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Portrait of a person with shoulder-length dark hair, wearing a purple patterned top over a black shirt, standing beside a weathered wooden post with a blurred outdoor background.

Stuckeman School’s landscape architecture department adds to faculty

July 22, 2026

Mural showing young people of color walking across a Midwestern prairie

Board of Trustees hears how non-STEM research improves technology, well-being

July 20, 2026

Dawn Witherspoon, CERAP co-director, welcomes attendees to the CERAP Summer Institute while standing behind a podium.

Community-engaged research unit awards seed grants

July 20, 2026

headshots of thirty six Fox Graduate School scholarship recipients

Fox Graduate School awards 36 graduate students Fox scholarships

July 14, 2026

Two people stand behind a tabletop architectural model in a design studio, with planning sketches, diagrams, and a site map displayed on boards in the background.

Longtime friends and business partners thrive as architecture grad students

July 08, 2026

James Doyle wears a dark sweater and stands against museum display backdrop

Matson Museum director James Doyle awarded Fulbright for book project

July 08, 2026

Three colorful banners sway high in the breeze above the street

2026 Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts to be held July 8-12

July 06, 2026

A painting of the Penn State Lehigh Valley campus and lion shrine

Lehigh Valley art collection joins College of Arts and Architecture's digital archives

July 05, 2026

Wanjiru Kareithi

College of Arts and Architecture postdoc receives postdoctoral scholar award

July 01, 2026

Institute of Energy and the Environment Seed Grant Program 2026

Fourteen interdisciplinary research teams receive 2026 IEE seed grants

July 01, 2026

Michele Dunleavy wearing a robin egg blue shirt and smiling

Dunleavy named Arts and Architecture associate dean for access and equity

June 29, 2026

Three side-by-side headshots

Three art history doctoral candidates awarded fellowships to support research

June 26, 2026

Group of approximately 16 people standing on a rooftop terrace in a city, holding a purple banner that reads “#BIKEYGEES e.V. – Radfahrtraining für (geflüchtete) Frauen.” Buildings and a TV tower are visible in the background under a clear blue sky.

Study abroad course expands to explore biking culture in Berlin

June 26, 2026

School of Music announces 2026-27 Rhapsody Series

June 22, 2026

An image with blue/green background and purplish image of Shakespeare

Firefly Rep presents Shakespeare’s liars, schemers in partnership with Arboretum

June 17, 2026

Black and white drawing of numerous square tiles in columns reading "hate alphabet"

Art professor to exhibit works at halfway point of decade-long drawing project

June 17, 2026

Palmer Museum opens juried show of contemporary art for the USA's 250th

June 16, 2026

A large group of people hang out together at an event, wearing colorful clothes

Celebrate Juneteenth 2026 with community events June 19-20

June 12, 2026

Detailed black‑and‑white infographic titled “Moray and the Inca Cosmology, Cuzco, Peru,” featuring a central circular diagram with contour-like lines representing the terraced agricultural site of Moray, surrounded by layered maps, diagrams, and text panels that depict landscape sections, elevation, and symbolic cosmological elements.

Research grant to support exploring sustainable architectural practices in Andes

June 12, 2026

Alumni listen intently to a professor lecture in a colorful bar in Philadelphia.

'Raise the Bar' connects Penn State faculty with far-flung alumni

June 12, 2026

A young Black man in glasses stands in front of a painting of a Black woman wearing a turban.

Gallery@104 selects winners in spring/summer 2026 exhibition

June 10, 2026

Penn State Alumni Association Hintzpiration: Artistry at the Alumni Center, July 10–11, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.

Hintzpiration returns to the Hintz Family Alumni Center during Arts Fest Weekend

June 10, 2026

Wild Child graphic in yellow and black

Penn State Centre Stage summer productions focus on human connection

June 08, 2026

Image of a busy city street at night with two large video boards displaying animated art work

Visual arts professor’s work on display in Times Square ahead of June exhibition

June 08, 2026

A photo portrait of an elderly white man with grey hair and glasses and an elderly white woman with dark hair and glasses

$11.75 million gift to benefit Palmer Museum and Office of Undergraduate Education

May 27, 2026

Sun streaming through Penn State's Old Main bell tower

Big Ten Academic Alliance announces 2026-27 Academic Leadership Program fellows

May 26, 2026

Group of people pose on steps in front of three small facade panels—one with a green door and mural, one with a red door and brick pattern, and one with a white door and black‑and‑white collage—set outdoors on grass.

