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Student Disability Resources to celebrate 35 years of the ADA with July 25 events

July 22, 2025

A graphic with illustrations of people including some using wheelchairs and walking aids. Blue Text on white background: "ADA 35th anniversary at WC. We Are. Accessibility is for everyone."

Campus community invited to livestream recognizing ADA anniversary

July 20, 2025

A vision-impaired athlete runs with a guide while holding a tether.

Blind athletes compete at Penn State Behrend

July 16, 2025

Group from the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences participating in the State College Pride Parade and Festival.

College of EMS participates in State College Pride Parade and Festival

July 08, 2025

Nutifafa Doumon and Nelson Dzade

EMS faculty members earn National Academies US-African Frontiers Fellowships

June 27, 2025

sitting male looking away from group in background talking

Faculty development program on student privacy in learning design seeks applicants

June 26, 2025

Penn State MANRRS

Penn State MANRRS students shine at national training and career expo

June 25, 2025

Diana Lopez stands outdoors.

Psychology student supports fellow Chaiken Scholars through mentorship

June 25, 2025

Portrait of Tavia Mitchell

Architecture student awarded Justice Alliance in Design Education Fellowship

June 24, 2025

World Campus community invited to share how ADA has impacted their lives

June 20, 2025

ADI hosts ‘Relationships, Coalition, and Courage in the Second Nadir’ webinar

June 12, 2025

A group of people dancing joyously on a covered stage

Juneteenth 2025 to be celebrated at Penn State with community events June 13-14

June 11, 2025

marchers in a downtown pride parade

College of IST participates in State College Pride Parade

June 09, 2025

Person standing outside smiling at camera

Mechanical engineering grad student awarded Amelia Earhart aerospace fellowship

June 06, 2025

HUB on spring day

Renewed community spaces in HUB-Robeson Center on track to open in fall 2025

May 13, 2025

Dara Walker receives American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship

May 07, 2025

Kyla Pritchett stands in front of a flowering tree outside West Halls at Penn State University Park.

First-generation student builds community through storytelling

May 01, 2025

A woman reads a book to a young child in a day care center, surrounded by colorful toys

Harrisburg’s Career Studies Program celebrates 10 years

April 29, 2025

Smiling man with dark hair and a light sport coat

Competitive journalism major earns potentially valuable post-graduate fellowship

April 23, 2025

Bike Den to host Women and Queer Night on May 1

April 23, 2025

A group of students standing on stage.

Eleven students receive awards at Paul Robeson Cultural Center annual ceremony

April 23, 2025

Tom Flynn points to the Great Tree of Peace.

Native plants connect Welch Building landscaping to Indigenous traditions

April 21, 2025

Supporting our international community at Penn State

April 15, 2025

Smiling man in bow tie

Alumnus Gary Abdullah to receive Lion's Paw Medal during Blue-White Weekend

April 14, 2025

group of new Tri-Alpha members pose for a photo holding their membership certificates

Newly formed, first-generation, Tri-Alpha Honor Society holds inaugural induction

April 14, 2025

Images and text about the lives of two characters in a novel

Caps Off: New Abington graduate's novel wins award, selected for a conference

April 11, 2025

Students in colored powder at last year's event

Penn State Berks to hold Holi celebration, April 12

April 09, 2025

Lenape Nation drum circle

Penn State Berks honors history with land acknowledgement ceremony

April 09, 2025

Great Valley to host speaker on Underground Railroad and Valley Forge Park

April 07, 2025

'LGBTQ+ in STEM' event set for April 16

April 07, 2025

A student wearing a blue t-shirt tries a VR headset. He stands and reaches his arms forward.

Sensory room at Penn State Beaver enhanced with addition of virtual reality headset

April 04, 2025

Pride Prom graphic

Penn State Berks to host Pride Prom on April 13

April 04, 2025

2025 Charles W. Mann Jr. Lecture in the Book Arts flyer

Queer history through book arts is subject of Libraries’ 2025 Mann Lecture

April 03, 2025

Indigenous woman with face paint standing in the forest

Indigenous Amazonian leader featured as keynote at Climate Solutions Symposium

April 03, 2025

Jedily Alvarado stands in front of bushes and a flowering tree at Penn State University Park.

Liberal Arts student balances academics, advocacy and equestrian life

April 02, 2025

A painting of blue flowers on a blue background

Korean artwork exhibit by artist Ajin opens at Penn State Wilkes-Barre

April 01, 2025

A bronze anthem award on a table, the words "4th Annual Anthem Awards 2024 Bronze Winner; Community Engagement Categories-Grassroots Effort; Rosemary Martinelli, PSU; Paul Ruggieri, GV Media, LLC" are engraved upon its base.

