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Image of a building in Peru with a mural that reads "Bienvenidos. Tierra natal de Tupac Amaru y Micaela Bastidas"

Department of Art History to offer annual Dickson lecture on Nov. 10

November 02, 2026

Penn State Laureate Erin Murphy

2026-27 Laureate to bring collaborative poetry experience to Greater Allegheny

November 02, 2026

White logo, text on a black bakground

‘To Kill a Nazi’ finalist for Best Doc at Austin Film Festival, set for TV debut

November 02, 2026

Bald man with a slight beard and mustache.

Award-winning filmmaker to discuss breaking into nonfiction film and television

November 01, 2026

Author Morris Collins wearing black sweater standing in front of ocean

Mary E. Rolling Reading Series to present fiction writer Morris Collins on Nov. 12

October 30, 2026

Audience members listen in at the Hard Freight Cafe event

Hard Freight magazine submission deadline extended

October 29, 2026

Group of young women in a huddle

Audiences gain insight into teen girls’ struggles, friendships in latest Centre Stage production

October 29, 2026

Jazz Fest

27th Penn State Jazz Festival to feature three days of performances

October 29, 2026

A man looking at the horizon from the rooftop of a building

Work by Penn State faculty, alumni set for screenings at Centre Film Festival

October 28, 2026

Colorful painting of slender tree trunks, textured bark, leafy vines, and red berries against a pale background.

Penn State Altoona to present artwork of Vesselina Traptcheva

October 28, 2026

Grainy black-and-white image of a dim interior, with a seated figure beside a chair and a box on a nearby surface.

Penn State Altoona to present artwork of Jordan Kornreich

October 28, 2026

A kneeling dancer holds a ballerina standing on one leg.

Things to Do at Penn State: Oct. 29-Nov. 5

October 28, 2026

The logo for the Horror Joy podcast, featuring a skull speaking into a microphone

Penn State Altoona faculty interview Gwendolyn Kiste on ‘Horror Joy’

October 28, 2026

a person in a hospital bed uses a virtual reality headset

Intersections Film Series to highlight value and joy of 'Third Places' on Nov. 4

October 27, 2026

A promotional graphic from the poster for the concert about classical Indian music

Penn State Society for Indian Music and Arts to present evening of Prabaṅdha Gāna

October 27, 2026

Audience members listen as Penn State Laureate Erin Murphy speaks from a podium beneath a projected slide reading, “I’m a poet.”

Penn State Laureate Erin Murphy shares stories behind her poetry

October 27, 2026

collage depicting first edition book cover titled The Hobbit and inset photo of archival boxes on shelf, 1980s computer and keyboard, Victorian mansion exterior in fall

Three online World Digital Preservation Day events highlight best practices

October 27, 2026

Lights shine down in a theater setting

Penn State Harrisburg to present fall play, concert

October 27, 2026

Head shot of a Black man with a goatee smiling

The School of Visual Arts to conclude fall Anderson Lecture Series on Nov. 3

October 26, 2026

Image of a close-up shot of a soccer field three orange peels laying on the ground

Centre Stage’s ‘The Wolves’ examines adolescent struggles through soccer lens

October 26, 2026

Two architectural renderings: at top, the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library with an aerial view of a low, modern building and winding boardwalk amid open prairie and at bottom the Obama Library: above a tall, angular tower beside a river and tree-lined park.

Landscape architecture alums involved in two new presidential libraries

October 26, 2026

The eighth annual Centre Film Festival

Centre Film Festival celebrates filmmaking with options for variety of audiences

October 26, 2026

Students work on a crochet project during a workshop.

Center for Arts and Crafts registration open for fall session 2 classes, workshops

October 23, 2026

Science Matters Spotlight Sessions

Free screening of 'Arrival' with expert panel to be held Nov. 4 at State Theatre

October 23, 2026

Beaver Stadium trick or treat banner on a spooky background

Family-friendly, free, public 'Trick-or-Treat' event at Beaver Stadium on Oct. 26

October 22, 2026

Five dancers perform on a dimly lit stage, reaching forward in colorful costumes.

