Author: Penn State Live
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Penn State Student Town Hall Forum Video
Read more: Penn State Student Town Hall Forum VideoUniversity Park, PA Those who missed the Penn State Town Hall Forum held on the University Park campus on Wednesday, Nov. 30, can view the event at http://youtu.be/xFYbgDrztTM online or inline below. The event, hosted by Penn State’s University Park Undergraduate Association (UPUA), Council of Commonwealth Student Governments (CCSG) and Graduate Student Association (GSA), was designed to provide a forum for students to engage University administrators in an open discussion about the recent events at the University Park campus. Penn State President Rodney Erickson, along with other key administrators at the University, fielded questions from a capacity crowd of students…
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NCAA to Launch Investigation of Penn State Athletic Programs
Read more: NCAA to Launch Investigation of Penn State Athletic ProgramsUniversity Park, PA Penn State has learned via letter from NCAA President Mark Emmert that the governing body of collegiate sports will launch an investigation of the University’s athletic programs in the wake of allegations of sexual abuse by a former assistant coach and charges of perjury against to two senior University officials. “I am writing to notify you that the NCAA will examine Penn State’s exercise of institutional control over its intercollegiate athletics programs, as well as the actions, and inactions, of relevant responsible personnel,” Emmert wrote. “We recognize that there are ongoing federal and state investigations and the…
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Study Looks at Water Quality in Private Wells Near Marcellus Drilling
Read more: Study Looks at Water Quality in Private Wells Near Marcellus DrillingUNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A study of more than 200 drinking-water wells near Marcellus Shale natural-gas wells in 20 counties did not find statistically significant evidence of contamination from hydraulic fracturing — a process used by gas drillers to release natural gas using a high-pressure mixture of water, sand and chemical additives. The study was conducted by researchers and extension educators in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences. The research was funded by the state General Assembly’s Center for Rural Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Water Resources Research Center at Penn State. A free online seminar focusing on the study results…
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Marcellus Research Network to Track Water Quality
Read more: Marcellus Research Network to Track Water QualityUNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Development of a database that will be able to track potential impacts of Marcellus Shale activity on water quality is the focus of a new $750,000 research collaboration led by Penn State researchers. Funded by the National Science Foundation, the Marcellus Shale Research Network will consolidate and routinely update water data being collected by watershed groups, government agencies, industry stakeholders and universities as a searchable database. The project also will facilitate and train additional community groups in how to organize, collect and interpret water data. “Significant data collection is occurring throughout the Marcellus Shale region, but…
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‘Big Ten Icons’ episode on Joe Paterno debuts Saturday
Read more: ‘Big Ten Icons’ episode on Joe Paterno debuts SaturdayThursday, October 13, 2011 UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A new episode of Big Ten Icons airs at 4 p.m. Saturday on Big Ten Network with a profile of legendary Penn State football coach Joe Paterno. The episode is the third of 12 installments of the series, hosted by Hall of Fame sports broadcaster Keith Jackson. The show includes new one-on-one interviews with Paterno, his son Jay, Tom Bradley, Fran Ganter, Michael Robinson, Adam Taliaferro, Larry Johnson, Matt Millen, Bob White, Steve Jones, Bobby Bowden, Glen Mason and others. Watch a preview at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_RZr9AFvH0 The show will debut shortly after the…
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How Well Do We Predict Floods?
Read more: How Well Do We Predict Floods?By Melissa Beattie-Moss Research/Penn State There was no Ark involved and it didn’t last 40 days — but when the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee dumped more rain on the already saturated Northeast, the result was the Susquehanna River’s worst flooding in nearly 40 years. Thousands were evacuated, a number of lives were lost, and damage to homes and businesses is said to be in the hundreds of millions of dollars. Given that floods are the most common natural disaster in the United States, could we be doing more to predict them and safeguard flood-prone communities? “We are continuing to…