Architecture students collaborate with Morgan State students for installation

May 26, 2026

The Nittany Lion mascot

Let's hear a 'We Are!' for these Penn Staters — May 21

May 21, 2026

Black woman with hair on top of her head, black glasses and bright pink necklace

Arts and Architecture associate dean awarded national fellowship

May 20, 2026

Landscape photo of Penn State's arboretum

New Beescape updates include county-level plant recommendations for pollinators

May 19, 2026

Recital Hall and Playhouse Theatre lit up at dusk

Nittany Performing Arts Centre Showcase to be presented on May 30

May 19, 2026

A split image showing sculptural packaging and a small bottle with a desert landscape design on the left, and a magazine cover titled “Psyche” featuring a person lying on papers on the right.

Graphic design student work recognized in international talent competition

May 18, 2026

Mansfield named Guggenheim Fellow and Institute for Advanced Study Scholar

May 18, 2026

Studio portrait of a person with long, tightly curled hair, facing slightly to the right and looking toward the camera. The person is wearing a black sweater and has a neutral facial expression with teeth visible. The background is a plain light gray.

Architecture alumna’s thesis reimagines urban design, wins thesis competition

May 13, 2026

Group photo of seven people form left a white man with brown hair, a white man with grey and black hair, a white young woman with red hair, a white young woman with black hair, a white young woman with brown hair, a black man with dark hair and a white man with brown hair

Arts and Architecture's Arts Business Idea Competition winners announced

May 11, 2026

Group of people standing together at dusk beneath illuminated wooden archways along an outdoor garden path, with city buildings and power lines in the background.

Penn State students design healing garden for families affected by gun violence

May 08, 2026

The 2025-26 Roe Award winners at the recognition ceremony stand on a stage with their awards against a projected slideshow background.

Penn State Sustainability celebrates 2026 sustainability award winners

May 08, 2026

Architecture grad student honored for challenging conventional design methods

May 07, 2026

A composite image of headshots of four School of Theatre alumni

‘One Night on Broadway' takes Centre Stage with Penn State Theatre alumni

May 07, 2026

An art installation made with a collection of found materials such as wood, metal and fabric

School of Visual Arts’ Sustainable Studio offers May workshops at Irish gallery

May 06, 2026

Young Asian woman with dark hair smiling

Arts and Architecture college marshal leaves legacy of collaboration, exploration

May 05, 2026

Eight head shots of adults from left: a white woman with brown hair and glasses, an Asian woman with dark hair, a black woman with dark hair, a white woman with blonde hair, a white man with brown hair and a beard, a black man with dark hair and glasses, a Hispanic man with grey hair and glasses, a middle eastern woman with a head scarf

Arts and Architecture announces 2026 faculty, staff, and sustainability awardees

May 04, 2026

Head shots of five college aged students from left white girl with red hair, white girl with brown hair, white person with red hair, white man with brown hair black girl with dark hair,

College of Arts and Architecture names 2026 student award winners

May 04, 2026

The Nittany Lion mascot

Sending a 'We Are!' to these Penn Staters — April 30

April 30, 2026

A group of people and a camera crew stand near a car.

Students to debut final films May 2 with public screening at Eisenhower Auditorium

April 29, 2026

Graphic design partners with Penn State Votes in Evanisko Project collaboration

April 29, 2026

Woman in gray shirt with hair pulled back

Pace University artist and administrator named director of School of Visual Arts

April 29, 2026

Composite image of headshots of eight college students

College of Arts and Architecture names spring 2026 student marshals

April 29, 2026

Four people stand together outdoors in front of a brick and glass campus building, with trees overhead. They are casually dressed, facing the camera, and positioned closely in a small group on a sunny day.

Multidisciplinary student team wins intergenerational design competition

April 28, 2026

Katherine Benson Faces & Masques album cover

Katherine Benson featured on debut album 'Faces & Masques' and Schumann tour

April 23, 2026

Spotlight on Penn State’s online teaching faculty: April 2026

April 23, 2026

Penn State Bands

School of Music to present Symphonic Band and Concert Band on April 29

April 21, 2026

Black-and-white portrait of a person wearing round glasses and a light-colored suit jacket, standing against a textured wall.

