Here's your local news at a glance for Thursday, the 8th of October.
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🎭 Culture
Penn State hosts a week of cultural events from Oct.
8-15, offering concerts, theatre, art exhibits, and community festivals at University Park and other campuses. Events include in-person and virtual programs with special performances and guest lectures + interactive tours.
The Price Is Right Live will return to Bryce Jordan Center on April 21 to offer fans interactive games and prizes.
Ticket presale runs until 10 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 15 — students pay $30 with the proper code while general sales begin next week.
🎓 Education
Penn State Athletics offers students one ticket for the football game at Michigan's Big House on Oct.
17. Ticket sales start Thursday at 7 a.m. and are available via Outlook email and Ticketmaster login with one ticket per student.
Faculty at Penn State can nominate themselves or colleagues for the Institute of Energy and the Environment Research Awards that recognize breakthroughs in energy and environmental research.
Selected nominees will receive $5,000 in research funds, with submissions accepted until Friday, Nov. 20.
Penn State's College of Health and Human Development now offers a Bachelor of Science in Public Health for students to pursue careers in health care policy and research.
The new major requires an internship and emphasizes rural challenges (75% of PA is rural) to pave the way for further study.
Penn State announced seven workstream engagement sessions starting the week of Oct.
12 to invite faculty and staff for idea-sharing on teaching, research and service, and former Faculty Senate chair Frantisek Marko was named lead of the new Strategy Implementation Unit (SIU) to guide the university's transformation.
Penn State announced eight faculty-student teams have been selected for the McCourtney Presidential Public Impact Research Awards.
They will work with community organizations across the commonwealth to address challenges in health access, food security & education, building on a program started in 2024.
Penn State Extension now offers a free 360-degree stream video with its 'Brooke Meets a Stream Doctor' book, which teaches children ages 8-10 to explore stream health through hands-on activities + they can also use virtual reality headsets for deeper immersion.
The publication is available online for $18 with bulk pricing.
📰 Real Estate
Work on the Bellefonte Waterfront project has begun with fencing installed at the lot on West High & Dunlop streets.
The project will build a boutique hotel with a farm-to-table restaurant and a building for retail, condos, and a parking garage, with crews ramping up construction in coming weeks.
🏈 Sports
Penn State women’s hockey will play Syracuse on Oct.
9 and 10 while missing forwards Grace Outwater and Abby Stonehouse (at Team Canada Women’s Training Camp until Oct. 14). Coach Kampersal will use a 10-forward lineup to keep the offense strong.
After a tough loss to Ohio State, Penn State men's soccer plans to face Michigan in Ann Arbor Friday.
Coach Rob Dow said the team will work on basics and higher intensity in training plus rebuild from past mistakes to form a tighter, united squad.
Penn State women's hockey is set to face Syracuse in a two-game conference series starting soon.
Coach Jeff Kampersal says the team will rely on its freshman forwards — star players join Team Canada’s camp — after strong wins against RMU and a plan to match Syracuse’s speed on ice.
Penn State football linebacker Alex Tatsch & defensive tackle Armstrong Nnodim are listed as questionable for the upcoming White Out matchup against USC, per the Big Ten’s Wednesday report.
Their availability will affect the team’s rotation as other players are already sidelined.
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