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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The Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, underwent a recent overhaul to make things easier, but its rollout has caused stumbling blocks for both high school students and colleges, including Penn State. -
Penn State has been offering more information about its employee buyout and campus reorganization plans, but many faculty still have questions and concerns, which they directed at university administrators during a Faculty Senate meeting Wednesday. -
Close to 400 Penn State employees took the buyout offer the university made earlier this year as part of its efforts to cut costs at its Commonwealth Campuses, according to a news release, which also outlines the university's plans for shared regional administrations. -
One of the winners of this year’s WPSU Student Poetry Writing Contest has earned another honor for her work. -
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has named the low bidder for the second phase of the project to build a direct high-speed interchange connecting Interstates 80 and 99 in Centre County. The winning bid came in at $259 million. -
After 80 years in operation, Triangle Tech, a Pittsburgh-based school with six locations including in DuBois, announced that it’s closing. -
Approximately 20% of Penn State employees who qualified for the university's voluntary buyout plan took the offer, according to preliminary information reports, and faculty leaders are concerned about how that decrease in faculty and staff will be managed with fall classes starting in less than three months. -
The Pennsylvania Game Commission plans to close its Jersey Shore office and build a new regional headquarters near the Spring Creek Canyon in Centre County, saying the new facility will allow the agency to better serve the public. -
Penn Highlands Healthcare will open a new hospital in the State College area this summer, and is inviting the public to tour the facility 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. June 15. -
The Centre Area Transportation Authority turned 50 this month, marking the anniversary Monday with events at its State College area headquarters, including a ride on Bus 1.