Fourth-year architecture student recognized with 2025 Robert L. Wesley Award

April 20, 2026

An album cover design for “Liberty: Feminine Rage."

Graphic design students recognized in nationwide design competition

April 15, 2026

Penn State Rock Ensemble

Penn State School of Music to present Rock Fest on April 28

April 14, 2026

Side by side head shots. On the left a young black woman with glasses smiling and on the right a young white woman with dark hair smiling

Palmer Museum of Art announces inaugural winners of O'Connor Graduate Fellowship

April 14, 2026

Penn State Philharmonic Orchestra

Philharmonic orchestra to perform Mahler’s Symphony No. 7

April 14, 2026

poster image for detroit 67

Centre Stage to present 2026 Graduate Directing Festival

April 14, 2026

Exterior of Borland Building

New first-year seminar to focus on student success skills, self-awareness

April 13, 2026

Track and field area in the All Sports Museum.

‘Night at the Museums’ to feature exhibits April 23, including Old Coaly

April 13, 2026

A group of nine college students pose for a group photo in front of a building with the marquee reading Detroit Historical Museum

Cast of ‘Detroit ’67’ inspired by Motown research trip for upcoming production

April 13, 2026

Old main with trees in shadows

Communication, Science & Society Initiative awards four interdisciplinary grants

April 13, 2026

A wooden box with four compartments, the two at left contain wool and the two at right contain Black hair.

Stuckeman professor’s fellowship work curated for exhibition

April 10, 2026

The Nittany Lion mascot

Sending a 'We Are!' to these Penn Staters

April 09, 2026

Symphonic Wind Ensemble

Symphonic Wind Ensemble presents final performance of the semester

April 09, 2026

Nittany Lion mascot standing with two students at the 2026 Graduate Exhibition poster session

Thirty-one graduate students receive awards at the 2026 Graduate Exhibition

April 09, 2026

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Portrait of a person with shoulder-length dark hair, wearing a purple patterned top over a black shirt, standing beside a weathered wooden post with a blurred outdoor background.

Stuckeman School’s landscape architecture department adds to faculty

July 22, 2026

Mural showing young people of color walking across a Midwestern prairie

Board of Trustees hears how non-STEM research improves technology, well-being

July 20, 2026

Dawn Witherspoon, CERAP co-director, welcomes attendees to the CERAP Summer Institute while standing behind a podium.

Community-engaged research unit awards seed grants

July 20, 2026

headshots of thirty six Fox Graduate School scholarship recipients

Fox Graduate School awards 36 graduate students Fox scholarships

July 14, 2026

Two people stand behind a tabletop architectural model in a design studio, with planning sketches, diagrams, and a site map displayed on boards in the background.

Longtime friends and business partners thrive as architecture grad students

July 08, 2026

James Doyle wears a dark sweater and stands against museum display backdrop

Matson Museum director James Doyle awarded Fulbright for book project

July 08, 2026

Three colorful banners sway high in the breeze above the street

2026 Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts to be held July 8-12

July 06, 2026

A painting of the Penn State Lehigh Valley campus and lion shrine

Lehigh Valley art collection joins College of Arts and Architecture's digital archives

July 05, 2026

Wanjiru Kareithi

College of Arts and Architecture postdoc receives postdoctoral scholar award

July 01, 2026

Institute of Energy and the Environment Seed Grant Program 2026

Fourteen interdisciplinary research teams receive 2026 IEE seed grants

July 01, 2026

Michele Dunleavy wearing a robin egg blue shirt and smiling

Dunleavy named Arts and Architecture associate dean for access and equity

June 29, 2026

Three side-by-side headshots

Three art history doctoral candidates awarded fellowships to support research

June 26, 2026

Group of approximately 16 people standing on a rooftop terrace in a city, holding a purple banner that reads “#BIKEYGEES e.V. – Radfahrtraining für (geflüchtete) Frauen.” Buildings and a TV tower are visible in the background under a clear blue sky.