Martinelli, Ruggieri earn Anthem Award for 'Humanities Works' concert

March 31, 2025

Elizabeth R. Baer/Shira Klein

Center for Holocaust and Jewish Studies to present two speakers online in April

March 27, 2025

Caucus celebrations to honor graduating students and local communities

March 27, 2025

Bike Den entrance

Bike Den to host Women and Queer Night April 3

March 26, 2025

Maria Rebecca Duiker (left), Anna Raquel Duiker (middle) and Lina Ruth Duiker (right) pose for a selfie in front of tree-covered mountains in Puerto Rico.

Three Penn State sisters share love of service and linguistics

March 26, 2025

Celebrate women in STEM at the Women’s History Month Festival

March 25, 2025

A student sits with a group of women at a luncheon program.

Mary Behrend Impact Award presented to political science alumna

March 25, 2025

Serenity Myers sits on a blue chair outside offices inside Welch Building at Penn State University Park.

Chaiken Scholar embraces liberal arts education to drive change

March 25, 2025

'Counting Winter' wins 2025 Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award

March 25, 2025

Art History to host film, Q&A about Black Africans in Renaissance Europe

March 23, 2025

Shirley Malcom, senior adviser and director of SEA Change, presented the keynote at the Eberly College's inaugural SeED Conference on March 19, 2025.

Heard on campus: Shirley Malcom, SEA Change senior adviser

March 21, 2025

Donors create endowment for access and equity in Agricultural Sciences

March 21, 2025

Picture of Duke University professor Eileen Cheng-yin Chow in front of a bookshelf

Eileen Cheng-yin Chow to deliver inaugural Janssen Lecture on March 28

March 20, 2025

Noa Diggs poses outside academic buildings on a sunny day at Penn State University Park.

Liberal Arts student explores global approaches to criminal justice reform

March 20, 2025

Powwow dancer in Native American regalia

Traditional American Indian Powwow scheduled March 29-30 in State College

March 18, 2025

Postponed: Harrisburg to host virtual 'Women and Innovation' roundtable March 27

March 18, 2025

Sadan Kulturel-Konak is pictured alongside Elizabeth Deimeke

Penn State Berks professor named VentureWell Ecosystem Futures Fellow

March 18, 2025

Photo of Raffy R. Luquis

Luquis to receive Society for Public Health Education award

March 17, 2025

Jen Parrish walking on the Penn State Altoona campus holding her mobility cane.

A new vision: Despite health diagnosis, Altoona student charts path forward

March 17, 2025

Native American woman dancing in colorful attire

Pre-Powwow Celebration scheduled March 27 inside Bellisario Media Center

March 17, 2025

Audience watching speaker and host on stage

Register now for the March 27 First-Gen Student Support Summit

March 16, 2025

Dance instructor and children dancing on a stage at festival

WPSU, SCASD to co-host fourth annual Multicultural Children’s Festival, March 22

March 14, 2025

Image of Kevin Richardson, one of the exonerated Central Park Five

2025 Osaze Osagie Memorial Lecture brings Kevin Richardson to Penn State

March 13, 2025

A woman dancing with her hands in the air at the front of a crowd.

Community invited to all-abilities dance workshop at Penn State Wilkes-Barre

March 12, 2025

Joan Trumpauer Mulholland

Harrisburg's Kulkarni Cultural Series to screen film on civil rights activist

March 11, 2025

Two students look at architectural designs tacked to a wall.

Designers, scholars plan interdisciplinary design institute for high school students

March 10, 2025

Five students hold certificates open with a staff member, all standing in front of a branded Penn State banner

Penn State Berks inducts 31 into national first-generation student honor society

March 05, 2025

Laci Moore wears a gray Liberal Arts Chaiken Center quarter-zip sweatshirt that says “Peer Success Coach” on the sleeve while standing in front of bushes and trees outside Pattee Library and Paterno Library.

Chaiken Scholar paves the way to law school for herself and her peers

March 05, 2025

Graduate student Nicholas Prince stands next to LiDAR instrument

Earth and Mineral Sciences graduate fellow builds belonging safety net for peers

March 05, 2025

Global network graphic - glowing blue globe outline, surrounded by floating images

Penn State Harrisburg to host 5th annual DE&I In Tech Summit

March 04, 2025

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Student Disability Resources to celebrate 35 years of the ADA with July 25 events

July 22, 2025

A graphic with illustrations of people including some using wheelchairs and walking aids. Blue Text on white background: "ADA 35th anniversary at WC. We Are. Accessibility is for everyone."

