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Supporting progressive candidates for Penn State's Board of Trustees ➡️
Climate action 🌱
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Ed equity 🎓
Transparency 🕊️
Climate action 🌱
Workers' rights ✊
Ed equity 🎓
Transparency 🕊️
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Congratulations 🌟 Uma Moriarity! 🌟
Uma - an investment strategist and sustainability advocate who has spent her career building the business case for sustainable capital allocation - will join Penn State's Board on July 1, 2025, for a three-year term.
Uma - an investment strategist and sustainability advocate who has spent her career building the business case for sustainable capital allocation - will join Penn State's Board on July 1, 2025, for a three-year term.
Investing in climate education and research pays back huge dividends for our community - and our world.
Former Penn State Professor Kristina Douglass just won a 2025 MacArthur Fellowship, a.k.a. a "genius grant." 🧠
www.macfound.org/fellows/clas...
Former Penn State Professor Kristina Douglass just won a 2025 MacArthur Fellowship, a.k.a. a "genius grant." 🧠
www.macfound.org/fellows/clas...
Kristina Douglass
Investigating how past human societies and environments co-evolved and adapted to climate variability.
www.macfound.org
October 13, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Investing in climate education and research pays back huge dividends for our community - and our world.
Former Penn State Professor Kristina Douglass just won a 2025 MacArthur Fellowship, a.k.a. a "genius grant." 🧠
www.macfound.org/fellows/clas...
Former Penn State Professor Kristina Douglass just won a 2025 MacArthur Fellowship, a.k.a. a "genius grant." 🧠
www.macfound.org/fellows/clas...
A better university is possible when we demand it. ✊
Over twenty thousand Penn Staters signed an online petition. Thousands more publicly commented, emailed, and called. Organizing works.
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Over twenty thousand Penn Staters signed an online petition. Thousands more publicly commented, emailed, and called. Organizing works.
www.psucollegian.com/news/adminis...
WPSU to continue operating after trustees approve second proposal to sell its assets
The Penn State Board of Trustees Finance and Investment Committee unanimously approved a second proposal to sell WPSU assets during a special session on Monday.
www.psucollegian.com
October 13, 2025 at 7:03 PM
A better university is possible when we demand it. ✊
Over twenty thousand Penn Staters signed an online petition. Thousands more publicly commented, emailed, and called. Organizing works.
www.psucollegian.com/news/adminis...
Over twenty thousand Penn Staters signed an online petition. Thousands more publicly commented, emailed, and called. Organizing works.
www.psucollegian.com/news/adminis...
Significant increases for high-level executives during a budget crisis, campus closures, and cuts to public services sends the wrong message. Notably this enthusiasm for so-called fair compensation vanishes when it comes to the workers who keep Penn State running.
Penn State branch campus professors outraged as President Bendapudi gets 47% pay raise amid campus closures
When Penn State New Kensington professor Andrea Adolph learned of President Neeli Bendapudi’s 47% salary raise, she felt it was
www.post-gazette.com
September 21, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Significant increases for high-level executives during a budget crisis, campus closures, and cuts to public services sends the wrong message. Notably this enthusiasm for so-called fair compensation vanishes when it comes to the workers who keep Penn State running.
The decision to "wind down" WPSU gives more power to federal officials who spurn truth, science, and our public institutions. Bad for our community and terribly self-destructive.
Penn State decision to shut down WPSU, rather than sell it, draws rebukes
After Penn State trustees rejected a plan to sell WPSU to WHYY, that station's leader called the decision "a shame," and community members expressed frustration about the impending loss of a community...
radio.wpsu.org
September 13, 2025 at 1:20 PM
The decision to "wind down" WPSU gives more power to federal officials who spurn truth, science, and our public institutions. Bad for our community and terribly self-destructive.
Congratulations 🌟 Uma Moriarity! 🌟
Uma - an investment strategist and sustainability advocate who has spent her career building the business case for sustainable capital allocation - will join Penn State's Board on July 1, 2025, for a three-year term.
Uma - an investment strategist and sustainability advocate who has spent her career building the business case for sustainable capital allocation - will join Penn State's Board on July 1, 2025, for a three-year term.
May 9, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Congratulations 🌟 Uma Moriarity! 🌟
Uma - an investment strategist and sustainability advocate who has spent her career building the business case for sustainable capital allocation - will join Penn State's Board on July 1, 2025, for a three-year term.
Uma - an investment strategist and sustainability advocate who has spent her career building the business case for sustainable capital allocation - will join Penn State's Board on July 1, 2025, for a three-year term.
