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Masking will be required on Penn State’s University Park campus starting Tuesday, the university announced Friday. The State College Area School District announced Thursday it was reinstating its masking requirements.
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An archive recording of the WPSU Jazz Show as broadcast on May27, 2022, and hosted by Amy Lorek. -
WPSU spoke with Matthew Ferrari, director of Penn State’s Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, about the current increase in COVID-19 cases, how to understand the data and steps we can continue to take in response.
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Centre Care in College Township held a Memorial Day service Wednesday in rememberance of its own lost in combat and due to COVID-19.
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With millions of dollars at stake, certification businesses buy radio ads, dominate Google searches, and even offer Groupons. But if doctors do the same, they risk their license.
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How Doug Mastriano built a grassroots movement in Pa. on election denial, Christianity, and FacebookA middling fundraiser with little party support, Mastriano rose to the top of a crowded GOP field for Pennsylvania governor through candid chats about his extreme conservative views.
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The massacre in Uvalde, Texas, was yet another grim reminder that in the U.S., children are more likely to die from gun violence than in any other wealthy nation. And it's getting worse.
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Photo Provided/Penn State professor emerita Donna Bahry talks about how the war in Ukraine ties into past Cold War and post-Soviet history. -
Pennsylvania’s primary election is May 17, and this year, voters will pick their nominee for governor. On this week's Take Note, WPSU spoke with candidates Bill McSwain, Melissa Hart and Joe Gale.
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The Russian navy on Saturday conducted another test of a prospective hypersonic missile, a demonstration of the military's long-range strike capability amid the fighting in Ukraine.
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Australia is sending the equivalent of more than 27 million 8-ounce bottles of goat's milk and other baby formulas, as the U.S. government works to replenish store shelves during the shortage.
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The latest obsessions in America's wellness craze are rooted in South Asian practices. Industry leaders who grew up with those rituals are caught between joy and a battle against cultural erasure.
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America runs on diesel. It keeps freight moving, factories humming and farmers planting. But a surge in diesel prices is making everything more expensive.
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NPR's Scott Simon remarks on what has become a never-ending parade of mass shootings in the U.S., and the lack of effort over the years to address them.
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NASA began "sonifying" its famous photos of outer space to help people who are visually impaired enjoy the images. Recently, it recreated the sound of a black hole 240 million light-years away.
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Texas has tightened security at schools considerably over the past four years. But the new protective measures came up short earlier this week in Uvalde.
The Local Groove features music written and recorded by musicians with roots in central and northern Pennsylvania, Saturday nights at 9:00 on WPSU.
The show features many genres: rock, blues, jazz and more. If you're from the area and you’d like WPSU to consider your recordings for the show, submit your music online today at wpsu.org/localgroove.
The show features many genres: rock, blues, jazz and more. If you're from the area and you’d like WPSU to consider your recordings for the show, submit your music online today at wpsu.org/localgroove.
Thursday, June 2, 7:00 p.m.
In the American Heartland, farmers are battling increasingly severe weather, with epic floods and heat. Nearly half the land in the United States is used to grow crops and food animals, and agriculture accounts for an impossible to ignore 10 percent of our total greenhouse gas emissions.
In this documentary, we travel across the Midwest, talking to farmers about what they are doing, or could be doing, to combat climate change.
In the American Heartland, farmers are battling increasingly severe weather, with epic floods and heat. Nearly half the land in the United States is used to grow crops and food animals, and agriculture accounts for an impossible to ignore 10 percent of our total greenhouse gas emissions.
In this documentary, we travel across the Midwest, talking to farmers about what they are doing, or could be doing, to combat climate change.
Penn State laureate Shara McCallum invites you to start your week with Pennsylvania poetry. Listen for Poetry Moment, Mondays during Morning Edition (at 7:45 a.m.) and All Things Considered (at 4:44 p.m.) on WPSU.
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