Penn State

A bipartisan legislative agency to support rural Pennsylvania is urging Penn State’s leadership to consider long-term community impacts when deciding which of its Commonwealth Campuses to close.

Penn State's football venue will become the West Shore Home Field at Beaver Stadium in a $50 million, 15-year deal starting with the 2025 season. But several trustees called for more time to consider renaming options and for recognition of former football coach Joe Paterno.

This year Movin’ On is celebrating its 50th anniversary of bringing local and national acts to the stage. For the last 30 years, Movin’ On’s Battle of the Bands — which took place Tuesday — has offered local performers the opportunity to compete for the opening spot in the annual Movin’ On Festival on May 2.

About 500 people rallied in front of Penn State’s Old Main administrative building Tuesday, asking the university to allow research assistants and trainees to join a graduate employees union vote.

Penn State will not pull back on research in the face of “staggering” uncertainty about federal funding, said Penn State’s senior vice president for research Andrew Read in a town hall Friday.

Penn State's administration says they are considering which campuses to close after the 2026-27 academic year. President Neeli Bendapudi shared a message to the Penn State community Tuesday, saying "we cannot continue with business as usual."

Vaccine refrigeration — which can be expensive and logistically challenging, but still needed — could become unnecessary, thanks to research from a Penn State team.

President Trump has been engaging in a trade war with China, threatening other countries and enacting new tariffs. WPSU’s Anne Danahy spoke with Terrence Guay, a professor of international business at Penn State and an expert in tariffs, on what the tariffs could mean for U.S. companies and consumers.

A federal judge has temporarily stopped a new Trump administration policy to put a cap on indirect overhead costs that come with research, a policy that if enacted would have impacted faculty at institutions including Penn State.

Penn State leaders don't rule out the possibility of campus closures when asked about it during a Faculty Senate meeting Tuesday.