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.
Contact her at adanahy@psu.edu.
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State College police have been using traffic and parking cameras for years, but they’re part of an internal system, not the license plate readers from the company Flock Safety that have been raising concerns across the country. -
Penn State is one of 14 schools in the U.S. Department of Energy’s new program that aims to double the number of graduates in mining and related fields with as much as $100 million in total funding the schools will be eligible to apply for. -
A possible long-term solution to the sharp increase in fertilizer prices that American farmers, including in Pennsylvania, faced this year was the focus of a session this week at Penn State’s Ag Progress Days. -
The State College Area School District plans to look at options for repairing the historic Fairmount Building near downtown State College. -
Penn State and Philadelphia-based WHYY reached agreement on the details of the transfer of WPSU and filed an application with the FCC. -
As states and people who get their health coverage from Medicaid get ready to meet new requirements that take effect Jan. 1, 2027, a Penn State expert on rural health said the new rules will impact healthcare providers and hospitals too. -
Penn State’s head of research addressed federal oversight of research during a town hall, saying increased scrutiny of international research and the “fast moving regulatory environment” under the Trump administration mean faculty need to take extra caution when it comes to following federal rules even as they continue to pursue international work. -
Centre County school districts are among those implementing the "Handle with Care" notification program to support students who have experienced trauma. -
State College is holding four neighborhood meetings to get residents’ input and answer questions as part of the borough's process of rewriting its zoning rules. -
Penn State is getting a small bump in funding from the state under the budget Gov. Josh Shapiro signed Sunday that includes a small pool of "performance-based" funding.
