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Penn State leads nation with three first team Academic All-Americans

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:03:09 -0500

For the second consecutive year, the Penn State Football program is at the head of the class in ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America selections. Three Nittany Lions have repeated their Academic All-America accolades on the 2009 team: senior linebacker Josh Hull (Millheim), senior kick snapper Andrew Pitz (Bettendorf, Iowa) and junior center ...

Students gain rare career experience covering volleyball

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:04:47 -0500

Dan Krupinsky and Tommy DeVito are getting national exposure while strengthening their resumes producing and announcing for Penn State Women's volleyball. Both seniors, the two are getting hands-on, real-world experience thanks to Penn State's athletic department and the Big Ten Network....

Professor David Hall named interim dean of the College of IST

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:36:38 -0500

David Hall, professor of information sciences and technology and director of Penn State's Center for Network-Centric Cognition and Information Fusion (NC2IF), will assume interim leadership of the College of Information Sciences and Technology (IST) on Jan. 1. Hall joined the College of IST in 2001 and previously served as associate dean for ...

Cell phones to provide picture of human interaction

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:51:42 -0500

Cell phones to their ears, a team of research participants will report their interpersonal interactions in real time to provide a better view of human behavior thanks to a $1 million grant from the National Institute of Aging as part of the National Institutes of Health's American Recover and Reinvestment Act funding....

Six Lions named All-Big Ten first team; Odrick tabbed Defensive POY

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:05:41 -0500

A conference-high six members of the Penn State football team have been selected first team All-Big Ten and senior defensive tackle Jared Odrick (Lebanon) was named Defensive Player of the Year in voting by the conference head coaches and media panel. In addition to becoming Penn State's fourth conference Defensive Player of the Year in the past ...

H1N1 Update: Nov. 23, 2009

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:49:55 -0500

University Health Services (UHS) has received 4,000 doses of injectable H1N1 flu vaccine that will be distributed to Penn State students from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 3, and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 4. Thursday's clinic will be held in 205 Student Health Center on Penn State's University Park campus. Appointments will be ...

Bowman, Clark earn Big Ten Player of the Week honors

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:36:42 -0500

A pair of Nittany Lion standouts who were instrumental in Penn State's 42-14 win at Michigan State on Saturday have been honored by the Big Ten Conference. Junior linebacker Navorro Bowman (District Heights, Md.) was selected Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week for the second consecutive week and senior quarterback Daryll Clark (Youngstown, Ohio) ...

Penn State continues efforts to control spread of elm yellows disease

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:43:22 -0500

Elm yellows, a disease affecting Penn State's landmark American elm trees on the University Park campus and previously thought to have the ability to decimate the majestic trees, may be isolated. ...

Rockettes rock Jordan Center

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:46:44 -0500

Holiday cheer was abundant throughout the Bryce Jordan Center on Friday, Nov. 19, thanks to the Radio City Christmas Spectacular featuring the Radio City Rockettes and Santa Claus. Penn State President Graham B. Spanier kicked off the show, welcoming the performing troupe by festively shaking sleigh bells. Throughout the performance, the 18 ...

To the Point: Learning more about the 'First Peoples' on American soil

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:28:19 -0500

To help recognize November as Native American Heritage Month, Penn State Live posed a few questions to A. Gregg Roeber, professor of early modern history and religious studies at Penn State and co-director of the Max Kade German-American Research Institute. In 2008 Roeber edited the book "Ethnographies and Exchanges: Native Americans, Moravians ...

All-Big Ten football awards special to air Monday on Big Ten Network

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:12:53 -0500

For the third consecutive year, the Big Ten Network will present the exclusive, live announcement of the annual Big Ten football awards during Big Ten Tonight: All-Conference Selection Special at 8 p.m. ET on Monday, Nov. 23. The show will reveal the All-Big Ten teams as selected by both the coaches and the media. Coaches will select a Big Ten ...

Fact or fiction: Does turkey tryptophan really make you tired?

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:13:14 -0500

Thanksgiving is right around the corner. All the signs are there: the trees are bare, there's a chill in the air and grocery lists are as long as the crowded checkout lines in the food stores. Turkeys are flying off the shelves -- well, not literally -- frozen or fresh, that is. It's time to get out grandma's china. It's time for family, friends, ...

Liberal Arts video celebrates college's 100 year history

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:32:00 -0500

Penn State's College of the Liberal Arts has launched its centennial video, which can be viewed at http://live.psu.edu/youtube/XjrXdqiLtoU online. The 11-minute video highlights some of the college's well remembered faculty and alumni as well as students and key events from the past 100 years....

Penn State student-athletes continue record graduation rates

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:57:45 -0500

Penn State student-athletes continue to graduate well above their peers nationwide, earning record-setting academic performances, according to statistical information released earlier this week by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The NCAA's annual study of institutions nationwide revealed that Penn State student-athletes at the ...

Penn State to upgrade West Campus steam plant

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:04:43 -0500

Penn State will upgrade its West Campus steam plant starting in 2010 as part of its ongoing plan to promote greater environmental stewardship and ensure reliable heating for campus buildings. Over the last several years, Penn State has aggressively pursued environmental strategies that will reduce its carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and position it ...