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Sustainability Summit keynote theme to be 'Where sustainability lives, communities thrive'

April 18, 2025

Architect's rendering of new academic building

Things to Do at Penn State Harrisburg: April 22-28

April 17, 2025

Artwork by Grace Brown and Raena Groner

Penn State Altoona to exhibit student artwork

April 17, 2025

Artworking by Maggie Parks depicting the northern lights over mountain tops and trees

Penn State Altoona to exhibit artwork by visual art studies senior Maggie Parks

April 17, 2025

A painting of blue flowers on a blue background

Things to Do at Penn State: April 17-24

April 16, 2025

A student building an architectural model out of cardboard.

Stuckeman School, Penn State Outreach offering two options for design summer camp

April 16, 2025

SWE Mosaic 2024

Symphonic Band and Symphonic Wind Ensemble present final concert of the semester

April 15, 2025

Regan Kreitzer's photo of cows

Schuylkill Snap! Penn State Schuylkill announces annual photo contest winners

April 15, 2025

A line of people standing for a group photo

2025 Arts Business Idea Competition winners announced

April 14, 2025

An illustration of composer Beethoven is shown amid modern shapes and bright colors.

Throwback concert on April 25 to feature School of Music singers, musicians

April 14, 2025

Sahrawi visiting artist to share his experiences throughout April

April 14, 2025

A woman with curly hair parts a beaded sculpture hanging from the ceiling.

Dance professor to serve as School of Theatre’s first artist-in-residence

April 14, 2025

Images and text about the lives of two characters in a novel

Caps Off: New Abington graduate's novel wins award, selected for a conference

April 11, 2025

A photo of Downtown Altoona, Pennsylvania

Fourth annual Blair Creators Festival set for April 26

April 11, 2025

a close-up of a saxophone being played

Penn State Altoona University Jazz Band to perform April 26

April 11, 2025

A white house with solar panels on the roof.

Architecture, engineering professor’s firm earns Walton Family Foundation nod

April 11, 2025

We Are Weekend graphic

We Are Weekend will unite Penn State community June 20-21 to kick off summer

April 11, 2025

A magnificent golden sun hangs low in the sky, surrounded by dramatic clouds painted in shades of orange and gold. The sweeping landscape below shows dark mountain silhouettes shrouded in evening mist, while the deep blue sky transitions to warmer tones near the horizon. Wispy clouds catch the last rays of sunlight, creating a peaceful and awe-inspiring scene that captures the magical moment between day and night.

Penn State Altoona’s Ivyside Pride to perform ‘All Things Under Heaven’

April 10, 2025

35th annual Frühling Posaunen Festival to be held at School of Music on April 13

April 09, 2025

Penn State Altoona professors' latest podcast explores cult horror

April 09, 2025

Alice in Wonderland

Things to Do at Penn State: April 10-17

April 09, 2025

A split image of Katie McDonald at left and Kyle Schumann at right.

Co-founders of acclaimed architectural studio to visit the Stuckeman School

April 04, 2025

2025 Charles W. Mann Jr. Lecture in the Book Arts flyer

Queer history through book arts is subject of Libraries’ 2025 Mann Lecture

April 03, 2025

WPI historical marker with history

Penn State Berks presents 'Apprentice' art exhibition, opening April 10

April 03, 2025

Photo of fiction writer Jamil Jan Kochai standing outside in front of brown picket fence

Mary E. Rolling Reading Series welcomes Jamil Jan Kochai on April 10

April 03, 2025

Penn State Jazz Combos to perform at Nittany Lion Inn on April 16

April 03, 2025

HUB-Robeson Galleries’ presents 'Left Listening,' an interactive performance activity

April 03, 2025

PSCS Alice in Wonderland

Behind the Scenes with Penn State Centre Stage's 'Alice in Wonderland'

April 03, 2025

Artwork by Kai Deline

Penn State Altoona to exhibit artwork by visual art studies senior Kai Deline

April 03, 2025

Dancers from Penn State Altoona's Ivyside Dance Ensemble rehearse for their spring 2025 performance.

