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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In Pennsylvania, medical students can perform exams on unconscious patients without their permission, but that’s changing under legislation passed in the General Assembly and signed by the governor. -
Gov. Josh Shapiro signed a bill Thursday giving flat funding to Penn State and two of the three other state-related universities. -
As school districts in Pennsylvania continue to face teacher shortages, Sherri Smith, the executive director of the Pennsylvania Association of School Administrators said she’s optimistic about addressing the problem, but that it will take time. -
Got milk? How about milk cartons? A major shortage of cartons is hitting the dairy industry, including in Pennsylvania, which means fewer cartons of milk for schools and their students. -
Americans produce tons of food waste — literally, but that’s starting to change in some places, including in Centre County where a compost pilot program is keeping food waste out of landfills and turning it into black gold. -
Penn State and the other state-related universities in Pennsylvania are still waiting on this year’s funding from the Commonwealth. And now, Penn State is saying if that money doesn’t come through soon, it might be next year before the university sees state funding.
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A Penn State administrator said the university has done more preparation and community engagement ahead of an upcoming appearance by right-wing provocateur Alex Stein, whose performance at the University Park campus a year ago ended up getting canceled at the last minute amid confrontations with protestors. -
Leaders of Penn State's board of trustees told the Faculty Senate Tuesday that, despite a delay in state appropriations this year they expect that funding to come through, but that pay raises for employees have to wait until then in part because of the "optics" of the situation.
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Being in a hospital can be stressful, but a visit from a furry four-legged friend might help. Under a new pet therapy program at Mount Nittany Medical Center in Centre County, patients and staff can have some canine companionship. -
During the COVID-19 pandemic, hundreds of millions in federal dollars was pushed out to child care centers in Pennsylvania, but that funding wasn't permanent and has stopped. At a time when workers can make more in other jobs, providers and advocates say the child care shortage that existed before the pandemic will get worse if the government doesn’t step in.
