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We Are … Penn State Squirrels!
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How a $32 investment in 1925 turned Eastern gray squirrels into campus icons Bushy tails skittering across Old Main lawn may be a normal sight now, but those Eastern gray squirrels we now know so well didn’t always build their nests on campus. It all started with $32 and a desire for new wildlife at…
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Voices That Bind a Community
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From its humble beginnings in 1948 to today’s 100-plus-member ensemble, the State College Choral Society remains a cornerstone of Central Pennsylvania’s cultural life The long-running choral group puts on several performances of classical music in the winter and spring each year, two of which are fast approaching in the coming weeks. The group had humble…
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Feed Your Soul
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The Joyfull invites you to replenish with a meal, a performance, and a conversation State College residents, students, friends of the university, and anyone else interested in cultural enrichment will have more opportunities this winter to share experiences and dinners with artists from across the nation. Dancers, instrumentalists, and all manner of performing and visual…
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Happy Feb-Brewery
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Happy A (maybe made-up) time to celebrate Centre County’s wonderful craft breweries Ugh, here we are again, back to February. It is cold. It is dark. And we are all ready for spring. Sure, the days are starting to get a little longer, and we are dreaming of spring, but we are still stuck in…
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Meet Me at the Beer Tap
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Adventure is flowing up on the trails of the Tussey Mountain Ridge If you need proof that trail folk around these parts like to laugh and have a good time, I have just the thing for you. Up on the Tussey Mountain Ridge (yes, the same ridge as the ski slope), at a junction between…
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Fast Flavor, Healthy Choices
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Honeygrow brings a tried-and-true concept for today and the future The concept of fast, healthy food is not a new one. There have been plenty of variations on this theme in Centre County, and some of them are still thriving today. What makes Honeygrow, one of the newest additions to the fast-casual State College food…
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The Power of Artificial Intelligence
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Putting AI to use in your personal life Whether you know it or not, there’s a good chance you’ve used some type of generative AI in the past couple of years. Even if you haven’t directly interacted with one of the popular chatbots like ChatGPT or Copilot, this new and powerful type of artificial intelligence…
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AI tool helps visuallyimpaired users ‘feel’ where objects are in real time
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Researchers at Penn State used artificial intelligence and recommendations from the visually-impaired community to develop an award-winning tool that can guide users to objects in their environment Over the last few years, systems and applications that help visually-impaired people navigate their environment have undergone rapid development, but still have room to grow, according to a…
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“We work when people work, and we work when people play”
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Penn State’s Bryce Jordan Center celebrates 30 years On Jan. 6, 1996, the first event, winter commencement, was held in the brand-new Bryce Jordan Center on Penn State’s University Park campus. Named for the university’s 14th president, who served from 1983 to 1990, the multi-purpose facility has since become the major entertainment center for Central…
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Henry Thomas
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A local freedom seeker hunted by “Slave Catchers” in 1856 When the Underground Railroad comes to mind, people often think about freedom seekers in secret hideouts, traveling clandestinely in the night. While scenes such as these certainly occurred, many had to come out of hiding, “above ground,” along a journey of step migration to freedom.…