Study abroad course expands to explore biking culture in Berlin

June 26, 2026

School of Music announces 2026-27 Rhapsody Series

June 22, 2026

An image with blue/green background and purplish image of Shakespeare

Firefly Rep presents Shakespeare’s liars, schemers in partnership with Arboretum

June 17, 2026

Black and white drawing of numerous square tiles in columns reading "hate alphabet"

Art professor to exhibit works at halfway point of decade-long drawing project

June 17, 2026

Palmer Museum opens juried show of contemporary art for the USA's 250th

June 16, 2026

A large group of people hang out together at an event, wearing colorful clothes

Celebrate Juneteenth 2026 with community events June 19-20

June 12, 2026

Detailed black‑and‑white infographic titled “Moray and the Inca Cosmology, Cuzco, Peru,” featuring a central circular diagram with contour-like lines representing the terraced agricultural site of Moray, surrounded by layered maps, diagrams, and text panels that depict landscape sections, elevation, and symbolic cosmological elements.

Research grant to support exploring sustainable architectural practices in Andes

June 12, 2026

Alumni listen intently to a professor lecture in a colorful bar in Philadelphia.

'Raise the Bar' connects Penn State faculty with far-flung alumni

June 12, 2026

A young Black man in glasses stands in front of a painting of a Black woman wearing a turban.

Gallery@104 selects winners in spring/summer 2026 exhibition

June 10, 2026

Penn State Alumni Association Hintzpiration: Artistry at the Alumni Center, July 10–11, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.

Hintzpiration returns to the Hintz Family Alumni Center during Arts Fest Weekend

June 10, 2026

Wild Child graphic in yellow and black

Penn State Centre Stage summer productions focus on human connection

June 08, 2026

Image of a busy city street at night with two large video boards displaying animated art work

Visual arts professor’s work on display in Times Square ahead of June exhibition

June 08, 2026

A photo portrait of an elderly white man with grey hair and glasses and an elderly white woman with dark hair and glasses

$11.75 million gift to benefit Palmer Museum and Office of Undergraduate Education

May 27, 2026

Sun streaming through Penn State's Old Main bell tower

Big Ten Academic Alliance announces 2026-27 Academic Leadership Program fellows

May 26, 2026

Group of people pose on steps in front of three small facade panels—one with a green door and mural, one with a red door and brick pattern, and one with a white door and black‑and‑white collage—set outdoors on grass.

Architecture students collaborate with Morgan State students for installation

May 26, 2026

The Nittany Lion mascot

Let's hear a 'We Are!' for these Penn Staters — May 21

May 21, 2026

Black woman with hair on top of her head, black glasses and bright pink necklace

Arts and Architecture associate dean awarded national fellowship

May 20, 2026

Landscape photo of Penn State's arboretum

New Beescape updates include county-level plant recommendations for pollinators

May 19, 2026

Recital Hall and Playhouse Theatre lit up at dusk

Nittany Performing Arts Centre Showcase to be presented on May 30

May 19, 2026

A split image showing sculptural packaging and a small bottle with a desert landscape design on the left, and a magazine cover titled “Psyche” featuring a person lying on papers on the right.

Graphic design student work recognized in international talent competition

May 18, 2026

Mansfield named Guggenheim Fellow and Institute for Advanced Study Scholar

May 18, 2026

Studio portrait of a person with long, tightly curled hair, facing slightly to the right and looking toward the camera. The person is wearing a black sweater and has a neutral facial expression with teeth visible. The background is a plain light gray.

Architecture alumna’s thesis reimagines urban design, wins thesis competition

May 13, 2026

Group photo of seven people form left a white man with brown hair, a white man with grey and black hair, a white young woman with red hair, a white young woman with black hair, a white young woman with brown hair, a black man with dark hair and a white man with brown hair

Arts and Architecture's Arts Business Idea Competition winners announced

May 11, 2026

Group of people standing together at dusk beneath illuminated wooden archways along an outdoor garden path, with city buildings and power lines in the background.

Penn State students design healing garden for families affected by gun violence

May 08, 2026

The 2025-26 Roe Award winners at the recognition ceremony stand on a stage with their awards against a projected slideshow background.

