Anne Danahy
ReporterAnne Danahy has been a reporter at WPSU since fall 2017. Before crossing over to radio, she was a reporter for more than 11 years at the Centre Daily Times in State College, Pennsylvania, where she covered everything from school board races to the impact of natural gas development on communities.
She earned a bachelor's degree in communications from Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio, and a master's degree in media studies from Penn State.
Before joining WPSU, she worked as a writer and editor at Penn State's Office of Strategic Communications and, before that, at the Earth and Environmental Systems Institute in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences.
She also hosts a Q&A program for C-NET, Centre County's government and education access station. She is married with cats.
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Penn State faculty union organizers say they’ve signed an agreement with the university on the process for a vote on unionization, with a vote expected to happen this semester. -
Penn State Police are piloting the use of automated license plate readers, a law enforcement tool that is becoming more common, but that also has opponents. -
Penn State’s head of research said a vote on faculty unionization will happen this semester, and that if faculty do decide to unionize it could have a negative impact on research. -
Over the years, Centre County PAWS has seen a gradual increase in the number of cats in need of homes, but now the animal adoption center and shelter is seeing the need for help with dogs growing too. -
The State College borough council voted Monday night to table a motion calling for reforms to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, after the sponsor of it said there were not the votes needed to pass it. -
Penn State, which plans its budgets two years out, released a budget snapshot of how much it will allocate to its colleges and campuses in the 2027-28 fiscal year, including ending funding for the seven campuses it is in the process of shutting down. -
In the past, if a Pennsylvanian died without a will or heirs, the Commonwealth would get their estate, but under a change in law that took effect Jan. 23, 2026, those assets can now go to community foundations. -
A massive winter storm crossed much of the country Sunday, including central Pennsylvania where it left a foot of snow in some places, blanketing the roadways and leading to Penn State campus closures. WPSU talked with local residents about the snowstorm. -
Central Pennsylvania has been behind in its snowfall this winter, but that streak could be coming to an end this weekend, with double-digit snowfall likely across a large swath of the state. -
After the U.S. State Department put nonprofit libraries in Pennsylvania on notice that they were going to have to stop serving as passport acceptance facilities, they're hoping legislation in Congress will let them continue offering the service.
