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Rookie Lamar Stevens inks multi-year NBA deal

Vaccinating the Vulnerable

Brett Feldman leads efforts to protect L.A.’s homeless

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Freshman wins NPR’s national Student Podcast Challenge

“Fantastic” History

Graphic designer Chip Kidd “deconstructs” a legendary comic book

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In Memoriam

Celebrating the lives and legacies of Penn State alumni.

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Lynn Staeheli

1983

For a high school project, Lynn Staeheli ’83 MS EMS labeled a school water fountain with “men’s only” and “women’s only” to see who would drink from each. It got her in trouble with the school, says Staeheli’s son, Dan Blair, but it hinted at Staeheli’s early leaning toward social justice and equality, causes she committed to in her distinguished academic work as a human geographer, studying human activity and organizations within and across locations.

Alphonso Walter Grant

2013

Alphonso Walter Grant made people feel comfortable, as if they were part of his family. “He had a way of making you feel like you’d known him for 25 years,” says Angela LaPorte, director of art education at the University of Arkansas. She met Grant a few years ago when he interviewed, and was ultimately hired, at the university.

Class Notes

Weddings, births, new jobs, career milestones, and much more—keep up with the big moments in your classmates’ lives here.

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Sheri Shannon

2006

When Sheri Shannon returned to the United States after a yearlong stint working in Melbourne, Australia, around the time of the 2016 presidential election, she was inspired to put down roots in Ric

Alyssa Ruderman

2010

When people hear that Alyssa Ruderman co-founded a company focused on end-of-life planning, they typically say, “Aren’t you a little young for this?” But Ruderman ’10 Com and her b

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Campus Life

The Not So Secret History of ARL

The work done at the Applied Research Laboratory happens out of view of most Penn Staters, a fact that belies a massive campus presence and a history dating to World War II. Here’s a look inside the research powerhouse whose innovations touch everything from underwater propulsion to the sound of a guitar.

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