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Kirti Arora, recipient of the 2025 Outstanding Adult Student Award and Leslie Lang, director of Adult Learner Programs and Services.

2025 Outstanding Adult Student Award recipient announced

April 18, 2025

Three individuals pose with over-sized check for $3,000

Three research-based startups win funding in Invent Penn State Tech Tournament

April 17, 2025

Three Liberal Arts faculty members named distinguished professors

April 17, 2025

Group of Penn State students standing in front of U.S. Capitol building

Penn State students make meaningful connections with alumni in Washington, D.C.

April 17, 2025

Green colored scale surrounded by two Granny Smith apples, yellow measuring tape next to small red-colored hand weights.

High school experiences linked to midlife body weight

April 17, 2025

Lucy Taylor stands outside the University House wearing a green button-down sweater.

Student Lucy Taylor selected as Liberal Arts college marshal for spring commencement

April 17, 2025

Penn State COSSA Day delegation outside of Capital Building in Washington, D.C.

Penn State social scientists support federal research funding at COSSA Day

April 17, 2025

The Nittany Lion mascot

Let's hear a 'We Are!' for these Penn Staters — April 15

April 15, 2025

Q&A: What makes an ‘accidental dictator’ in the workplace?

April 15, 2025

Five receive Faculty Scholar Medals

April 14, 2025

Liberal Arts academic program coordinator honored with 2025 Support Staff Award

April 14, 2025

Economics professor honored with McKay Donkin Award

April 14, 2025

Charlotte Eubanks

Liberal Arts professor earns Rosemary Schraer Mentoring Award

April 14, 2025

Nittany Lion Shrine

17 academic unit leads complete 2025 Excellence in Academic Leadership program

April 11, 2025

Grey-colored graphic with Penn State word mark in the corner and four headshots of the SSRI/CTSI fellows.

SSRI and CTSI award Penn State faculty fellowships

April 10, 2025

A group of Penn State students sit on top of camels in front of the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt.

Exploring Egypt: Penn State students immerse themselves in culture and history

April 09, 2025

Students and faculty in the “Cultural Immersion in Post-Soviet Armenia” embedded program in front of the Garni Temple in Armenia.

Embedded program provides students with immersive experience in Armenian culture

April 08, 2025

Tobias Brinkmann (left) talks to his students in front of him while standing in a parking lot outside a building in the former ghetto in Vilnius, Lithuania.

Penn State students study Holocaust history in Baltics through embedded program

April 08, 2025

A woman giving a speech at a podium

Penn State Global announces 2024-25 awards recipients

April 07, 2025

SSRI Mentored Faculty Fellows for 2025-26

SSRI announces 2025-26 faculty fellows

April 07, 2025

man pointing to artwork on wall while a woman watches

Thirty-one students receive awards at 2025 Graduate Exhibition

April 04, 2025

Forty-two graduate students recognized with University awards

April 04, 2025

Photo of Ivan Oransky

Ivan Oransky, co-founder of Retraction Watch, to speak at University Libraries

April 04, 2025

Photo of fiction writer Jamil Jan Kochai standing outside in front of brown picket fence

Mary E. Rolling Reading Series welcomes Jamil Jan Kochai on April 10

April 03, 2025

Alumni Achievement Award

Eight honored with Alumni Achievement Award

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

Professional headshots of two women on a blue background.

Economics, health administration professionals honored as 'Outstanding Alumni'

April 02, 2025

Two undergraduates recognized with Jackson Lethbridge Tolerance Award

April 02, 2025

Undergraduate named recipient of Eric A. Walker Award

April 02, 2025

Penn State President Neeli Bendapudi and Muhammad Nazaruddin bin Mohd Salleh.

Economics senior earns Frisbey International Student Award

April 02, 2025

Tiananmen Square protester to discuss fight for human rights in the digital age

April 01, 2025

The Nittany Lion mascot

Sending a 'We Are!' to these Penn Staters -- March 31

March 31, 2025

Schreyer Honors College sign in the spring

Schreyer Honors College recognizes five outstanding alumni

March 31, 2025

Photo of four authors participaing in Writing in Displacement event occuring at Penn State on April 4, 2025

Award-winning Sri Lankan authors to visit Penn State on April 4

March 28, 2025

Philosopher Kate Manne to give 2025 Lippin Lecture in Ethics

March 28, 2025

Photo of Anshuta Beeram, 2025 Schwartz Fellow

Liberal Arts names student Anshuta Beeram as 2025 Schwartz Fellow

March 28, 2025

Image of Sara Guyer, dean at University of California Berkley, standing in front of bookshelf

Penn State Humanities Institute to host Annual Celebration on March 31

March 26, 2025

Entertainment venue programmer to be Arts and Architecture commencement speaker

March 26, 2025

Picture of person sitting at table with image projected in the background.

University supports Ukrainian academics through Nonresidential Scholars Program

March 26, 2025

Photograph of Old Main surrounded by summer foliage

Penn State congratulates Fall 2024 Emerging Academic Leaders on program completion

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

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

Liberal Arts mourns loss of CAS faculty member Ellen Taricani

March 21, 2025

Marjorie Rendell watching a group of students at a Rendell Center event.

