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Penn State trustees approved the 2027-28 budget with tuition increases for many students and a $210,000 retention bonus for president Neeli Bendapudi at Friday’s meeting.
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This month's performances from Penn State will include music by Russian composer Marina Dranishnikova, a hymn by Alice Parker and pianist Melody Quah as soloist in Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2.
This month's performances from Penn State will include music by Russian composer Marina Dranishnikova, a hymn by Alice Parker and pianist Melody Quah as soloist in Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2.
WPSU-FM won two reporting awards for its news coverage in 2025: a national prize for covering the impacts of President Donald Trump’s travel bans and restrictions on Pennsylvania colleges and universities, and a regional award for continuing coverage of Penn State’s split from WPSU.
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