Penn State Sustainability celebrates 2026 sustainability award winners

May 08, 2026

Architecture grad student honored for challenging conventional design methods

May 07, 2026

A composite image of headshots of four School of Theatre alumni

‘One Night on Broadway' takes Centre Stage with Penn State Theatre alumni

May 07, 2026

An art installation made with a collection of found materials such as wood, metal and fabric

School of Visual Arts’ Sustainable Studio offers May workshops at Irish gallery

May 06, 2026

Young Asian woman with dark hair smiling

Arts and Architecture college marshal leaves legacy of collaboration, exploration

May 05, 2026

Eight head shots of adults from left: a white woman with brown hair and glasses, an Asian woman with dark hair, a black woman with dark hair, a white woman with blonde hair, a white man with brown hair and a beard, a black man with dark hair and glasses, a Hispanic man with grey hair and glasses, a middle eastern woman with a head scarf

Arts and Architecture announces 2026 faculty, staff, and sustainability awardees

May 04, 2026

Head shots of five college aged students from left white girl with red hair, white girl with brown hair, white person with red hair, white man with brown hair black girl with dark hair,

College of Arts and Architecture names 2026 student award winners

May 04, 2026

The Nittany Lion mascot

Sending a 'We Are!' to these Penn Staters — April 30

April 30, 2026

A group of people and a camera crew stand near a car.

Students to debut final films May 2 with public screening at Eisenhower Auditorium

April 29, 2026

Graphic design partners with Penn State Votes in Evanisko Project collaboration

April 29, 2026

Woman in gray shirt with hair pulled back

Pace University artist and administrator named director of School of Visual Arts

April 29, 2026

Composite image of headshots of eight college students

College of Arts and Architecture names spring 2026 student marshals

April 29, 2026

Four people stand together outdoors in front of a brick and glass campus building, with trees overhead. They are casually dressed, facing the camera, and positioned closely in a small group on a sunny day.

Multidisciplinary student team wins intergenerational design competition

April 28, 2026

Katherine Benson Faces & Masques album cover

Katherine Benson featured on debut album 'Faces & Masques' and Schumann tour

April 23, 2026

Spotlight on Penn State’s online teaching faculty: April 2026

April 23, 2026

Penn State Bands

School of Music to present Symphonic Band and Concert Band on April 29

April 21, 2026

Black-and-white portrait of a person wearing round glasses and a light-colored suit jacket, standing against a textured wall.

Fourth-year architecture student recognized with 2025 Robert L. Wesley Award

April 20, 2026

An album cover design for “Liberty: Feminine Rage."

Graphic design students recognized in nationwide design competition

April 15, 2026

Penn State Rock Ensemble

Penn State School of Music to present Rock Fest on April 28

April 14, 2026

Side by side head shots. On the left a young black woman with glasses smiling and on the right a young white woman with dark hair smiling

Palmer Museum of Art announces inaugural winners of O'Connor Graduate Fellowship

April 14, 2026

Penn State Philharmonic Orchestra

Philharmonic orchestra to perform Mahler’s Symphony No. 7

April 14, 2026

poster image for detroit 67

Centre Stage to present 2026 Graduate Directing Festival

April 14, 2026

Exterior of Borland Building

New first-year seminar to focus on student success skills, self-awareness

April 13, 2026

Track and field area in the All Sports Museum.

‘Night at the Museums’ to feature exhibits April 23, including Old Coaly

April 13, 2026

A group of nine college students pose for a group photo in front of a building with the marquee reading Detroit Historical Museum

Cast of ‘Detroit ’67’ inspired by Motown research trip for upcoming production

April 13, 2026

Old main with trees in shadows

Communication, Science & Society Initiative awards four interdisciplinary grants

April 13, 2026

A wooden box with four compartments, the two at left contain wool and the two at right contain Black hair.

Stuckeman professor’s fellowship work curated for exhibition

April 10, 2026

The Nittany Lion mascot

Sending a 'We Are!' to these Penn Staters

April 09, 2026

Symphonic Wind Ensemble

Symphonic Wind Ensemble presents final performance of the semester

April 09, 2026

Nittany Lion mascot standing with two students at the 2026 Graduate Exhibition poster session

Thirty-one graduate students receive awards at the 2026 Graduate Exhibition

April 09, 2026

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