Campus Life

Hollingham running on a snowy road by Nick Sloff '92 A&A
Campus Life

The Heart Endures

After the tragic death of his girlfriend, Penn State grad student Matthew Hollingham found motivation in his grief. This summer, he’ll embark on a grueling undertaking inspired by the life she lived, and the impact she might have made on the world.
Robyn Rydzy '95 Com
crowd shot during a 2011 Avicii show at the BJC, photo by Mark Selders
Campus Life

Live from the BJC

From our May/June '17 issue: For more than two decades, the Bryce Jordan Center has brought the biggest acts in music to Happy Valley—and Bernie Punt ’84 Com has been around for all of them. We asked the longtime BJC sales and marketing manager to share his best backstage memories—nearly all of which were fit to print.
Ryan Jones '95 Com

Sports

group photo of Smith and players walking onto the field out of a blue tunnel, photo by Mark Selders
Sports

Terry Smith Has More to Write

As a Nittany Lion letterman and longtime assistant coach, Terry Smith was the obvious choice to step up in a difficult moment last fall. Now, with an essential role on Matt Campbell’s new staff, his value to Penn State football is clearer than ever.
Ryan Jones '95 Com
Matt Campbell holding up a Penn State jersey, photo by Mark Selders/Penn State Athletics
Sports

Linking Past and Present

Former Lion lettermen will be working on the field and behind the scenes on Matt Campbell’s new coaching staff.
Jeff Rice '03 Com

Alumni

illustration of landmarks and modes of transportation with many instances of the phrase We Are Penn State, by Aaron Meshon
Alumni

'We Are'...Everywhere!

It is a truth universally acknowledged: Wherever a Penn Stater goes in this world, be it for work or for fun, they’re bound to run into another Penn Stater. From cathedrals in Paris to palaces in London, from pool halls in Connecticut to hotel lobbies in Florida, from Bavarian breweries to the grandeur of the Taj Mahal, we asked you to share your memories of unexpected encounters of the blue-and-white kind. Like any Penn Stater hearing a “We Are …,” you knew just how to answer.
Savita Iyer
De Leon seated at desk with an array of luggage tags on the table in front of him and assorted backpacks on shelves behind him, photo by Gregg Segal
Alumni

Truth and Soul

From Ph.D. to MacArthur Fellow to National Book Award winner, anthropologist Jason De León has thrived in academia by following his inspiration and focusing on his subjects’ humanity.
Natalie Weiner
illustration of a mobile health care trailer driving through green farmland by Dan Page
Alumni

Caring for the Commonwealth

Penn State is addressing a rural health care crisis with innovative approaches to training doctors, gathering data, and delivering treatment to the state’s most vulnerable communities.
Daniel Oberhaus

Faculty Expertise

Van Hell attaching electrodes to a child's head, photo courtesy
Faculty Expertise

Bonjour, Brain Power

Psychology professor Janet van Hell’s research on the brain’s capacity to learn languages—and understand foreign accents—can make technology more linguistically aware.
Savita Iyer

From the Archives

cover of Jan/Feb 2005 issue of Penn Stater magazine
From the Archives

Ten Lost Traditions

From our January/February 2005 issue: The pushball scraps and he-she dances of the early 1900s to the Gentle Thursdays and Phi Psi 500s of 25 years ago, Penn State’s past is rich with traditions that now survive only in memory, newspaper clippings, and old photographs. Here, we recall 10 of those traditions.
Dan Morrell and David Pulizzi
photo of a person holding a laptop with an image of the library displayed, by C.J. Burton
From the Archives

Wired for Learning

From our Jan/Feb '14 issue: They’ve still got the stacks, and you can still find a few dusty shelves of card catalogs if you know where to look. But for today’s Penn State students and faculty, the library is at once a buzzing social gathering place and the high-tech hub of campus learning.
Ryan Jones '95 Com

Web Exclusive

head shot Irvin Moore, by Steve Tressler
Campus Life
Web Exclusive

A Second Chance for College

Penn State’s newly accredited undergraduate degree in Rehabilitation and Human Services offers qualified individuals who are or have been incarcerated the opportunity to access higher education.
Savita Iyer
head shot Omar Easy
Web Exclusive

The Name is the Game

Penn State Brand Academy director and former Nittany Lion Omar X. Easy is looking to help athletes leverage NIL for long-term success.
Jeff Rice '03 Com
Black and white photo of Allison Hagendorf with Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony of Van Halen, courtesy
Web Exclusive

Rocking to Her Own Beat

Allison Hagendorf considered a medical career after college, but her love of music won out. More than two decades later, she’s got one of the coolest gigs in the industry.
Cristina Rouvalis