Rendell Center for civics, civic engagement receives 2025 Brown Democracy Medal

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

Author and scholar to discuss America’s ‘slow civil war’ on April 15

March 19, 2025

closeup portraits of four smiling adults

Three deans co-host research scholarship and land-grant impacts event March 24

March 19, 2025

University Libraries launches Continua, a new open-access linguistics journal

March 18, 2025

The Nittany Lion mascot

Let's give a 'We Are!' to these Penn Staters -- March 18

March 18, 2025

Dahlia Lithwick

Dahlia Lithwick lecture postponed

March 14, 2025

SPP simulation participants and judges pose in front of the Susan Welch Liberal Arts Building

Penn State School of Public Policy hosts inaugural Policy Simulation Competition

March 13, 2025

Studio portrait of Roxanne Brown, vice president of United Steel Workers

Roxanne Brown to deliver 2025 Philip Murray Memorial Labor Lecture

March 13, 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

Image of the poet Adrienne Su

Poet Adrienne Su to offer reading at Penn State on March 20

March 12, 2025

Aftermath of extensive flooding along the New Jersey shore following Hurricane Sandy.

Framework to help scientists choose impactful place-based research locations

March 10, 2025

Grant to explore maternal depression’s effect on young children

March 10, 2025

New grant to expand program helping middle schoolers cope with chronic stress

March 10, 2025

An older person holds hands with and comforts a younger woman

AI may help clinicians personalize treatment for generalized anxiety disorder

March 06, 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

The Nittany Lion mascot

Sending a 'We Are!' to these Penn Staters — March 5

March 05, 2025

Emily Cotrufello wears a dark green shirt while smiling in front of a brown wall at Penn State University Park.

Liberal Arts student finds purpose through literature, activism and service

March 05, 2025

Amanda Demuth stands in front of a regional sandstone wall in one of the Palmer Museum of Art’s galleries.

Penn State student blends art and philosophy to promote accessibility

March 04, 2025

Muhammad Nazaruddin bin Mohd Salleh smiles while wearing a blue and white Penn State shirt in front of a tree outside Sparks Building.

Liberal Arts student strengthens communities through leadership and diplomacy

March 03, 2025

Photo of Bénédicte Monicat

Penn State Liberal Arts community mourns loss of professor Bénédicte Monicat

February 28, 2025

Cara Arnoldi smiles in a green and white sweater in front of a blurred background of green and brown trees.

A tradition of leadership: Blue Band president takes path to public service

February 27, 2025

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Kirti Arora, recipient of the 2025 Outstanding Adult Student Award and Leslie Lang, director of Adult Learner Programs and Services.

2025 Outstanding Adult Student Award recipient announced

April 18, 2025

Three individuals pose with over-sized check for $3,000

Three research-based startups win funding in Invent Penn State Tech Tournament

April 17, 2025

Three Liberal Arts faculty members named distinguished professors

April 17, 2025

Group of Penn State students standing in front of U.S. Capitol building

Penn State students make meaningful connections with alumni in Washington, D.C.

April 17, 2025

Green colored scale surrounded by two Granny Smith apples, yellow measuring tape next to small red-colored hand weights.

High school experiences linked to midlife body weight

April 17, 2025

Lucy Taylor stands outside the University House wearing a green button-down sweater.

Student Lucy Taylor selected as Liberal Arts college marshal for spring commencement

April 17, 2025

Penn State COSSA Day delegation outside of Capital Building in Washington, D.C.

Penn State social scientists support federal research funding at COSSA Day

April 17, 2025

The Nittany Lion mascot

Let's hear a 'We Are!' for these Penn Staters — April 15

April 15, 2025

Q&A: What makes an ‘accidental dictator’ in the workplace?

April 15, 2025

Five receive Faculty Scholar Medals

April 14, 2025

Liberal Arts academic program coordinator honored with 2025 Support Staff Award

April 14, 2025

Economics professor honored with McKay Donkin Award

April 14, 2025

Charlotte Eubanks

Liberal Arts professor earns Rosemary Schraer Mentoring Award

April 14, 2025

Nittany Lion Shrine

17 academic unit leads complete 2025 Excellence in Academic Leadership program

April 11, 2025

Grey-colored graphic with Penn State word mark in the corner and four headshots of the SSRI/CTSI fellows.

SSRI and CTSI award Penn State faculty fellowships

April 10, 2025

A group of Penn State students sit on top of camels in front of the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt.

Exploring Egypt: Penn State students immerse themselves in culture and history

April 09, 2025

Students and faculty in the “Cultural Immersion in Post-Soviet Armenia” embedded program in front of the Garni Temple in Armenia.

Embedded program provides students with immersive experience in Armenian culture

April 08, 2025

Tobias Brinkmann (left) talks to his students in front of him while standing in a parking lot outside a building in the former ghetto in Vilnius, Lithuania.

