Campus Life

Engineering the Future

The addition of two new, state-of-the-art facilities has remade University Park’s West Campus, creating a new hub for College of Engineering students and a thriving home for education, collaboration, and research. Both the Engineering Collaborative Research and Education Building (ECoRE, pictured here) and the Engineering Design and Innovation (EDI) Building were designed and built—with dozens of Penn State Engineering alumni in prominent roles throughout—to maximize opportunities for high-tech, hands-on learning for Penn State’s largest academic unit.
Ryan Jones '95 Com

Smiling Eyes

The staff at Penn State Hershey managed to stay positive this spring through a time of unprecedented challenge and risk. Even with their masks on, the smiles are easy to see.
Savita Iyer

Changing Plans

Penn State continues to address myriad concerns of students, faculty, and staff amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Robyn Passante '95 Com

Good Counsel

The Senior Class Gift supports Penn State’s Center for Counseling and Psychological Services at a time of unprecedented angst.
Robyn Passante '95 Com

Open Market

Market Pollock has kept stranded students fed during the long, quiet months of a mostly closed campus.
Robyn Passante '95 Com

Far From Home

Hundreds of Penn State’s international students spent the first few months of the pandemic in Pennsylvania, unable or unwilling to return home. It’s an experience they’re unlikely to forget.
Savita Iyer

No Greater Challenge

Like every other university in the country, Penn State faces unprecedented difficulties brought by COVID-19.
Robyn Passante '95 Com

A Fighter's Chance

From our July/August 2018 issue: A straight-A student, all-conference runner, and Olympic boxing hopeful, Rebecca Maine is a model of achievement. But she's done nothing more impressive than survive.
Ryan Jones '95 Com