Pennsylvania State University

Looking for low-cost alternatives, he called Pennsylvania State University lighting expert, associate architectual engineering Prof. Richard Mistrick, who'd helped earlier with lamp design.

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"I was pinned to the wall," recalls the Pennsylvania State University researcher, who would no sooner wield a telescope to seek out planets than he would consult an astrologer.

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Joe Paterno, the longtime football coach at Pennsylvania State University who was fired Nov. 9 amid sex-abuse allegations against a former assistant coach, has lung cancer, Mr. Paterno's son said Friday.

Paterno Diagnosed With Lung Cancer Rachel Bachman 2011

Even in the wake of the sexual-abuse scandal that rocked the campus in the thick of college-application season, Pennsylvania State University's Smeal College of Business is seeing a significant uptick in applications for both its undergraduate and M.B.A. programs this year.

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—Former Pennsylvania State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky unexpectedly waived his right to a preliminary hearing— avoiding confrontation with his accusers—and entered a not guilty plea Tuesday.

Sandusky Avoids His Accusers John W. Miller 2011

Pennsylvania State University, reeling from accusations that it ignored warnings about an alleged child molester on campus, denies that it turned a blind eye to sex-abuse allegations against an employee in a separate matter.

Penn State Confronts Second Abuse Claim James R. Hagerty 2011

—Two former Pennsylvania State University administrators will be tried on charges of perjury for allegedly misleading the grand jury investigating accusations of child molestation by former football coach Jerry Sandusky, a county judge ruled Friday.

Sandusky Accuser Testifies John W. Miller 2011

In a statement Tuesday, Pennsylvania State University said funding cuts would be "devastating" and require budget cuts, layoffs and higher tuition.

Pennsylvania Budget Cuts Hit Education James R. Hagerty 2011

Greg Hoover, an entomologist at Pennsylvania State University, says there was none in 2009 or 2010, which means the arrival of this year's Brood XIX "could kind of come as a surprise to people."

World's largest cicada brood begins hatching in the South 2011

Mrs. Kelly, a 62-year-old Pittsburgh native, isn't running for attorney general in 2012, and the Pennsylvania State University sex-abuse scandal is expected to last at least a year.

Prosecutor Won't Handle Penn State Case Through Trial John W. Miller 2011