James Engel
Radio News InternJames Engel is a WPSU news intern and senior at Penn State. He studies Digital and Print Journalism as well as Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies.
Engel has served as a reporter, editor and photographer at Penn State's independent student newspaper, The Daily Collegian, for three years. For his work there, he received a Keystone Media Award for first place in the features category and was nominated to the Hearst Journalism Awards program.
He has also been a contributor to the Centre County Historical Society's Encyclopedia of History and Culture and a teaching and research assistant in the Penn State CAMS department.
A loyal public radio listener from a young age, Engel is an avid follower of NPR's national reporting as well as local work by WPSU and WESA in his native Pittsburgh.
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The Brewery stays — State College Borough Council votes to repeal previous eminent domain resolutionAfter weeks of backlash and discussion, State College Borough Council voted to rescind its previous resolution to declare eminent domain on a building containing The Brewery, a popular local bar.
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State College borough recently voted to seize the building containing The Brewery, a longtime local bar, by eminent domain. Many of its regulars feel overlooked.
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A Penn State professor and AI researcher speaks to WPSU on the role AI tools like ChatGPT will play in education.
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AIDS Resource, a local non-profit, will open a health clinic in State College.
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After two hours of public debate, the Centre County Commissioners voted 2-1 in favor of a new ordinance for county government contractors.
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College Township invited community members to work with elected officials and urban planners to change the zoning regulations at Dale Summit, near Nittany Mall.
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The Central Pennsylvania Humane Society is at its capacity for cats and dogs at its Altoona no-kill shelter.
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State College will celebrate Pride throughout the weekend in support of the LGBTQ community.
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Pennsylvania's teachers are leaving their positions in record numbers, according to a new study by Penn State professor Ed Fuller.
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Happy Valley improve will host a comedy performance using AI tools in State College at the Blue Brick Theatre.