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 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.
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The state Department of Environmental Protection approved a stormwater runoff permit for Rutter’s to build a gas station next to a wetland in Huntingdon County, but a local environmental group plans to appeal the decision.
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Penn State has been in the process of modernizing how it classifies and sets the salaries of its staff since 2020, and that project is nearing completion.
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In his budget address Tuesday, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro sketched out major changes for funding and running the state's colleges that he said will be focused on outcomes. He also proposed increasing funding for Penn State.