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The Penn Stater Magazine @pennstatermag.com · 1d
Teresa Sylvina '80 Sci is in charge of the health of thousands of animals for University Park labs, ensuring they remain healthy from start to finish of a particular study. “If the animal isn’t healthy, the science will be compromised,” she says. Read more: pennstatermag.com/faculty-expe... #WeAre
Faculty Spotlight: Keeping Lab Animals Healthy
University Park’s attending veterinarian for laboratories, Teresa Sylvina, brings a wealth of experience to her position.
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The Penn Stater Magazine @pennstatermag.com · 7d
Meet magazine intern Sarah Grosch! If you can catch up with her, that is. Sarah is one busy senior, but manages to find time to create video content for the Penn Stater's social channels. We're glad to have her. #WeAre #PennStaterMag #PennStater
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The Penn Stater Magazine @pennstatermag.com · 8d
Wherever in the world you made an unexpected Penn State connection, we want to hear about it! Send us your small-world stories of meeting fellow Nittany Lions far from Happy Valley at [email protected] no later than 10/31, and in fewer than 250 words, for an upcoming issue. #WeAre #PennStaterMag
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The Penn Stater Magazine @pennstatermag.com · 11d
It's White Out Game day! What better time to reflect on your best tailgating memories? While you wait for kickoff, check out some alum memories from our Sept/Oct '25 issue and share yours. #WeAre #PennStaterMag #PennStater #PennStateAlums #NittanyLions #PennStateWhiteOut
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The Penn Stater Magazine @pennstatermag.com · 14d
A chance encounter w/ a theater director sparked a four-decade career in film & TV for Jonathan Frakes ’74 A&A, best known for his role as Cmdr. William T. Riker on Star Trek: The Next Generation. Read about his journey from usher to prolific actor/director: pennstatermag.com/collections/... #WeAre
Still Going, Boldly
Half a century into his career, actor and director Jonathan Frakes—best known as Commander William Riker from the USS Enterprise—looks back on his path from campus theater usher to Star Trek,…
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The Penn Stater Magazine @pennstatermag.com · 16d
Asst. prof. Maria Spencer leads Penn State’s new World Food Forum Youth Lab, the goal of which is to address climate change and food security by engaging youth innovators and providing them with a platform to leverage their business ideas into sustainable solutions: pennstatermag.com/faculty-expe...
Q&A: Maria Spencer
Maria Spencer leads Penn State’s new World Food Forum Youth Lab.
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The Penn Stater Magazine @pennstatermag.com · 22d
Kaytron Allen & Nick Singleton push each other toward greatness as much off the field as they do on it. Read our Q&A with the senior running backs to learn more about their combined impact as well as what motivates & inspires them as individuals: pennstatermag.com/runningbacks #WeAre #NittanyLions
Nittany Lion Spotlight: Kaytron Allen and Nick Singleton
The senior running backs are gearing up for one more shot at a national title.
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The Penn Stater Magazine @pennstatermag.com · 27d
From our January/February 2002 issue: A special In Memoriam feature dedicated to the 10 Penn Staters who lost their lives in the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001: pennstatermag.com/alumni/remem...
Remembering Our Own
From our January/February 2002 issue: A special In Memoriam feature dedicated to the 10 Penn Staters who lost their lives in the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.
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The Penn Stater Magazine @pennstatermag.com · 28d
Read up on the journey of Dwayne Rush '87 Eng, from football student manager in the mid-1980s to project manager overseeing what will ultimately be the largest-ever construction project at University Park: the nearly $700 million renovation of Beaver Stadium. pennstatermag.com/collections/... #WeAre
Big Gig
Four decades after his undergraduate days as a football student manager, Dwayne Rush is back at work in Beaver Stadium—this time, overseeing the colossal renovation that is transforming the famous…
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The Penn Stater Magazine @pennstatermag.com · Sep 8
Shamak Agarwal began posting vlogs in March about his everyday experiences as an Indian student living in the United States. His Instagram account became verified in less than two weeks and has amassed more than 50,000 followers to date. Read more: pennstatermag.com/campus-life/... #WeAre
Everyday People: Shamak Agarwal
Shamak Agarwal had a quick rise to Instagram fame, but he was famous before he went viral.
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The Penn Stater Magazine @pennstatermag.com · Sep 3
The September / October ’25 issue of the Penn Stater magazine is online now (& in member mailboxes soon). Features include a look at the Beaver Stadium renovations, a profile of actor/director Jonathan Frakes, & a post-conviction law story with a life-altering outcome: pennstatermag.com #WeAre
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The Penn Stater Magazine @pennstatermag.com · Aug 27
The Jesse Arnelle Initiative, named for the late Jesse Arnelle ’55 Lib, ’62 JD Law, provides a fly-fishing introduction to students who likely never had the chance to tie a fly or step into a pair of waders before they arrived in Happy Valley. Read more: pennstatermag.com/campus-life/... #WeAre
On the Hook
The Jesse Arnelle Initiative was established to introduce fly-fishing to underrepresented students.
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The Penn Stater Magazine @pennstatermag.com · Aug 26
Remote Area Medical is a national organization that runs free mobile medical, dental, and eye care clinics. The Penn State chapter was founded seven years ago, and its members attend and volunteer at two to three clinics per year along the East Coast. Read more: pennstatermag.com/campus-life/...
Illustration of students meeting with patients beside a medical transport vehicle by Joel Kimmel.
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The Penn Stater Magazine @pennstatermag.com · Aug 22
Welcome back, students! Roughly 14,000 students live on the University Park campus, and they begin moving in a week before the start of the fall semester, with staggered dates for first-year and returning students to help manage the flow. Then and now, moving in looks pretty much the same! #WeAre
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The Penn Stater Magazine @pennstatermag.com · Aug 21
“The Blue Band serves as an ambassador of the university,” says outgoing Blue Band President Cara Arnoldi ’25 Lib Hon. From its bugle corps beginnings to its current traditions, here’s a look at 125+ years of the world's greatest collegiate marching band: pennstatermag.com/campus-life/... #WeAre
Beating Heart of Nittany Nation
A look at 125-plus years of the greatest collegiate marching band in the world.
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The Penn Stater Magazine @pennstatermag.com · Aug 14
“During my freshman year, the university had an intramural track event. What made it memorable was that I was competing against two of our famous football players: Bobby Campbell and Jack Ham...” -Joe Huxta ’71 Bus

