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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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. -
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. -
Penn State improved its Academic Progress Rate in 2022-23 over the previous year, according to recently released data from the NCAA. -
The decision casts doubt on the success of the health system’s extensive efforts to rebuild the programs. -
Trustee Anthony Lubrano said he is troubled by the university’s “use and abuse of rules and laws.” Legal observers also questioned the trend. -
The suspension of kidney transplants comes just weeks after Penn State Health paused liver transplants.
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Penn State voluntarily inactivated its liver transplant program after concerns about clinical processes and documentation were identified. -
Bias and human resources issues were the most common misconduct reports Penn State received in January and February 2024. The data offer the first public look into the ethics office in years. -
Board leadership suggested in a letter to Trustee Anthony Lubrano that the proposal should have been deliberated during a private executive session — a move that would likely have been inconsistent with Pennsylvania’s open meetings law.