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congratulations on winning a BoT seat, Uma! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 #PennStateForward
#PennState Forward candidate Uma Moriarity is a sustainability investment strategist who has spent her career making the business case for sustainable capital allocation. 📈🌎🌱
May 9, 2025 at 8:16 PM
congratulations on winning a BoT seat, Uma! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 #PennStateForward
#PennState faculty just passed a resolution for a unified defense against political and legal threats to higher education.
Our leadership must heed their calls. Solidarity is the best shield to safeguard our academic freedom and institutional autonomy.
www.psucollegian.com/news/campus/...
Our leadership must heed their calls. Solidarity is the best shield to safeguard our academic freedom and institutional autonomy.
www.psucollegian.com/news/campus/...
Penn State Faculty Senate passes resolution to establish Big Ten Mutual Defense Compact
The Penn State Faculty Senate passed a resolution supporting the formation of a Mutual Academic Defense Compact (MADC) among Big Ten universities on Tuesday.
www.psucollegian.com
May 1, 2025 at 1:11 PM
#PennState faculty just passed a resolution for a unified defense against political and legal threats to higher education.
Our leadership must heed their calls. Solidarity is the best shield to safeguard our academic freedom and institutional autonomy.
www.psucollegian.com/news/campus/...
Our leadership must heed their calls. Solidarity is the best shield to safeguard our academic freedom and institutional autonomy.
www.psucollegian.com/news/campus/...
"Our students don’t believe that University leadership will prevent sexual violence or protect the thousands of survivors and victims who call Penn State home."
Voting is now open. Vote for Katherine Wheatle, Daniel Zahn, and Uma Moriarity: PennStateVotes.com.
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Voting is now open. Vote for Katherine Wheatle, Daniel Zahn, and Uma Moriarity: PennStateVotes.com.
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Community Content: It’s Time For Us To Renew Our Commitment To Sexual Violence Prevention
"Right now, our students don’t believe that University leadership will prevent sexual violence or protect the thousands of survivors and victims who call Penn State home."
onwardstate.com
April 29, 2025 at 1:39 PM
"Our students don’t believe that University leadership will prevent sexual violence or protect the thousands of survivors and victims who call Penn State home."
Voting is now open. Vote for Katherine Wheatle, Daniel Zahn, and Uma Moriarity: PennStateVotes.com.
onwardstate.com/2025/04/29/c...
Voting is now open. Vote for Katherine Wheatle, Daniel Zahn, and Uma Moriarity: PennStateVotes.com.
onwardstate.com/2025/04/29/c...
"We need a collective stance among governing boards, higher education associations, and institutional leaders that reasserts the value of independent governance in a democratic society."
Vote for Daniel, Katherine, and Uma before May 8: PennStateVotes.com.
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
Vote for Daniel, Katherine, and Uma before May 8: PennStateVotes.com.
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
The Precedent Higher Ed Can’t Afford to Set (opinion)
The mere prospect of a consent decree at Columbia is a flashing warning sign for trustees at colleges across the country, Ross Mugler writes.
www.insidehighered.com
April 25, 2025 at 3:03 PM
"We need a collective stance among governing boards, higher education associations, and institutional leaders that reasserts the value of independent governance in a democratic society."
Vote for Daniel, Katherine, and Uma before May 8: PennStateVotes.com.
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
Vote for Daniel, Katherine, and Uma before May 8: PennStateVotes.com.
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
#PennState alumni: Voting for alumni-elected trustees is now open! 🎉
Trustees chart the university's future, and all Penn State graduates can vote. Cast your ballot at PennStateVotes.com for the candidates ready to lead our university forward: Daniel, Katherine, and Uma.
Trustees chart the university's future, and all Penn State graduates can vote. Cast your ballot at PennStateVotes.com for the candidates ready to lead our university forward: Daniel, Katherine, and Uma.
April 21, 2025 at 1:00 PM
#PennState alumni: Voting for alumni-elected trustees is now open! 🎉
Trustees chart the university's future, and all Penn State graduates can vote. Cast your ballot at PennStateVotes.com for the candidates ready to lead our university forward: Daniel, Katherine, and Uma.
Trustees chart the university's future, and all Penn State graduates can vote. Cast your ballot at PennStateVotes.com for the candidates ready to lead our university forward: Daniel, Katherine, and Uma.
The federal government is attacking universities; we need Penn State trustees who will improve our financial situation, safeguard our students, retain our values, and end encroachment on civil liberties across our campuses. Katherine, Uma, and Daniel are those candidates.
Voting opens on Monday!
Voting opens on Monday!
April 19, 2025 at 10:31 PM
The federal government is attacking universities; we need Penn State trustees who will improve our financial situation, safeguard our students, retain our values, and end encroachment on civil liberties across our campuses. Katherine, Uma, and Daniel are those candidates.
