While contestant Will admitted that his nerves got the best of him when trying to solve the puzzle, we still think his attempt deserves a round of applause.

Vice President Kamala Harris received a grand welcome to the White House on Tuesday afternoon — cheered on by hundreds of administration staff as her SUV pulled up to the West Wing.

As Donald Trump prepares to make good on his promise to deport possibly millions of undocumented immigrants, the private prison industry appears poised to cash in.

Mining expert Barbara Arnold, professor of practice in mining engineering, joined a panel of experts to discuss how the United States will need to make dramatic advances to increase its technical- and skilled-labor workforce to power its green energy future and to become less reliant on foreign nations for securing materials used in both everyday devices and critical national security applications.

Penn State will be sending its second delegation of students and faculty to COP29, the United Nations’ annual climate meeting, which will be held in Baku, Azerbaijan, in November.

Second-year student Morgan Dawkins and fifth-year student Olivia DiPrinzio spoke to the Board of Trustees about their experiences with the Schreyer Honors College. Honors programming has allowed them to find guidance, craft a courseload specific to their interests and find opportunities for professional development. 

Penn State has named David Rosenberg, a 1974 graduate of the College of Health and Human Development and longtime supporter of Penn State Brandywine, and the Moyer family, whose transgenerational giving has benefited multiple units across the University, as the 2024 Fundraising Volunteers of the Year.

Education Week asked three 8th grade teachers to evaluate real student responses to an open-ended question on the National Assessment of Educational Progress in social studies. Here's what they said.

"When the day came to administer the first test I had designed," writes Brandon Lewis, "my heart sank."

Jacob Guerrini, a junior electro-mechanical engineering technology student at the New Kensington campus, was named the 2024 Berger Scholarship recipient.

As part of our regular “We Are!” feature, we recognize 14 Penn Staters who have gone above and beyond what’s asked of them in their work at the University.   

Dr. Mary Catherine Santos, pediatric surgeon and professor of surgery and pediatrics at Penn State College of Medicine, is among an elite group of surgeon educators to be inducted membership into the American College of Surgeons Academy of Master Surgeon Educators in 2024.

Three Penn Staters were selected as finalists for the prestigious and competitive Rhodes Scholarship. Anshuta Beeram, Nate Carey and Kueyoung Kim will participate in final interviews on Nov. 15 and 16. 

Students who meet transfer requirements at Lehigh Carbon Community College are guaranteed admission to Penn State Hazleton, Lehigh Valley, Schuylkill and Wilkes-Barre.

Penn State Wilkes-Barre held its first Surveying Career Summit on Oct. 16, providing high school students interested in surveying engineering with the opportunity to visit the campus and learn more about their field of interest.

Theresa Tarves, interim associate dean for library and information services and professor of legal research, and Rebecca Mattson, interim director of the Law Library and professor of legal research, were invited to speak at the American Association of Law Libraries Annual Meeting held in Chicago, Illinois, from July 21 through July 23.

Faculty and staff in Penn State’s Law, Policy, and Engineering (LPE) initiative were recently tapped by the governor’s office to lead a two-day training program in September in Harrisburg on science and technology policy. The faculty and staff are part of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Science and Technology Policy Program, which is run by LPE and aims to improve public and environmental health, economic and social equity, and public scientific discourse in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Roebuck will discuss his past and future projects, many of which were filmed in the Lehigh Valley.

Penn State students, staff and faculty are invited to a screening of the award-winning documentary film “This is Not Financial Advice” from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Nov. 18 in the Westgate Building 2nd Floor West Atrium. 

Seven productions by Penn State communications students — several television shows, one audio event, a podcast and a short video — earned top-three finishes in the nationwide competition conducted by the College Media Association.

Offices in need of digital communications assistance for the spring 2025 semester can receive support from CommAgency, Penn State’s student-run media production agency. Clients for spring 2025 should inquire by Nov. 17, 2024.

A group of pre-teens gathers for a weekly Bible study in Argentina to memorise Scripture and share their lives with each other.

Becci shares the stories of two men in a prison in Buenos Aires. Both of them admitted their sins and accepted Jesus as their Saviour.

High school students from the region recently gathered at Penn State DuBois to participate in Discover Engineering Day, an event designed to introduce them to the vast opportunities available within the engineering field.

What kind of person does God call to the Arabian Peninsula?

Creating a getaway for Christian workers in tough places can make all the difference.

Couple goes to the Arabian Gulf for three years of adventure and income; over 30 years later, they’re still serving in the Arabian Peninsula.

Four of Fotress's properties were affected by floods. But the company said only minor flood damage and no significant structural damage has been identified so far.

Residential rental growth has reached its best levels since the pandemic started, a new report shows.

While some were writing Sandton's obituary during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, when the work-from-home phenomenon became the norm, others - like its property owners and businesses - were planning its revival.

A series of free public presentations, each focused on a different aspect of consuming news and related information, highlight a U.S. Media Literacy Week Celebration, scheduled Oct. 23 on the University Park campus, and will be held in-person and online.

The College of Education’s Staff Advisory Council is assisting the college’s alumni currently working as teachers with obtaining classroom supplies.

Ashley Patterson, associate professor of education and women’s, gender and sexuality studies at Penn State, explored the intersection between social justice, equity and education during a JEDI Collaborative speaker series event at Penn State Lehigh Valley. 

SA's financial regulator is investigating allegations that agents of online brokerage Banxso, whose licence has been suspended, contacted clients claiming it has been "cleared".

The Tennessee department of education is proposing unsually comprehensive legislation that will require all current and new K-3 teachers, and those who train them, to know evidence-based reading instruction.

As schools apply more scrutiny to the methods and materials they use to teach early reading, educators and parents in some states have started to form new advocacy efforts—trying to pressure states and districts to adopt new approaches to teacher training and evaluating materials.

A recent document signals a major change in instructional theory from the Reading Workshop creator, who previously pushed back on "phonics-centric people."

Kyle Scott (UK) joined OM Europe’s Transit Challenge Team at Transform 2010 and spent the next 6 months travelling from Italy through Southern Europe to the Balkans. After returning home for Christmas, he flew to Germany for the GO conference in January 2011, from where he joined the OM team in France. We were curious to know more…

French teens attend TeenStreet 2012 and help raise money for youth ministry in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

A church youth group sees God provide finances for the teens to attend TeenStreet Europe 2013 in Germany.

A French man met in the street prefered to live without God, thinking He would take away his freedom.

Ashley, 19, serving with OM France, shares how God led her to OM and about the ministry she’s been involved in so far.

During her three months mission trip to Paris, Madeline realised how precious it is to be a living testimony for the homeless.

A simple letter home to parents explaining a Texas 2nd grade teacher's no-homework policy has gone viral and is leading to more discussion about what's appropriate for elementary school students.

In this week's episode of SA Money Report, Fin24s sustainability expert Lameez Omarjee provides a seismic blast of information, helping us to understand what's Shell's plans are for waters off the Eastern Cape, and why people are so furious about it.

This week, SA Money Report focuses on the controversy around the appointment of Arrie Rautenbach as Absa CEO.

In a very special Steinhoff edition of SA Money Report, we examine the SA Reserve Bank’s recent surprise moves against former CEO Markus Jooste.

Bayanda Maseko lost 2 000 chickens and more than R100 000 he invested in his farm in 2022, all because of load shedding.

As the OM sports team in Bangladesh rest after the recent R4TW running and rickshaw races, they look back on last year's event.