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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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On this episode of Poetry Moment on WPSU, Penn State Laureate Shara McCallum looks at the work of Nicole Santalucia and the poem "Notes from the Commonwealth."
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An encore broadcast of a live concert from the Jazz @ThePalmer series.
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In Performance at Penn State is a monthly hour-long program that showcases performances from Penn State's School of Music. This month, hear the opening movement of Carl Reinecke’s Flute concerto in D, played with piano accompaniment at a 2022 Penn State Graduate Recognition Recital; Mozart’s Concerto in E-flat for Two Pianos and Orchestra, played by soloists Cecilia Dunoyer and Christopher Guzman and conducted by Gerardo Edelstein at the Penns Woods Music Festival in 2017; and “Panamanian Dances” by William Grant Still, performed at a Penns Woods chamber concert in 2015.
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Penn State professor emerita Donna Bahry talks about how the war in Ukraine ties into past Cold War and post-Soviet history.
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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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Courtesy Matthew Ferrari/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. -
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 war there is responsible — and makes it difficult just to assess the scale of displacement. Details are in a new report from the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre.
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NPR would like to hear from teachers around the country about how they are feeling in the aftermath of the latest school shooting. We may contact you for an upcoming story.
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In mice, the HIV drug maraviroc restored a system that links new memories that are made around the same time. The finding could help treat memory problems in people.
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The double threat of climate change and the global pandemic has made post-apocalyptic fiction an undeniably thriving and popular genre. Author David Yoon has one of the latest entrants.
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The 7-member band hails from a conservative part of the country. They sing about female genital cutting, child marriage and gender equality. And they rock.
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Photographer An Rong Xu reconnects with his identity through capturing images of his community through his perspective.
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The mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, has again raised the question "What should we do about gun violence?" NPR asked gun owners from across the U.S. about their stance.
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.
Get WPSU's reporting on the effects of COVID-19 on central and northern Pennsylvania
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Join us for the Metropolitan Opera season of live Saturday afternoon radio broadcasts, every Saturday afternoon, now through June, at 1:00 on WPSU-FM.
Click below for the Met radio season schedule.
Click below for the Met radio season schedule.
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