Campus community invited to livestream recognizing ADA anniversary

July 20, 2025

A vision-impaired athlete runs with a guide while holding a tether.

Blind athletes compete at Penn State Behrend

July 16, 2025

Group from the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences participating in the State College Pride Parade and Festival.

College of EMS participates in State College Pride Parade and Festival

July 08, 2025

Nutifafa Doumon and Nelson Dzade

EMS faculty members earn National Academies US-African Frontiers Fellowships

June 27, 2025

sitting male looking away from group in background talking

Faculty development program on student privacy in learning design seeks applicants

June 26, 2025

Penn State MANRRS

Penn State MANRRS students shine at national training and career expo

June 25, 2025

Diana Lopez stands outdoors.

Psychology student supports fellow Chaiken Scholars through mentorship

June 25, 2025

Portrait of Tavia Mitchell

Architecture student awarded Justice Alliance in Design Education Fellowship

June 24, 2025

World Campus community invited to share how ADA has impacted their lives

June 20, 2025

ADI hosts ‘Relationships, Coalition, and Courage in the Second Nadir’ webinar

June 12, 2025

A group of people dancing joyously on a covered stage

Juneteenth 2025 to be celebrated at Penn State with community events June 13-14

June 11, 2025

marchers in a downtown pride parade

College of IST participates in State College Pride Parade

June 09, 2025

Person standing outside smiling at camera

Mechanical engineering grad student awarded Amelia Earhart aerospace fellowship

June 06, 2025

HUB on spring day

Renewed community spaces in HUB-Robeson Center on track to open in fall 2025

May 13, 2025

Dara Walker receives American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship

May 07, 2025

Kyla Pritchett stands in front of a flowering tree outside West Halls at Penn State University Park.

First-generation student builds community through storytelling

May 01, 2025

A woman reads a book to a young child in a day care center, surrounded by colorful toys

Harrisburg’s Career Studies Program celebrates 10 years

April 29, 2025

Smiling man with dark hair and a light sport coat

Competitive journalism major earns potentially valuable post-graduate fellowship

April 23, 2025

Bike Den to host Women and Queer Night on May 1

April 23, 2025

A group of students standing on stage.

Eleven students receive awards at Paul Robeson Cultural Center annual ceremony

April 23, 2025

Tom Flynn points to the Great Tree of Peace.

Native plants connect Welch Building landscaping to Indigenous traditions

April 21, 2025

Supporting our international community at Penn State

April 15, 2025

Smiling man in bow tie

Alumnus Gary Abdullah to receive Lion's Paw Medal during Blue-White Weekend

April 14, 2025

group of new Tri-Alpha members pose for a photo holding their membership certificates

Newly formed, first-generation, Tri-Alpha Honor Society holds inaugural induction

April 14, 2025

Images and text about the lives of two characters in a novel

Caps Off: New Abington graduate's novel wins award, selected for a conference

April 11, 2025

Students in colored powder at last year's event

Penn State Berks to hold Holi celebration, April 12

April 09, 2025

Lenape Nation drum circle

Penn State Berks honors history with land acknowledgement ceremony

April 09, 2025

Great Valley to host speaker on Underground Railroad and Valley Forge Park

April 07, 2025

'LGBTQ+ in STEM' event set for April 16

April 07, 2025

A student wearing a blue t-shirt tries a VR headset. He stands and reaches his arms forward.

Sensory room at Penn State Beaver enhanced with addition of virtual reality headset

April 04, 2025

Pride Prom graphic

Penn State Berks to host Pride Prom on April 13

April 04, 2025

2025 Charles W. Mann Jr. Lecture in the Book Arts flyer

Queer history through book arts is subject of Libraries’ 2025 Mann Lecture

April 03, 2025

Indigenous woman with face paint standing in the forest

Indigenous Amazonian leader featured as keynote at Climate Solutions Symposium

April 03, 2025

Jedily Alvarado stands in front of bushes and a flowering tree at Penn State University Park.

Liberal Arts student balances academics, advocacy and equestrian life

April 02, 2025

A painting of blue flowers on a blue background

Korean artwork exhibit by artist Ajin opens at Penn State Wilkes-Barre

April 01, 2025

A bronze anthem award on a table, the words "4th Annual Anthem Awards 2024 Bronze Winner; Community Engagement Categories-Grassroots Effort; Rosemary Martinelli, PSU; Paul Ruggieri, GV Media, LLC" are engraved upon its base.