Voting opens on Monday!
Voting opens on Monday!
Check out Katherine's recent feature in Onward State!
"We’re at a point in higher ed where we can’t just talk about inclusion, we have to act on it,” she said. “That means thinking critically about affordability, representation, and the student experience.”
onwardstate.com/2025/04/17/k...
"We’re at a point in higher ed where we can’t just talk about inclusion, we have to act on it,” she said. “That means thinking critically about affordability, representation, and the student experience.”
onwardstate.com/2025/04/17/k...
April 17, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Check out Katherine's recent feature in Onward State!
"We’re at a point in higher ed where we can’t just talk about inclusion, we have to act on it,” she said. “That means thinking critically about affordability, representation, and the student experience.”
onwardstate.com/2025/04/17/k...
"We’re at a point in higher ed where we can’t just talk about inclusion, we have to act on it,” she said. “That means thinking critically about affordability, representation, and the student experience.”
onwardstate.com/2025/04/17/k...
NEW TODAY: Daniel Zahn’s piece about standing up to the actions by the federal government.
onwardstate.com/2025/04/15/c...
onwardstate.com/2025/04/15/c...
Community Content: Colleges Are Facing Constitutional Crises; Penn State Needs Trustees To Meet The Moment
Board of Trustees candidate Daniel Zahn aruges Penn State needs to do more to stand up to recent actions by the federal government.
onwardstate.com
April 15, 2025 at 11:09 PM
NEW TODAY: Daniel Zahn’s piece about standing up to the actions by the federal government.
onwardstate.com/2025/04/15/c...
onwardstate.com/2025/04/15/c...
Read Onward State's feature on #PennState Forward candidate Uma Moriarity here!
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Uma Moriarity Aiming To 'Future Proof University For Generations To Come' In Board Of Trustees Campaign
“We’re really proving the fact that you can invest in a way that both generates great returns but also does so while thinking about the positive impact that you can create."
onwardstate.com
April 2, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Read Onward State's feature on #PennState Forward candidate Uma Moriarity here!
onwardstate.com/2025/04/02/u...
onwardstate.com/2025/04/02/u...
Voting opens in three weeks! Sign up for a voting reminder today at PSUForward.org/vote.
March 28, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Voting opens in three weeks! Sign up for a voting reminder today at PSUForward.org/vote.
We've reached 100 followers - just two weeks after joining Bluesky! 🎉
March 26, 2025 at 2:33 PM
We've reached 100 followers - just two weeks after joining Bluesky! 🎉
As a sustainability investment strategist, Uma Moriarity generates superior risk-adjusted returns by considering climate impact. She knows that supporting climate research and renewable energy education and backing energy-efficient campuses at Penn State is just good business. 📈
March 22, 2025 at 6:21 PM
As a sustainability investment strategist, Uma Moriarity generates superior risk-adjusted returns by considering climate impact. She knows that supporting climate research and renewable energy education and backing energy-efficient campuses at Penn State is just good business. 📈
#PennState Forward candidate Uma Moriarity is a sustainability investment strategist who has spent her career making the business case for sustainable capital allocation. 📈🌎🌱
March 17, 2025 at 5:43 PM
#PennState Forward candidate Uma Moriarity is a sustainability investment strategist who has spent her career making the business case for sustainable capital allocation. 📈🌎🌱
Dr. Katherine Wheatle is a higher education policy expert and Pell Grant recipient committed to making postsecondary education attainable for all. ✊🗣️
March 13, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Dr. Katherine Wheatle is a higher education policy expert and Pell Grant recipient committed to making postsecondary education attainable for all. ✊🗣️
Penn State Forward candidate Daniel A. Zahn '20 is a civil rights lawyer committed to protecting academic freedom and student and faculty speech & promoting democratic decision-making. ⚖️
March 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Penn State Forward candidate Daniel A. Zahn '20 is a civil rights lawyer committed to protecting academic freedom and student and faculty speech & promoting democratic decision-making. ⚖️
PENN STATE ALUMNI: ⚖️ Civil rights attorney Daniel Zahn '20, 📚 higher education expert Katherine Wheatle '08, and 📈 investment strategist Uma Moriarity '14 are running for Penn State's Board in 2025.
Sign up to support them here: PSUForward.org/pledge.
Sign up to support them here: PSUForward.org/pledge.
March 9, 2025 at 8:08 PM
PENN STATE ALUMNI: ⚖️ Civil rights attorney Daniel Zahn '20, 📚 higher education expert Katherine Wheatle '08, and 📈 investment strategist Uma Moriarity '14 are running for Penn State's Board in 2025.
Sign up to support them here: PSUForward.org/pledge.
Sign up to support them here: PSUForward.org/pledge.