Campus Life

Fostering Independence

The Fostering Lions Program has encouraged resourceful students such as Liolet Soto-Heredia to better manage on their own.
Savita Iyer

A ‘Marvelous’ Endeavor

An ambitious and unconventional opera a decade in the making, A Marvelous Order has its world premiere this month at University Park. Though it’s a New York story through and through, Penn State’s Center for the Performing Arts played a vital role in finally bringing it to life.
Natalie Weiner

Ominous Etchings

Penn State's Special Collections Library houses striking woodcut illustrations of Frankenstein.
Robyn Rydzy '95 Com

Big Number, Bigger Impact

The university's $2.2 billion fundraising campaign allowed Penn State to affect communities around the globe.
Jeff Rice '03 Com, Christina Baker, and Linden Markley '22 Lib

Changing Times

COVID and consumer trends have driven dramatic turnover of downtown State College businesses.
Robyn Rydzy '95 Com

Screen Time

Social media apps like TikTok are a constant presence in the lives of today’s college students, for whom every moment is potential content. It’s a nearly universal experience—and, for a relative few, a path to a new sort of fame.
Michelle Santiago Cortés