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’s Faculty Senate endorsed a position paper Tuesday to support non-tenure line faculty, saying some have been treated as "expendable resources" recently even though they've shown commitment to the university. -
Penn State’s board of trustees voted Monday to remove Barry Fenchak, one of its most outspoken members, from the board for telling an off-color joke trustees said was inconsistent with their bylaws. -
In the face of budget cuts from Penn State that take effect with the new fiscal year starting July 1, WPSU is laying off several staff members. -
You may have heard them in parts of Pennsylvania or seen them buzzing around — periodical cicadas have emerged and in some places, including Bald Eagle State Park in Centre County, they're out in force. And they’re loud. -
The Trump administration has asked Congress to rescind $1.1 billion slated to go to public broadcasting in the next two years, and for WPSU that would mean a loss of $1.4 million in federal funding for the upcoming fiscal year. -
Hazy skies are impacting Pennsylvania, as smoke from wildfires in Canada makes its way across the eastern United States. -
A slowdown in some research grants. The cancellation of others. And the Trump administration’s proposal to slash funding to the National Institutes of Health and National Science Foundation. -
In a contentious decision, Penn State's board of trustees voted 25-8 Thursday night to close seven of its 19 Commonwealth Campuses, a move university leadership described as needed to be successful in the future, but which critics portrayed as rushed and lacking community input. -
They’re back! The cicadas, that is. In particular Brood XIV. After 17 years under ground, the large, clumsy insects have started emerging to breed in parts of the United States, including Pennsylvania. -
Penn State’s administration released its report Tuesday outlining which of its campuses it is recommending closing and why, citing factors such as declining enrollment and steep maintenance costs.
