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

Sports

illustration of a backlit football helmet shattering by Taylor Callery
Sports

Lasting Impact

A Penn State family turned a devastating loss into a sustained effort to educate football families on the dangers of concussions.
Jeff Rice '03 Com
women's hockey team with the Nittany Lion and their trophy, photo by Mark Selders/Penn State Athletics
Sports

Season to Celebrate

From record crowds to a first Frozen Four appearance, the women’s hockey team enjoyed a campaign of milestones.
Jeff Rice '03 Com
photo of wrestling team with trophy by Mark Selders/Penn State Athletics
Sports

Still on Top

The Nittany Lion wrestlers took home their fifth consecutive NCAA team championship and four more individual crowns.
Jeff Rice '03 Com

Alumni

exterior photo of Hintz Family Alumni Center signage by Nick Sloff '92 A&A
Alumni

Happy Birthday to Hintz!

Since it opened in 2001, the Hintz Family Alumni Center has served as a campus home for all Penn State alumni. Built next to, and designed to complement, the historic University House, the center was brought to fruition by Penn Staters who respected the university’s history and shared a vision for a contemporary design that at once honored tradition and embraced the future.
Savita Iyer
group shot of Ethel Meserve during sound check at Manny's in State College, by Cardoni
Alumni

Pause, Rewind, Play

State College indie band Ethel Meserve broke up nearly 30 years ago, a premature end for a promising group. Now, with a handful of reunion shows under their belts and a catalog reissue in the works, the band members are making the most of an unexpected second chance.
Ryan Jones '95 Com
photo of assorted clippings and artificats of the Alumni Association by Cardoni
Alumni

150 Years: Still Raising the Song

In the summer of 1869, Agricultural College of Pennsylvania President Thomas Burrowes invited alumni back to campus. Friends from the Class of 1866 enjoyed that reunion so much, they met again the following year to make official their lasting allegiance to one another and to the institution they loved. One hundred and fifty years later, the organization they founded has evolved to be the largest of its kind in the world, connecting alumni, supporting students, and helping lift the university to new heights.
Robyn Rydzy '95 Com
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

Faculty Expertise

illustration of a green landscape dotted with location pins with one of them flaming and smoking by Richard Mia
Faculty Expertise

Eastern Blazes

Wildfire preparedness is of utmost importance for many East Coast communities, says geography professor Erica Smithwick, who’s leading a new research effort to that end.
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

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