University-Park News

The nation thanks its military veterans on Nov. 11, and at Penn State, students and University programs have a long history of supporting military service in the United States.

Penn State President Graham Spanier and presidents of the other state-related universities say further delays in passing legislation authorizing table games could mean higher tuition rates for the spring semester.

A growing number of Penn State students are applying for financial aid, even as a smaller percentage of those seeking help are from low-income families.

Brian C. Rittmeyer can be reached via e-mail or at 724-226-4701. As a college freshman, Josie Farinelli of New Kensington doesn't have to worry much about health insurance.

Virsky Ukrainian National Dance Company, a folk dance ensemble based in Kiev, Ukraine, and founded in 1937 by ballet master Pavlo Virsky, will perform at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov.

Acting on suggestions from students, the University Park Undergraduate Association and the Office of Physical Plant are working to identify and improve poorly-lit areas on campus to ensure student safety.

The NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Committee has selected the first- and second-round and regional sites for the 2011 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship and those sites have been approved by the Administrative Committee of the NCAA Division I Championships/Sports Management Cabinet.

There will be plenty of tricks and treats on Penn State's University Park campus now through Halloween, Oct.

Central Westmoreland Career and Technology Center today is hosting a hands-on camp aimed at discussing recent advancements in nanotechnology.

Ann Ard, executive director of the Women's Resource Center, speaks at the Campus Night Out event on the HUB lawn, Thursday, October 22, 2009.

This pumpkin was part of a Halloween competition a few years ago in the College of Arts and Architecture.

Sgt McClellan apprehended a male student at the intersection of Park Avenue and Shortlidge Road that was visibly intoxicated.

The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for Southern Centre, Cambria, Blair, Somerset, Bedford, Southern Clinton and Southern Lycoming counties, lasting through 8 a.m. Saturday, Oct.

The Clearfield County 4-H & FFA Livestock Sale Committee is very pleased to announce the ten recipients of this year's 4-H & FFA Livestock Sale Scholarship.

Students wandering campus Friday evening may have found themselves doing a double take at some not-so-familiar faces surrounding school landmarks.

Abstract The combination of complete genome sequence information and estimates of mRNA abundances have begun to reveal causes of both silent and protein sequence evolution.

Abstract Abstract Until around 1990, most multigene families were thought to be subject to concerted evolution, in which all member genes of a family evolve as a unit in concert.

A student in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences was recently featured in a national trade magazine after receiving the National Pest Management Association Minorities in Pest Management scholarship.

Penn State plans to test the PSUTXT text-messaging system on Thursday, Oct. 22, to help ensure its functionality in a true emergency.

October 9, 2009 - If you have ever taken a long road trip, the windshield of your car will inevitably be splattered with bugs by the time you arrive at your destination.