Things to Do at Penn State: April 3-10

April 02, 2025

Penn State Altoona English professor presents at Cambridge University conference

April 01, 2025

Penn State Altoona professor's poetry published in new anthologies

April 01, 2025

Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts

Penn State Altoona to present poetry reading by Sheila Carter-Jones

April 01, 2025

Choir Mosaic 2024

Penn State School of Music presents two choir concerts April 6

April 01, 2025

A painting of blue flowers on a blue background

Korean artwork exhibit by artist Ajin opens at Penn State Wilkes-Barre

April 01, 2025

PSCS Alice in Wonderland

Penn State Centre Stage presents ‘Alice in Wonderland’

March 31, 2025

A bust of Oliver LaGrone

Artists’ legacies honored through sculpture donation

March 31, 2025

Photo of four authors participaing in Writing in Displacement event occuring at Penn State on April 4, 2025

Award-winning Sri Lankan authors to visit Penn State on April 4

March 28, 2025

Students, faculty, and guests interact at the annual Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities Fair

Altoona to host Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities Fair April 12

March 28, 2025

Graduate.Research.Exhibition

Visual Arts Annual Graduate Research Exhibition to be held March 28

March 28, 2025

Center for Arts and Crafts Artists and Instructors Exhibition

March 27, 2025

Things to Do at Penn State Harrisburg: April 1-7

March 27, 2025

Dancers from Penn State Altoona's Ivyside Dance Ensemble rehearse for their spring 2025 performance.

Penn State Altoona’s Ivyside Dance Ensemble to hold spring performance

March 27, 2025

Native American woman dancing in colorful attire

Things to Do at Penn State: March 27-April 3

March 26, 2025

A graphic of a blue ribbon representing Autism

Penn State Altoona to host screening of ‘Autism Goes to College’

March 25, 2025

'Counting Winter' wins 2025 Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award

March 25, 2025

A person climbing in a tree

Penn State Sustainability hosts online films depicting stories of resilience

March 25, 2025

Capture of animated film

2025 Happy Valley Animation Festival kicks off March 27

March 24, 2025

Classical guitarist Cinzia Milani to perform April 2 at Penn State

March 24, 2025

Classical guitarist Massimo Delle Cese to perform April 9 at Penn State

March 24, 2025

Art History to host film, Q&A about Black Africans in Renaissance Europe

March 23, 2025

This Backyard Wilderness film poster shows a fawn surrounded by green leaves.

Great Valley to host 'Backyard Wilderness' film screening and discussion April 3

March 22, 2025

Penn State Altoona English professor publishes multiple new poems

March 21, 2025

Penn State Altoona professor to offer lecture for military museum series

March 21, 2025

A publication called "Growing Greener" and a flyer promoting the publication atop grass.

Penn State graphic design students earn national recognition in two competitions

March 21, 2025

The Nittany Lion standing behind a table of trophies.

Penn State Wilkes-Barre hosts Northeast Regional Science Olympiad

March 20, 2025

Penn State University Press, Libraries begin large-scale journals collaboration

March 20, 2025

Three trail marker signs for a wooded preserve tell visitors how long and how difficult each trail is

'Sustainable Narratives: Visualizing Data, Design and Community' exhibit to open

March 20, 2025

Catharine Axley in her office

‘Big ideas’ and teaching drive faculty member’s passion for filmmaking

March 20, 2025

Large vertical video screens hang above a band and a choir.

Bang on a Can All-Stars to perform David Lang’s ‘Before and After Nature’

March 19, 2025

A young woman assists another woman with accessing tickets on her mobile phone.

Download the new, free Arts Ticket Center app for an easier event experience

March 19, 2025

Simon Majumdar 1

Things to Do at Penn State: March 20-27

March 19, 2025

Exterior photo of Recital Hall

Penn State Rock Ensemble makes its debut performance on April 29

March 19, 2025

Powwow dancer in Native American regalia

Traditional American Indian Powwow scheduled March 29-30 in State College

March 18, 2025

Bubbles artwork titled Bubbles by Mayuko Ono Gray in black and whiteProvi

Calligraphy, proverbs move across large graphite canvases

March 18, 2025

Thumbs of a Thriving Community

Penn State Schuylkill unveils 'Thumbs of a Thriving Community' art piece

March 18, 2025

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Sustainability Summit keynote theme to be 'Where sustainability lives, communities thrive'