Penn State Altoona to present Ivyside Dance Ensemble fall semester performances

October 22, 2026

A diverse group of people hold a weapon of crime and a look of surprise on their faces.

Things to Do at Penn State: Oct. 22-29

October 21, 2026

A drummer performs while acrobats do mid-air flips and handstands.

Gravity & Other Myths acrobat: Expect serious play in ‘Ten Thousand Hours’

October 20, 2026

Essence of Joy 35th Anniversary

Essence of Joy to celebrate 35 years with 'Massive Contributions' concert

October 20, 2026

Dragon's Breath Opera

School of Music presents two family-friendly performances for young audiences

October 19, 2026

The logo for the Horror Joy podcast, featuring a skull speaking into a microphone

Penn State Altoona faculty’s podcast explores ‘Hokum’

October 19, 2026

Side by side images with a Black woman seated wearing a white shirt with black polka dots on right a polished aluminum chair

Professor’s art exhibited at National Museum of African American History and Culture

October 19, 2026

Lauren Linder dances barefoot in an indoor campus atrium.

Penn State Altoona emerging artist-in-residence to offer lecture Oct. 22

October 19, 2026

'Plant Powered PSU' on a green background

Explore plant-based eating at 'Plant Powered PSU' on Oct. 22

October 16, 2026

Two smiling students side by side

Student’s passion-project film goes from introductory class to winning awards

October 16, 2026

An illustration depicts a mouse king and a holiday nutcracker

Nittany Ballet reprises annual ‘Nutcracker’ tradition, Dec. 12-13

October 16, 2026

A Black man plays a trumpet.

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra celebrates global language of jazz on Nov. 8

October 15, 2026

Film poster with man looking out off a rooftop

Acclaimed documentary to screen at major festivals in Austin, London, Hong Kong

October 15, 2026

Poet Victoria Chang seated at a resaurant table with chalkboard menu and kitchen in background

Victoria Chang to deliver 2026 Emily Dickinson Lectureship in American Poetry

October 14, 2026

a smiling woman with red hair and a black and white striped shirt

Head of Special Collections sees it as creative incubator for student engagement

October 14, 2026

Pumpkin carvings on display for people to view

Things to Do at Penn State: Oct. 15-22

October 14, 2026

Photograph of a smiling man with glasses and mustache holding an acoustic guitar in a home office.

Hazleton math instructor to deliver George Tseo Memorial Lecture on Nov. 19

October 14, 2026

A performer dressed as a nun and a performer dressed in street clothes perform on stage

Penn State Centre Stage presents musical 'Sister Act' through Oct. 17

October 14, 2026

Celebrity chef Jet Tila poses with a bowl of food

Food TV personality Jet Tila returning to Penn State Nov. 3-5

October 14, 2026

A group of people standing in an art museum. The person at right holds a mic and is introducing the three people to her left.

Palmer Museum exhibitions showcase faculty, student curators through collaborative inquiry

October 13, 2026

Black man with dark glasses smiling

The School of Visual Arts to continue Anderson Lecture Series on Oct. 20

October 13, 2026

The logo for the Horror Joy podcast, featuring a skull speaking into a microphone

Penn State Altoona's faculty’s ‘Horror Joy’ podcast features Luke Dumas

October 13, 2026

A participant grabs a cup of ice cream from a table.

Campus Recreation's Ice Cream Mile event returns Oct. 17

October 13, 2026

A kneeling dancer holds a ballerina standing on one leg.

Shanghai Ballet returns to United States with ‘Giselle’ Nov. 5 at Penn State

October 13, 2026

We Are sign at University Park in fall scenery

Graduate students invited to Oct. 23 Fox Graduate School Fall Festival

October 13, 2026

Audience members listen in at the Hard Freight Cafe event

Penn State Altoona's 'Hard Freight' event announces fall 2026 open mic

October 13, 2026

A diverse group of people hold a weapon of crime and a look of surprise on their faces.

‘Clue’ actors Zoie Tannous, Kyle Yampiro look to the past for inspiration

October 12, 2026

Erin Murphy

Penn State Laureate to present collaborative poetry event at Penn State Schuylkill

October 09, 2026

Empty dimly lit room with a wooden floor and a spotlight illuminating the back wall.

