Here's your local news at a glance for Friday, the 4th of September.
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💼 Business
Brooklyn Bodega opened last weekend on College Ave, offering a wide menu of breakfast foods, sandwiches, wraps, and other items with fair prices for college students & friendly service.
The new food spot in downtown welcomes busy locals with quick meals and late-night hours.
Local coffee expert Frank Yeager is opening Third Planet Coffee Brewers, a new multi-roaster shop at 300 S.
Allen St. in downtown mid-October. The shop will serve rotating single-origin coffees, pastries from local businesses, and monthly public coffee cuppings — enriching the local coffee scene.
🎭 Culture
Penn State celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month with a series of cultural events including the Happy Valley Latin Festival on Saturday, Sept.
12 at Martin Luther King Jr. Plaza in downtown State College. Other events—talks, art programs, an ofrenda and service projects—will run through October honoring Latinx contributions.
🎓 Education
This fall, Penn State will offer AI Essentials, a self-paced online course, and the AI Studio suite to help students learn safe AI practices.
The course gives a certificate upon completion and supports classroom and personal projects (including tools like ChatGPT and Google Gemini) for all students and staff.
Undergraduate and graduate students can apply to join Penn State’s Student Technology Advisory Representatives (STAR) group before Sept.
11; the group meets four times a semester via hybrid Zoom meetings to shape technology decisions that affect their experience.
Penn State University Press will host a free, virtual symposium for faculty, graduate students and recent graduates (registration is required) from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, Sept.
18 to explain the academic publishing process and offer practical publication strategies.
Penn State Prime will host its annual Branding Panel on Sept.
28 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the Dr. Keiko Miwa Ross Atrium at the Business Building. Panelists from Google, American Eagle Outfitters and Scholar Hotels will discuss diverse career opportunities in branding — engaging students during the event.
Award-winning historian Liz Covart, a Penn State alum, will kick off the fall Forum Speaker Series on Sept.
14 at the Penn Stater. The event features a presentation, audience questions and a buffet-style luncheon (tickets are $25) open to the campus community.
🌲 Environment
The Penn State Climate Consortium will host a series of fall events on climate challenges beginning Sept.
21 (a virtual panel on electric grid issues), continuing with a hybrid chat on climate anxiety on Oct. 12 and ending with a talk on drought lessons from Kenya on Nov. 12.
🏛️ Government
Centre County's Board of Commissioners issued a disaster emergency declaration after severe storms brought 2 to 5.5 inches of rain and caused flooding, downed trees, and road washouts on Thursday.
Emergency Management is asking residents to report damages via its online form (photo evidence is encouraged).
🏈 Sports
Penn State released a new drinking game for fans at the season opener versus Marshall on Saturday, Sept.
5 as the team debuts under head coach Matt Campbell. The game rules include various prompts for taking shots or sips based on in-game events (including nods to former coach James Franklin).
Penn State will open its 2026 season at Beaver Stadium on Saturday, Sept.
5 at 3:30 p.m. EDT against Marshall. The Nittany Lions (with new coaches and players) are expected to leverage their revamped strategy to overcome Marshall's rebuilt defense.
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