Good morning, State College.

Residents are invited to four-day ShelterFest, a fundraiser with live music and food (with donation options) from Out of the Cold to support Centre County’s only low-barrier shelter.

The event runs from Thursday, Aug. 6 to Sunday, Aug. 9 at four local venues.

Set to run from Aug. 11 to 13, Penn State's Ag Progress Days will debut the FIRA Robotics Village, where visitors will see robotics & automation on display at the Russell E.

Larson Agricultural Research Center near State College. The exhibit aims to boost farm efficiency and address labor gaps.

TransducerWorks opened its new 30,000 sqft manufacturing facility at 122 Homan Lane in Centre Hall on July 22 to consolidate four sites and triple production capacity + support local job growth.

Penn State scientists’ three projects received Phase I DOE funding for the Genesis Mission initiative, announced on July 22 in Washington (supporting breakthroughs in AI, chemistry and manufacturing) while the university partners on the first Phase II Prometheus award.

Researchers at Penn State have shown that a simple mixture of particles in a viscous liquid can store memories of stirring direction and rocking amplitude while those memories interfere with each other.

The study, featured in Physical Review Letters, may help improve material designs that respond predictably to environmental changes.

Penn State’s Center for Black Digital Research will add almost 400 new Colored Conventions records to its digital archive from an Andrew W.

Mellon Foundation grant, highlighting the project’s role in discussions over birthright citizenship. P. Gabrielle Foreman said the update will boost access to key 19th-century documents.

Penn State has been awarded $20 million by NSF to lead one of 20 teams in developing an AI enabled programmable cloud laboratory for materials discovery.

Led by Professor Joan Redwing with 20 industry and academic partners, the project will run for four years and boost research and innovation in thin film technology.

Brooke Jordan, a senior at Bellisario College, began an internship at BritBox in New York City in early June to build on her studies and gain real-world communications experience at BBC Studios before returning to Happy Valley for her final year.

A Centre Area Transportation Authority bus stop at 501 Vairo Boulevard was fitted with bird-friendly film on Thursday as part of a project with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service — aided by local volunteers — that aims to reduce bird collisions and protect species such as the golden-winged warbler.

Penn State women's soccer hired Drew Williams as assistant coach less than a month before the season opener.

Williams (formerly at Eastern Kentucky and Whitworth University) will support head coach Erica Dambach as the team prepares for games starting Aug. 16 in South Bend and Aug. 27 at home.

Penn State men's basketball coach Mike Rhoades met with media via Zoom Tuesday to discuss the offseason overhaul.

He detailed new training methods and team-building activities (including cooking classes and a paintball tournament) to boost team chemistry for the upcoming season.