Martinelli, Ruggieri earn Anthem Award for 'Humanities Works' concert

March 31, 2025

Elizabeth R. Baer/Shira Klein

Center for Holocaust and Jewish Studies to present two speakers online in April

March 27, 2025

Caucus celebrations to honor graduating students and local communities

March 27, 2025

Bike Den entrance

Bike Den to host Women and Queer Night April 3

March 26, 2025

Maria Rebecca Duiker (left), Anna Raquel Duiker (middle) and Lina Ruth Duiker (right) pose for a selfie in front of tree-covered mountains in Puerto Rico.

Three Penn State sisters share love of service and linguistics

March 26, 2025

Celebrate women in STEM at the Women’s History Month Festival

March 25, 2025

A student sits with a group of women at a luncheon program.

Mary Behrend Impact Award presented to political science alumna

March 25, 2025

Serenity Myers sits on a blue chair outside offices inside Welch Building at Penn State University Park.

Chaiken Scholar embraces liberal arts education to drive change

March 25, 2025

'Counting Winter' wins 2025 Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award

March 25, 2025

Art History to host film, Q&A about Black Africans in Renaissance Europe

March 23, 2025

Shirley Malcom, senior adviser and director of SEA Change, presented the keynote at the Eberly College's inaugural SeED Conference on March 19, 2025.

Heard on campus: Shirley Malcom, SEA Change senior adviser

March 21, 2025

Donors create endowment for access and equity in Agricultural Sciences

March 21, 2025

Picture of Duke University professor Eileen Cheng-yin Chow in front of a bookshelf

Eileen Cheng-yin Chow to deliver inaugural Janssen Lecture on March 28

March 20, 2025

Noa Diggs poses outside academic buildings on a sunny day at Penn State University Park.

Liberal Arts student explores global approaches to criminal justice reform

March 20, 2025

Powwow dancer in Native American regalia

Traditional American Indian Powwow scheduled March 29-30 in State College

March 18, 2025

Postponed: Harrisburg to host virtual 'Women and Innovation' roundtable March 27

March 18, 2025

Sadan Kulturel-Konak is pictured alongside Elizabeth Deimeke

Penn State Berks professor named VentureWell Ecosystem Futures Fellow

March 18, 2025

Photo of Raffy R. Luquis

Luquis to receive Society for Public Health Education award

March 17, 2025

Jen Parrish walking on the Penn State Altoona campus holding her mobility cane.

A new vision: Despite health diagnosis, Altoona student charts path forward

March 17, 2025

Native American woman dancing in colorful attire

Pre-Powwow Celebration scheduled March 27 inside Bellisario Media Center

March 17, 2025

Audience watching speaker and host on stage

Register now for the March 27 First-Gen Student Support Summit

March 16, 2025

Dance instructor and children dancing on a stage at festival

WPSU, SCASD to co-host fourth annual Multicultural Children’s Festival, March 22

March 14, 2025

Image of Kevin Richardson, one of the exonerated Central Park Five

2025 Osaze Osagie Memorial Lecture brings Kevin Richardson to Penn State

March 13, 2025

A woman dancing with her hands in the air at the front of a crowd.

Community invited to all-abilities dance workshop at Penn State Wilkes-Barre

March 12, 2025

Joan Trumpauer Mulholland

Harrisburg's Kulkarni Cultural Series to screen film on civil rights activist

March 11, 2025

Two students look at architectural designs tacked to a wall.

Designers, scholars plan interdisciplinary design institute for high school students

March 10, 2025

Five students hold certificates open with a staff member, all standing in front of a branded Penn State banner

Penn State Berks inducts 31 into national first-generation student honor society

March 05, 2025

Laci Moore wears a gray Liberal Arts Chaiken Center quarter-zip sweatshirt that says “Peer Success Coach” on the sleeve while standing in front of bushes and trees outside Pattee Library and Paterno Library.

Chaiken Scholar paves the way to law school for herself and her peers

March 05, 2025

Graduate student Nicholas Prince stands next to LiDAR instrument

Earth and Mineral Sciences graduate fellow builds belonging safety net for peers

March 05, 2025

Global network graphic - glowing blue globe outline, surrounded by floating images

Penn State Harrisburg to host 5th annual DE&I In Tech Summit

March 04, 2025

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