April 18, 2025

Architect's rendering of new academic building

Things to Do at Penn State Harrisburg: April 22-28

April 17, 2025

Artwork by Grace Brown and Raena Groner

Penn State Altoona to exhibit student artwork

April 17, 2025

Artworking by Maggie Parks depicting the northern lights over mountain tops and trees

Penn State Altoona to exhibit artwork by visual art studies senior Maggie Parks

April 17, 2025

A painting of blue flowers on a blue background

Things to Do at Penn State: April 17-24

April 16, 2025

A student building an architectural model out of cardboard.

Stuckeman School, Penn State Outreach offering two options for design summer camp

April 16, 2025

SWE Mosaic 2024

Symphonic Band and Symphonic Wind Ensemble present final concert of the semester

April 15, 2025

Regan Kreitzer's photo of cows

Schuylkill Snap! Penn State Schuylkill announces annual photo contest winners

April 15, 2025

A line of people standing for a group photo

2025 Arts Business Idea Competition winners announced

April 14, 2025

An illustration of composer Beethoven is shown amid modern shapes and bright colors.

Throwback concert on April 25 to feature School of Music singers, musicians

April 14, 2025

Sahrawi visiting artist to share his experiences throughout April

April 14, 2025

A woman with curly hair parts a beaded sculpture hanging from the ceiling.

Dance professor to serve as School of Theatre’s first artist-in-residence

April 14, 2025

Images and text about the lives of two characters in a novel

Caps Off: New Abington graduate's novel wins award, selected for a conference

April 11, 2025

A photo of Downtown Altoona, Pennsylvania

Fourth annual Blair Creators Festival set for April 26

April 11, 2025

a close-up of a saxophone being played

Penn State Altoona University Jazz Band to perform April 26

April 11, 2025

A white house with solar panels on the roof.

Architecture, engineering professor’s firm earns Walton Family Foundation nod

April 11, 2025

We Are Weekend graphic

We Are Weekend will unite Penn State community June 20-21 to kick off summer

April 11, 2025

A magnificent golden sun hangs low in the sky, surrounded by dramatic clouds painted in shades of orange and gold. The sweeping landscape below shows dark mountain silhouettes shrouded in evening mist, while the deep blue sky transitions to warmer tones near the horizon. Wispy clouds catch the last rays of sunlight, creating a peaceful and awe-inspiring scene that captures the magical moment between day and night.

Penn State Altoona’s Ivyside Pride to perform ‘All Things Under Heaven’

April 10, 2025

35th annual Frühling Posaunen Festival to be held at School of Music on April 13

April 09, 2025

Penn State Altoona professors' latest podcast explores cult horror

April 09, 2025

Alice in Wonderland

Things to Do at Penn State: April 10-17

April 09, 2025

A split image of Katie McDonald at left and Kyle Schumann at right.

Co-founders of acclaimed architectural studio to visit the Stuckeman School

April 04, 2025

2025 Charles W. Mann Jr. Lecture in the Book Arts flyer

Queer history through book arts is subject of Libraries’ 2025 Mann Lecture

April 03, 2025

WPI historical marker with history

Penn State Berks presents 'Apprentice' art exhibition, opening April 10

April 03, 2025

Photo of fiction writer Jamil Jan Kochai standing outside in front of brown picket fence

Mary E. Rolling Reading Series welcomes Jamil Jan Kochai on April 10

April 03, 2025

Penn State Jazz Combos to perform at Nittany Lion Inn on April 16

April 03, 2025

HUB-Robeson Galleries’ presents 'Left Listening,' an interactive performance activity

April 03, 2025

PSCS Alice in Wonderland

Behind the Scenes with Penn State Centre Stage's 'Alice in Wonderland'

April 03, 2025

Artwork by Kai Deline

Penn State Altoona to exhibit artwork by visual art studies senior Kai Deline

April 03, 2025

Dancers from Penn State Altoona's Ivyside Dance Ensemble rehearse for their spring 2025 performance.

