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The Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board ruled Tuesday that Penn State research assistants are employees who can unionize, rejecting an appeal by the university to exclude research assistants from a graduate student employee union.

Penn State is not renewing its agreement with Flock Safety and is instead ending the use of Flock security cameras on the University Park campus.

Penn State broke ground on a $65 million expansion of its Animal Diagnostic Lab Monday, a project Pennsylvania's secretary of agriculture said will help the state continue to protect farming and public health.

Central Pennsylvania’s public broadcasting station, WPSU, is officially separated from Penn State. WPSU is now part of WHYY under an agreement the Philadelphia-based station and Penn State finalized this week.

Penn State is looking at options for managing projected budget shortfalls, as health care and other costs continue to climb and some enrollments flatten.

Penn State says health insurance will cost more next year, as health care costs rise nationwide. Faculty and staff will see their monthly insurance cost go up anywhere from $4.25 to $165 per month.

The Penn State Board of Trustees voted Friday afternoon to sell the Wilkes-Barre campus to a developer who wants to expand an adjacent golf club, create an event center and offer academic buildings to a local university.

The Federal Communications Commission has granted Penn State’s request to transfer ownership of WPSU’s broadcast licenses to WHYY.

Lawyers for former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky are asking to cancel a hearing that was scheduled to hear a claim that an accuser wants to recant allegations that Sandusky sexually abused him years ago. The defense suggested in a court filing Thursday that it wants to appeal the judge’s refusal to hear other claims besides the accuser’s recantation.

Artificial Intelligence has arrived on college campuses, including at Penn State. While some professors are fighting it, others are trying to teach students the right way to use AI, including understanding its strengths and weaknesses.