Penn State Altoona to present modern adaptation of Shakespeare’s ‘Macbeth’

October 08, 2026

A group of athletes do handstands in front of a large digital time clock.

‘Ten Thousand Hours’ an ode to peak form Oct. 27 in Eisenhower Auditorium

October 08, 2026

Two smiling Indigenous people

Campus groups mark 2026 Indigenous Peoples Day with October events

October 08, 2026

A Native American man wears a hoodie.

'Indigenous People in the Modern World' theme reflects modern representation at Oct. 12 event

October 07, 2026

Portrait of a smiling person with brown hair and glasses

Arts and Architecture dean to host talk with landscape architecture professor

October 07, 2026

children at a table decorating pumpkins at the 2025 fall festival

Things to Do at Penn State: Oct. 8-15

October 07, 2026

Melissa Hyatt Foss

HUB-Robeson Galleries to present ceramic sound sculptures by artist Melissa Hyatt Foss

October 07, 2026

Still image from Ghost in the Machine of an AI precursor with two fake eyeballs in black and white

Intersections film series to screen 'Ghost in the Machine' about history of AI

October 06, 2026

Bike Den Celebrating Five Years

Penn State's Bike Den celebrates five years with a week of rides, clinics and cake

October 06, 2026

Tattoo artist working on client

Art Space at Penn State Schuylkill to feature ‘The Art of the Tattoo’

October 06, 2026

Penn State Altoona students do a jazz dance in front of a blue background

Penn State Altoona to offer fall 2026 jazz dance classes for adults

October 06, 2026

Silhouetted dancers pose gracefully on stage against a glowing orange backdrop, with others lying on the floor.

Penn State Altoona to offer fall 2026 modern dance classes for adults

October 06, 2026

The logo for the Horror Joy podcast, featuring a skull speaking into a microphone

Penn State Altoona faculty discuss ‘The Autopsy of Jane Doe’ on 'Horror Joy'

October 05, 2026

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Image of a building in Peru with a mural that reads "Bienvenidos. Tierra natal de Tupac Amaru y Micaela Bastidas"

Department of Art History to offer annual Dickson lecture on Nov. 10

November 02, 2026

Penn State Laureate Erin Murphy

2026-27 Laureate to bring collaborative poetry experience to Greater Allegheny

November 02, 2026

White logo, text on a black bakground

‘To Kill a Nazi’ finalist for Best Doc at Austin Film Festival, set for TV debut

November 02, 2026

Bald man with a slight beard and mustache.

Award-winning filmmaker to discuss breaking into nonfiction film and television

November 01, 2026

Author Morris Collins wearing black sweater standing in front of ocean

Mary E. Rolling Reading Series to present fiction writer Morris Collins on Nov. 12

October 30, 2026

Audience members listen in at the Hard Freight Cafe event

Hard Freight magazine submission deadline extended

October 29, 2026

Group of young women in a huddle

Audiences gain insight into teen girls’ struggles, friendships in latest Centre Stage production

October 29, 2026

Jazz Fest

27th Penn State Jazz Festival to feature three days of performances

October 29, 2026

A man looking at the horizon from the rooftop of a building

Work by Penn State faculty, alumni set for screenings at Centre Film Festival

October 28, 2026

Colorful painting of slender tree trunks, textured bark, leafy vines, and red berries against a pale background.

Penn State Altoona to present artwork of Vesselina Traptcheva

October 28, 2026

Grainy black-and-white image of a dim interior, with a seated figure beside a chair and a box on a nearby surface.

Penn State Altoona to present artwork of Jordan Kornreich

October 28, 2026

A kneeling dancer holds a ballerina standing on one leg.