Things to Do at Penn State: April 3-10

April 02, 2025

Penn State Altoona English professor presents at Cambridge University conference

April 01, 2025

Penn State Altoona professor's poetry published in new anthologies

April 01, 2025

Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts

Penn State Altoona to present poetry reading by Sheila Carter-Jones

April 01, 2025

Choir Mosaic 2024

Penn State School of Music presents two choir concerts April 6

April 01, 2025

A painting of blue flowers on a blue background

Korean artwork exhibit by artist Ajin opens at Penn State Wilkes-Barre

April 01, 2025

PSCS Alice in Wonderland

Penn State Centre Stage presents ‘Alice in Wonderland’

March 31, 2025

A bust of Oliver LaGrone

Artists’ legacies honored through sculpture donation

March 31, 2025

Photo of four authors participaing in Writing in Displacement event occuring at Penn State on April 4, 2025

Award-winning Sri Lankan authors to visit Penn State on April 4

March 28, 2025

Students, faculty, and guests interact at the annual Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities Fair

Altoona to host Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities Fair April 12

March 28, 2025

Graduate.Research.Exhibition

Visual Arts Annual Graduate Research Exhibition to be held March 28

March 28, 2025

Center for Arts and Crafts Artists and Instructors Exhibition

March 27, 2025

Things to Do at Penn State Harrisburg: April 1-7

March 27, 2025

Dancers from Penn State Altoona's Ivyside Dance Ensemble rehearse for their spring 2025 performance.

Penn State Altoona’s Ivyside Dance Ensemble to hold spring performance

March 27, 2025

Native American woman dancing in colorful attire

Things to Do at Penn State: March 27-April 3

March 26, 2025

A graphic of a blue ribbon representing Autism

Penn State Altoona to host screening of ‘Autism Goes to College’

March 25, 2025

'Counting Winter' wins 2025 Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award

March 25, 2025

A person climbing in a tree

Penn State Sustainability hosts online films depicting stories of resilience

March 25, 2025

Capture of animated film

2025 Happy Valley Animation Festival kicks off March 27

March 24, 2025

Classical guitarist Cinzia Milani to perform April 2 at Penn State

March 24, 2025

Classical guitarist Massimo Delle Cese to perform April 9 at Penn State

March 24, 2025

Art History to host film, Q&A about Black Africans in Renaissance Europe

March 23, 2025

This Backyard Wilderness film poster shows a fawn surrounded by green leaves.

Great Valley to host 'Backyard Wilderness' film screening and discussion April 3

March 22, 2025

Penn State Altoona English professor publishes multiple new poems

March 21, 2025

Penn State Altoona professor to offer lecture for military museum series

March 21, 2025

A publication called "Growing Greener" and a flyer promoting the publication atop grass.

Penn State graphic design students earn national recognition in two competitions

March 21, 2025

The Nittany Lion standing behind a table of trophies.

Penn State Wilkes-Barre hosts Northeast Regional Science Olympiad

March 20, 2025

Penn State University Press, Libraries begin large-scale journals collaboration

March 20, 2025

Three trail marker signs for a wooded preserve tell visitors how long and how difficult each trail is

'Sustainable Narratives: Visualizing Data, Design and Community' exhibit to open

March 20, 2025

Catharine Axley in her office

‘Big ideas’ and teaching drive faculty member’s passion for filmmaking

March 20, 2025

Large vertical video screens hang above a band and a choir.

Bang on a Can All-Stars to perform David Lang’s ‘Before and After Nature’

March 19, 2025

A young woman assists another woman with accessing tickets on her mobile phone.

Download the new, free Arts Ticket Center app for an easier event experience

March 19, 2025

Simon Majumdar 1

Things to Do at Penn State: March 20-27

March 19, 2025

Exterior photo of Recital Hall

Penn State Rock Ensemble makes its debut performance on April 29

March 19, 2025

Powwow dancer in Native American regalia

Traditional American Indian Powwow scheduled March 29-30 in State College

March 18, 2025

Bubbles artwork titled Bubbles by Mayuko Ono Gray in black and whiteProvi

Calligraphy, proverbs move across large graphite canvases

March 18, 2025

Thumbs of a Thriving Community

Penn State Schuylkill unveils 'Thumbs of a Thriving Community' art piece

March 18, 2025

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