Penn State students study Holocaust history in Baltics through embedded program

April 08, 2025

A woman giving a speech at a podium

Penn State Global announces 2024-25 awards recipients

April 07, 2025

SSRI Mentored Faculty Fellows for 2025-26

SSRI announces 2025-26 faculty fellows

April 07, 2025

man pointing to artwork on wall while a woman watches

Thirty-one students receive awards at 2025 Graduate Exhibition

April 04, 2025

Forty-two graduate students recognized with University awards

April 04, 2025

Photo of Ivan Oransky

Ivan Oransky, co-founder of Retraction Watch, to speak at University Libraries

April 04, 2025

Photo of fiction writer Jamil Jan Kochai standing outside in front of brown picket fence

Mary E. Rolling Reading Series welcomes Jamil Jan Kochai on April 10

April 03, 2025

Alumni Achievement Award

Eight honored with Alumni Achievement Award

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

Professional headshots of two women on a blue background.

Economics, health administration professionals honored as 'Outstanding Alumni'

April 02, 2025

Two undergraduates recognized with Jackson Lethbridge Tolerance Award

April 02, 2025

Undergraduate named recipient of Eric A. Walker Award

April 02, 2025

Penn State President Neeli Bendapudi and Muhammad Nazaruddin bin Mohd Salleh.

Economics senior earns Frisbey International Student Award

April 02, 2025

Tiananmen Square protester to discuss fight for human rights in the digital age

April 01, 2025

The Nittany Lion mascot

Sending a 'We Are!' to these Penn Staters -- March 31

March 31, 2025

Schreyer Honors College sign in the spring

Schreyer Honors College recognizes five outstanding alumni

March 31, 2025

Photo of four authors participaing in Writing in Displacement event occuring at Penn State on April 4, 2025

Award-winning Sri Lankan authors to visit Penn State on April 4

March 28, 2025

Philosopher Kate Manne to give 2025 Lippin Lecture in Ethics

March 28, 2025

Photo of Anshuta Beeram, 2025 Schwartz Fellow

Liberal Arts names student Anshuta Beeram as 2025 Schwartz Fellow

March 28, 2025

Image of Sara Guyer, dean at University of California Berkley, standing in front of bookshelf

Penn State Humanities Institute to host Annual Celebration on March 31

March 26, 2025

Entertainment venue programmer to be Arts and Architecture commencement speaker

March 26, 2025

Picture of person sitting at table with image projected in the background.

University supports Ukrainian academics through Nonresidential Scholars Program

March 26, 2025

Photograph of Old Main surrounded by summer foliage

Penn State congratulates Fall 2024 Emerging Academic Leaders on program completion

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

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

Liberal Arts mourns loss of CAS faculty member Ellen Taricani

March 21, 2025

Marjorie Rendell watching a group of students at a Rendell Center event.

Rendell Center for civics, civic engagement receives 2025 Brown Democracy Medal

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

Author and scholar to discuss America’s ‘slow civil war’ on April 15

March 19, 2025

closeup portraits of four smiling adults

Three deans co-host research scholarship and land-grant impacts event March 24

March 19, 2025

University Libraries launches Continua, a new open-access linguistics journal

March 18, 2025

The Nittany Lion mascot

Let's give a 'We Are!' to these Penn Staters -- March 18

March 18, 2025

Dahlia Lithwick

Dahlia Lithwick lecture postponed

March 14, 2025

SPP simulation participants and judges pose in front of the Susan Welch Liberal Arts Building

Penn State School of Public Policy hosts inaugural Policy Simulation Competition

March 13, 2025

Studio portrait of Roxanne Brown, vice president of United Steel Workers

Roxanne Brown to deliver 2025 Philip Murray Memorial Labor Lecture

March 13, 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

Image of the poet Adrienne Su

Poet Adrienne Su to offer reading at Penn State on March 20

March 12, 2025

Aftermath of extensive flooding along the New Jersey shore following Hurricane Sandy.

Framework to help scientists choose impactful place-based research locations

March 10, 2025

Grant to explore maternal depression’s effect on young children

March 10, 2025

New grant to expand program helping middle schoolers cope with chronic stress

March 10, 2025

An older person holds hands with and comforts a younger woman

AI may help clinicians personalize treatment for generalized anxiety disorder

March 06, 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

The Nittany Lion mascot

Sending a 'We Are!' to these Penn Staters — March 5

March 05, 2025

Emily Cotrufello wears a dark green shirt while smiling in front of a brown wall at Penn State University Park.

Liberal Arts student finds purpose through literature, activism and service

March 05, 2025

Amanda Demuth stands in front of a regional sandstone wall in one of the Palmer Museum of Art’s galleries.

Penn State student blends art and philosophy to promote accessibility

March 04, 2025

Muhammad Nazaruddin bin Mohd Salleh smiles while wearing a blue and white Penn State shirt in front of a tree outside Sparks Building.

Liberal Arts student strengthens communities through leadership and diplomacy

March 03, 2025

Photo of Bénédicte Monicat

Penn State Liberal Arts community mourns loss of professor Bénédicte Monicat

February 28, 2025

Cara Arnoldi smiles in a green and white sweater in front of a blurred background of green and brown trees.

A tradition of leadership: Blue Band president takes path to public service

February 27, 2025

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