Alums share their fave IM sports memories: pennstatermag.com/campus-life/... #WeAre
Campus Life: July / August 2025
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The Penn Stater Magazine @pennstatermag.com · Aug 11
Psych professor Katie Burkhouse & colleagues are studying how children with depressed parents are processing positive information, such as rewards, in the hopes of enhancing early detection & intervention processes for at-risk youth. Read more: pennstatermag.com/faculty-expe... #WeAre #PennStaterMag
Early Depression Detection
Studying how children of depressed parents process rewards can aid intervention, says psychology professor Katie Burkhouse.
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The Penn Stater Magazine @pennstatermag.com · Aug 5
Most mornings, Michelle Bae-Dimitriadis neatly packs a lunchbox with homemade Korean foods. Come noon, she likes to wander around the University Park campus looking for impromptu lunch dates. Read more about how she makes connections over cultural traditions: pennstatermag.com/faculty-expe... #WeAre
Faculty Spotlight: The Lunchbox Art Project
In sharing her homemade Korean specialties over lunch, Michelle Bae-Dimitriadis is preserving a cultural tradition and creating connections with people she encounters at University Park.
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The Penn Stater Magazine @pennstatermag.com · Jul 31
Today, Zena Cardman, former PSU doctoral candidate in geosciences, is expected to lead a crew of four from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft. Revisit our Sept/Oct '17 feature on Cardman: pennstatermag.com/alumni-archi... #WeAre
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The Penn Stater Magazine @pennstatermag.com · Jul 30
As a senior, Cade Miller ’24 Com was part of a team tasked with creating a podcast about agriculture in the state, which led to his—& Barbara Jean’s!—participation in the 98th annual Dairy Exposition. Read about their first-place win in the amateur division: pennstatermag.com/my-thoughts-... #WeAre
Barbara Jean and Me
A student and a show calf share a learning curve.
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The Penn Stater Magazine @pennstatermag.com · Jul 29
Penn State Libraries are a vast resource for students, faculty, alumni, & PA residents. Here are a few statistics that showcase their reach:

10.3 million: Physical and electronic titles
6.8 million: Annual visits in person and online
390+: Full-time staff

Illustrations by Joel Kimmel.
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The Penn Stater Magazine @pennstatermag.com · Jul 25
Read about Penn State's Rehabilitation and Human Services, the first accredited undergraduate degree that the university is offering incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals, housed in the College of Education’s Restorative Justice Initiative: pennstatermag.com/moore #WeAre #PennStaterMag
A Second Chance for College
Penn State’s newly accredited undergraduate degree in Rehabilitation and Human Services offers qualified individuals who are or have been incarcerated the opportunity to access higher education.
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The Penn Stater Magazine @pennstatermag.com · Jul 23
Midfielder Malick Daouda made an immediate connection with Penn State during the recruiting process, and an immediate impact as a 2024 Big Ten All-Freshman team member. Read about some of his favorite things, plus his team and individual goals on and off the field: pennstatermag.com/daouda #WeAre
Nittany Lion Spotlight: Malick Daouda
The men’s soccer midfielder is looking to build on an All–Big Ten freshman season.
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The Penn Stater Magazine @pennstatermag.com · Jul 22
In his popular THEA 100 class, Malcolm Womack's students study West African performance theater, Sanskrit drama, the tragedies of Ancient Greece, Shakespeare, & more. What the assistant teaching professor most wants to impart, though, is the joy of theater: pennstatermag.com/thea100 #WeAre
Cool Class: THEA100 The Art of the Theatre
Students are learning about the history, theory, and joy of theater as an art form.
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The Penn Stater Magazine @pennstatermag.com · Jul 18
Few baseball writers know the game as well as Tom Verducci '82 Com. Read our Q&A with the 2024 Distinguished Alum on his path from coach's son and Penn State walk-on to arguably the most respected voice in baseball: pennstatermag.com/collections/... #WeAre #PennStaterMag #PennStateAlums #PennStater
Generational Player
As baseball media goes, Tom Verducci might just be the best in the game. We asked the longtime Sports Illustrated writer and TV broadcaster about the state of the game and his path from coach’s son…
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