Wyatt Massey of Spotlight PA State College
Penn State Investigative ReporterMassey investigates how Penn State University operates, including its influence in the region and state. The university receives more than $300 million in funding from the state but evades most transparency measures under Pennsylvania’s Right-to-Know Law. Massey scrutinizes the main University Park campus as well as the university’s 19 additional branch campuses.
A native of rural Wisconsin, Massey previously covered faith and religion for the Chattanooga Times Free Press in Southeast Tennessee.
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Penn State kept its pledge to reduce the meeting costs of its 36-member board, but each gathering still totals tens of thousands of dollars. -
When Penn State University’s administration brings a proposal to its governing board, the item is all but assured to pass, a Spotlight PA analysis found. -
An agreement with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection says Penn State is a “responsible person” for releasing PFAS at its airport. -
Some items before the Penn State Board of Trustees — such as the $9.9 billion budget or building projects — often pass with no or limited discussion, a Spotlight PA analysis found. -
Penn State didn’t say why the board’s executive committee was now meeting in public after arguing the group’s work could legally be done in private. -
Already sick, former patients of the failed kidney and liver transplant units face rejection and despair as they look elsewhere and grapple with the one thing they cannot afford to lose: time. -
Trustee Anthony Lubrano says Penn State is investigating him for proposing “Paterno Field at Beaver Stadium.” The university may also remove Barry Fenchak from its board.
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With bonds, Penn State is likely to take on the debt necessary to fund the football stadium project. But the athletics department will ultimately be responsible for paying back the loans. -
Trustee Barry Fenchak alleges that Penn State leaders have prevented him from reviewing information about the university’s endowment, which he said is indicative of larger problems on the board.
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Raymond Lynch documented what he thought were serious problems with Hershey Medical Center’s kidney and liver transplant programs. He was dismissed by Penn State Health just weeks before a federal review.
