In Fotis Sotiropoulos’ first statement to the PSU community upon his start as the university’s new exec VP & provost in August, the proud alum pledged to “lead with a commitment to the many expressions of excellence that define Penn State. Read our Q&A: pennstatermag.com/faculty-expe... #WeAre

Gary Brito '86 H&HD is a four-star general in the U.S. Army & a 2025 recipient of the Alumni Fellow Award, the most prestigious award given by the Penn State Alumni Association. In recognition of Veterans Day, revisit our Jan/Feb '23 feature story on General Brito: pennstatermag.com/collections/...

Engineering prof Sanjay Joshi already had a 180-gallon fish tank in his basement at home as a hobby when Josh Nagel ’97 Sci approached him back in the early 1990s about adding an aquarium to the HUB as part of a class project. Read more: pennstatermag.com/campus-life/... #WeAre #PennStaterMag

Michael McShane ’09 Sci, ’14 MD Medicine, assoc. prof. in the Penn State College of Medicine, & a group of students & faculty have been providing "tailgate" medical care out of an Airstream trailer--just one way PSU is addressing a rural health care crisis: pennstatermag.com/collections/... #WeAre

As part of her Schreyer Honors College undergrad thesis last year, Divya Tyagi ’24 Eng Hon tackled a century-old math problem: optimizing the power of wind turbines. She spent months refining calculus variations before simplifying the problem to 3 exact solutions: pennstatermag.com/campus-life/...

For generations of Penn Staters, Mike “The Mailman” Herr turned a mundane trip to the post office into a treat. While you’re waiting to pick up a copy of the memoir he recently published with his daughter, check out our 2016 feature “The Mayor of 16802”: pennstatermag.com/campus-life-... #WeAre

The Nov/Dec '25 issue of the Penn Stater magazine is online now & in member mailboxes soon. Features include a look at how PSU is addressing the rural health care crisis; an alumni couple’s story of carving unexpected career paths; & an interview with Penn State’s new provost: pennstatermag.com.

"I remember the atmosphere just being pins and needles, like, this is going to be a showdown..." From lead-up to celebration, former Nittany Lion receiver Deon Butler ’08 Lib looks back on the 2005 Ohio State game: pennstatermag.com/sports/their... #WeAre #PennStaterMag #PennStater #NittanyLions

Then & Now: In the first photo, Paul Heppner ’82 EMS delivers a weather report in the campus weather service studio in the early 1980s, while Fred Gadomski ’83 EMS works the camera. In the second, Gavin Sandel ’25 EMS delivers a full-color forecast in March 2025. #WeAre #PennStaterMag #PennStater

PSU offers 11,000+ undergraduate courses each year. Here are a few “class” superlatives: 726: Seats in Thomas 100, the largest classroom at University Park; 347: Sections of ENGL 15 for fall 2025, the most of any course; & 10,154: Miles from UP to Melbourne, Australia, the farthest class from PA.

Geography professor Ida Djenontin says restoration [of degraded lands] by local smallholder farming communities becomes a strategy that can achieve multiple objectives—at the local level for vital sustainability needs, but also at the global level: Read more: pennstatermag.com/faculty-expe...

Free hits are awarded to field hockey teams when the opponent commits a minor infraction and can quickly shift the momentum of the game. Senior midfielder Sophia Mannino breaks down the common causes of a free hit & what the Nittany Lions do to capitalize on them: pennstatermag.com/sports/chalk...

Current students share favorite tailgating memories. Alums, what are yours? #WeAre #PennStaterMag #PennStater #NittanyLions #PSUHomecoming Video by Penn Stater intern Sarah Grosch.

On the Friday morning of Homecoming '24, our online editor closed on her new house before joining fellow Alumni Association staff in welcoming 900-plus alums “home." Here, she reflects on “house” vs “home” & the storytelling work that has made both possible for her: pennstatermag.com/my-thoughts-...

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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/...

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

“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

“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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

From our Jan/Feb '81 issue: Alumni aren’t the only ones who yearn for Happy Valley. U.S. Presidents have found the area around University Park—especially the trout streams—to be one where rest, tranquility &, most importantly, seclusion are not only possible but assured: pennstatermag.com/harvey

Disc golf is a fun and accessible summer activity, but there’s more to playing it than grabbing the Frisbee in your garage. Jake Fenimore ’24 Eng, president of Penn State’s Disc Golf Club, breaks down three ways to grip the disc you’ll need to attack the course: pennstatermag.com/sports/chalk...

When Russ Rossman '77 Bus found this shirt in a dresser drawer 10 years ago, memories of the WEHR Dance Marathon came flooding back. "Back in 1973 & ’74," he said, "Dance Marathon was held in the HUB Ballroom, & WEHR, the campus radio station...provided the music." pennstatermag.com/alumni/item-...

Since George Daniel took the reins of Penn State’s storied fly-fishing program in 2019, he has continued to expand its reach & focus. He’s got massive wading boots to fill, of the legendary anglers who have led the program, including its namesake. Read more: pennstatermag.com/collections/... #WeAre

In the College of Medicine, scientists are using AI to help detect autoimmune diseases that affect up to 20% of the population. Read our Q&A with Dajiang Liu, director of artificial intelligence and biomedical informatics, to learn more about their research:: pennstatermag.com/faculty-expe... #WeAre

Margalo Guo completed her first public mural at the age of 16. If you live in the State College area, you've probably seen her work brightening up spaces like 3 Dots Downtown, Schlow Library, & Boal City Brewing Company. Read more about what inspires her: pennstatermag.com/campus-life/... #WeAre

Our July/Aug '25 issue is online now (and in member mailboxes soon). Features include a look at 125 yrs of the Blue Band; a Q&A with Tom Verducci, arguably the most respected voice in baseball; and a profile of George Daniel, who is leading Penn State’s iconic fly-fishing program. pennstatermag.com.

Gigi Marino ’88, ’93 MFA Lib reflects on the impact of her lifelong friendship with a visiting writer turned mentor who, despite a terminal diagnosis, continued to impart wisdom & inspire courage to push the limits of human experience: pennstatermag.com/my-thoughts-... #WeAre #PennStaterMag

Joe Gyekis ’06 Sci, an associate prof of biobehavioral health, helped found Bird Safe Penn State, whose advocacy work led to the installation of ultraviolet patterned glass on the corridor connecting the two sides of the Palmer Museum of Art. Read more: pennstatermag.com/faculty-expe... #WeAre

It's We Are Weekend, when hundreds of Penn Staters from all different eras descend on University Park for the annual alumni reunion. Read more: pennstatermag.com/association-... #WeAre #PennStater #PennStateAlums #PennStaterMag

Penn State's Food Chemistry Club, founded in 2019 & with a current membership of 20-30 students, aims to offer participants a new perspective on the chemistry associated with food & cooking. Read about the club & other Campus Life stories from our May/June issue: pennstatermag.com/campus-life/...