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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As Penn State pushes ahead with plans for budget cuts and program reviews, including at its Commonwealth Campuses, some faculty are pushing back — calling on the university to stop the budget cuts and instead have a planning process that involves all stakeholders from the outset.
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Penn State Faculty Senate recommends streamlining student disability services, seeing increased needPenn State’s Faculty Senate is recommending several changes to how the university’s Student Disability Resources are administered, with a goal of streamlining the process and making sure the needed resources are available.
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Two neighboring fraternity buildings in State College are for sale. Aside from remaining Greek organizations, borough zoning limits what else could be done with them.
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As the State College Area School District considers moving the Delta Program from being a program into its own school, many parents say they don't understand the reasons behind the proposed change and are asking the district administration to pause the process.
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Penn State President Neeli Bendapudi made the case about why the university should get more state funding during a state House Appropriations Committee hearing Thursday, saying the stagnant state funding Penn State has seen in recent years does matter.
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Exposure to Agent Orange and its negative effects is one of the lasting impacts of the Vietnam War. Now, a state representative from Centre County is introducing legislation to help connect Pennsylvania veterans and their families with the benefits available to them.
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The Goodwill Industries of North Central Pennsylvania recently hit gold — LEGO gold, that is. A small toy mask that was donated to Goodwill’s State College store turned out to be a rare 14 karat gold LEGO mask.
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Penn State recently unveiled a “road map” that outlines planning for everything from research to budgets. As part of that, the university says it’s looking at increasing enrollment at University Park, drawing mixed reactions from local residents.
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Penn State’s board of trustees voted Friday to increase the financial bonus President Neeli Bendapudi will get for her second five years with the university from $1.25 million to $1.5 million and increase her retirement benefits, while not changing her current base salary of $950,000.
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As Penn State implements major changes, including cutting some college and campus budgets, reviewing academic programs and looking into options for running the Commonwealth Campuses, the university's Faculty Senate is calling on the university for greater shared governance and openness with information.