Things to Do at Penn State: Oct. 29-Nov. 5

October 28, 2026

The logo for the Horror Joy podcast, featuring a skull speaking into a microphone

Penn State Altoona faculty interview Gwendolyn Kiste on ‘Horror Joy’

October 28, 2026

a person in a hospital bed uses a virtual reality headset

Intersections Film Series to highlight value and joy of 'Third Places' on Nov. 4

October 27, 2026

A promotional graphic from the poster for the concert about classical Indian music

Penn State Society for Indian Music and Arts to present evening of Prabaṅdha Gāna

October 27, 2026

Audience members listen as Penn State Laureate Erin Murphy speaks from a podium beneath a projected slide reading, “I’m a poet.”

Penn State Laureate Erin Murphy shares stories behind her poetry

October 27, 2026

collage depicting first edition book cover titled The Hobbit and inset photo of archival boxes on shelf, 1980s computer and keyboard, Victorian mansion exterior in fall

Three online World Digital Preservation Day events highlight best practices

October 27, 2026

Lights shine down in a theater setting

Penn State Harrisburg to present fall play, concert

October 27, 2026

Head shot of a Black man with a goatee smiling

The School of Visual Arts to conclude fall Anderson Lecture Series on Nov. 3

October 26, 2026

Image of a close-up shot of a soccer field three orange peels laying on the ground

Centre Stage’s ‘The Wolves’ examines adolescent struggles through soccer lens

October 26, 2026

Two architectural renderings: at top, the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library with an aerial view of a low, modern building and winding boardwalk amid open prairie and at bottom the Obama Library: above a tall, angular tower beside a river and tree-lined park.

Landscape architecture alums involved in two new presidential libraries

October 26, 2026

The eighth annual Centre Film Festival

Centre Film Festival celebrates filmmaking with options for variety of audiences

October 26, 2026

Students work on a crochet project during a workshop.

Center for Arts and Crafts registration open for fall session 2 classes, workshops

October 23, 2026

Science Matters Spotlight Sessions

Free screening of 'Arrival' with expert panel to be held Nov. 4 at State Theatre

October 23, 2026

Beaver Stadium trick or treat banner on a spooky background

Family-friendly, free, public 'Trick-or-Treat' event at Beaver Stadium on Oct. 26

October 22, 2026

Five dancers perform on a dimly lit stage, reaching forward in colorful costumes.

Penn State Altoona to present Ivyside Dance Ensemble fall semester performances

October 22, 2026

A diverse group of people hold a weapon of crime and a look of surprise on their faces.

Things to Do at Penn State: Oct. 22-29

October 21, 2026

A drummer performs while acrobats do mid-air flips and handstands.

Gravity & Other Myths acrobat: Expect serious play in ‘Ten Thousand Hours’

October 20, 2026

Essence of Joy 35th Anniversary

Essence of Joy to celebrate 35 years with 'Massive Contributions' concert

October 20, 2026

Dragon's Breath Opera

School of Music presents two family-friendly performances for young audiences

October 19, 2026

The logo for the Horror Joy podcast, featuring a skull speaking into a microphone

Penn State Altoona faculty’s podcast explores ‘Hokum’

October 19, 2026

Side by side images with a Black woman seated wearing a white shirt with black polka dots on right a polished aluminum chair

Professor’s art exhibited at National Museum of African American History and Culture

October 19, 2026

Lauren Linder dances barefoot in an indoor campus atrium.

Penn State Altoona emerging artist-in-residence to offer lecture Oct. 22

October 19, 2026

'Plant Powered PSU' on a green background

Explore plant-based eating at 'Plant Powered PSU' on Oct. 22

October 16, 2026

Two smiling students side by side

Student’s passion-project film goes from introductory class to winning awards

October 16, 2026

An illustration depicts a mouse king and a holiday nutcracker

Nittany Ballet reprises annual ‘Nutcracker’ tradition, Dec. 12-13

October 16, 2026

A Black man plays a trumpet.

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra celebrates global language of jazz on Nov. 8

October 15, 2026

Film poster with man looking out off a rooftop

Acclaimed documentary to screen at major festivals in Austin, London, Hong Kong

October 15, 2026

Poet Victoria Chang seated at a resaurant table with chalkboard menu and kitchen in background

Victoria Chang to deliver 2026 Emily Dickinson Lectureship in American Poetry

October 14, 2026

a smiling woman with red hair and a black and white striped shirt

Head of Special Collections sees it as creative incubator for student engagement

October 14, 2026

Pumpkin carvings on display for people to view

Things to Do at Penn State: Oct. 15-22

October 14, 2026

Photograph of a smiling man with glasses and mustache holding an acoustic guitar in a home office.

