasoned veteran of the hospitality business. But as a Penn State alumnus, renovating and reopening the […]

Pat Leary is a forthright champion of the rural lifestyle, encouraging people to “leave a gentle footprint as they walk the earth.” Leary practices what he preaches. At home in […]

Lee Anne Jeffries says she loves downtown State College because it’s a walkable small town with the vibrancy of a big city. “I personally love it in the summer when […]

Dr. Erica Smithwick is a leading climate scientist, but she acknowledges that changing how society views global warming is more about conversations with friends and neighbors than warnings from experts. […]