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A study conducted at Penn State University found that college students who communicate with their parents exercise more and eat more fruits and vegetables.

From The Kent Multimedia WorkshopThe Kent Multimedia Workshop was founded by faculty members at Kent State in 2012 to provide low-cost training to journalists and students from Ohio.

In the only magisterial district judge race this primary election, incumbent T.R. Williams is being challenged by local businesswoman Ginger Rowe.

Six Pulaski County residents were among 41 students in the 2013 associate degree nursing class at New River Community College who received their nursing pins and associate degrees at a ceremony recently held at the college.

Every parent with a college-age child worries about the spiraling cost of education.

The Nittany Lion Shrine at Penn State University has been closed for renovations.

Gov. Tom Corbett is putting a new face on his often-unpopular education policies -- nominating a new secretary of education -- while keeping the current secretary in a newly created position as a special adviser on higher education.

Joy Pollock, a member of the Rydal-Meadowbrook Civic Association , has been an Abington resident for a little over ten years.

Rocquan Eubanks gets high-fives from Pittsburgh Brashear High School staff members after announcing that he was going to attend Community College of Allegheny County after graduating.

Representing thousands of peers is no easy job. Just ask Andy Dessel, of Chambersburg, Pa., a senior public policy major and communications minor at Penn State Harrisburg.

Senior Scientific Advisors Dr. Susan M. Dallabrida and Dr. Jill Platko of PHT Consulting Services will conduct a new webinar, "Effective Use of Electronic Patient Reported Outcomes in Migraine and Headache Patient Populations," June 12, at 10-11am and 2-3pm EDT.

LockHavenUniversity Provost and Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs, Dr. Donna Wilson has named Dr.

Good Shepherd Academy, Kingston, recently announced Lia Fredericks, left, and Eamon Tuttle, right, as winners of the school's annual spelling bee.

After nearly four hours of total debate, local school students were able to pass draft legislation during Senator David G. Argall's third annual "Senator for a Day" program on Thursday.

Joseph Sestak, former congressman and retired U.S. Navy three-star admiral, has been named as the 2013-14 recipient of the General Omar N. Bradley Chair in Strategic Leadership.

Dave Boyer is a White House correspondent for The Washington Times. A native of Allentown, Pa., Boyer worked for the Philadelphia Inquirer from 2002 to 2011 and also has covered Congress for the Times.

The conviction of Yosef Kolko in Ocean County is another painful reminder that the scourge of child sex abuse - and the inexcusable failure of adults to do all they can to protect the victims - is not limited to the Catholic Church.

Kent State University President Lester A. Lefton is among the bulk of state university presidents in Ohio who collect more than the national median salary for the job, according to a new survey released May 12 from "The Chronicle of Higher Education." Of the 10 state public colleges in Ohio that responded to the annual salary survey, nine of their ... (more)

Authorities say a man was arrested following a foot chase after stealing eight textbooks from the Penn State University bookstore and reselling them for $600. The Centre Daily Times reports 23-year-old Marcus Melvin was arrested Sunday after a short foot chase in the Hetzel Union Building.

Pennsylvania's 180 charter schools routinely ignore the state's Right-To-Know Law even though as publicly funded institutions they are bound to comply with it, the chief of the state's Office of Open Records told a Senate committee on Monday.