Hazleton math instructor to deliver George Tseo Memorial Lecture on Nov. 19

October 14, 2026

A performer dressed as a nun and a performer dressed in street clothes perform on stage

Penn State Centre Stage presents musical 'Sister Act' through Oct. 17

October 14, 2026

Celebrity chef Jet Tila poses with a bowl of food

Food TV personality Jet Tila returning to Penn State Nov. 3-5

October 14, 2026

A group of people standing in an art museum. The person at right holds a mic and is introducing the three people to her left.

Palmer Museum exhibitions showcase faculty, student curators through collaborative inquiry

October 13, 2026

Black man with dark glasses smiling

The School of Visual Arts to continue Anderson Lecture Series on Oct. 20

October 13, 2026

The logo for the Horror Joy podcast, featuring a skull speaking into a microphone

Penn State Altoona's faculty’s ‘Horror Joy’ podcast features Luke Dumas

October 13, 2026

A participant grabs a cup of ice cream from a table.

Campus Recreation's Ice Cream Mile event returns Oct. 17

October 13, 2026

A kneeling dancer holds a ballerina standing on one leg.

Shanghai Ballet returns to United States with ‘Giselle’ Nov. 5 at Penn State

October 13, 2026

We Are sign at University Park in fall scenery

Graduate students invited to Oct. 23 Fox Graduate School Fall Festival

October 13, 2026

Audience members listen in at the Hard Freight Cafe event

Penn State Altoona's 'Hard Freight' event announces fall 2026 open mic

October 13, 2026

A diverse group of people hold a weapon of crime and a look of surprise on their faces.

‘Clue’ actors Zoie Tannous, Kyle Yampiro look to the past for inspiration

October 12, 2026

Erin Murphy

Penn State Laureate to present collaborative poetry event at Penn State Schuylkill

October 09, 2026

Empty dimly lit room with a wooden floor and a spotlight illuminating the back wall.

Penn State Altoona to present modern adaptation of Shakespeare’s ‘Macbeth’

October 08, 2026

A group of athletes do handstands in front of a large digital time clock.

‘Ten Thousand Hours’ an ode to peak form Oct. 27 in Eisenhower Auditorium

October 08, 2026

Two smiling Indigenous people

Campus groups mark 2026 Indigenous Peoples Day with October events

October 08, 2026

A Native American man wears a hoodie.

'Indigenous People in the Modern World' theme reflects modern representation at Oct. 12 event

October 07, 2026

Portrait of a smiling person with brown hair and glasses

Arts and Architecture dean to host talk with landscape architecture professor

October 07, 2026

children at a table decorating pumpkins at the 2025 fall festival

Things to Do at Penn State: Oct. 8-15

October 07, 2026

Melissa Hyatt Foss

HUB-Robeson Galleries to present ceramic sound sculptures by artist Melissa Hyatt Foss

October 07, 2026

Still image from Ghost in the Machine of an AI precursor with two fake eyeballs in black and white

Intersections film series to screen 'Ghost in the Machine' about history of AI

October 06, 2026

Bike Den Celebrating Five Years

Penn State's Bike Den celebrates five years with a week of rides, clinics and cake

October 06, 2026

Tattoo artist working on client

Art Space at Penn State Schuylkill to feature ‘The Art of the Tattoo’

October 06, 2026

Penn State Altoona students do a jazz dance in front of a blue background

Penn State Altoona to offer fall 2026 jazz dance classes for adults

October 06, 2026

Silhouetted dancers pose gracefully on stage against a glowing orange backdrop, with others lying on the floor.

Penn State Altoona to offer fall 2026 modern dance classes for adults

October 06, 2026

The logo for the Horror Joy podcast, featuring a skull speaking into a microphone

Penn State Altoona faculty discuss ‘The Autopsy of Jane Doe’ on 'Horror Joy'

October 05, 2026

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