07/12/2023
Penn State research team pushes the limits of lunar innovation starting with a kitchen microwave

By Chara Fitch Penn State student Samuel Highfield holds a red-hot sample of lunar ilmenite after only 30 seconds in an ordinary microwave. Photo: Kate Myers / Penn State. “We’re an exploration species,” said Sven Bilén, Professor of Engineering Design, Electrical Engineering, and Aerospace Engineering at Penn State. From the first global explorers to the […]

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07/10/2023
Mount Nittany Health President & CEO on its commitment to growing and evolving with the Happy Valley community

By Nikki Ciecierski Kathleen Rhine, President and CEO of Mount Nittany Health Healthcare isn’t just a service, but a critical component of a thriving community. In Happy Valley, one provider has been in the game for over a century: Mount Nittany Health. With a history rooted in community care, Mount Nittany Health has become a […]

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07/10/2023
Private equity in Happy Valley: plunderers or producers?

By Timothy Kelly EnergyCAP headquarters in Boalsburg, PA. Photo by T. Kelly Is private equity ruining economic development? That’s the premise of a new book that offered a critical — to put it mildly —portrayal of private equity. “The titans call their industry private equity,” Gretchen Morgenson and Joshua Rosner wrote in “These Are the […]

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07/10/2023
Penn State-created LionGlass will cut carbon emissions in half, create energy-efficient options

By Gracie Mullan Image: Adrienne Berard / Penn State One of the largest challenges facing the glass industry today is the immense amount of carbon emissions produced by the production of glass. At least 86 million tons of carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere each year from glass manufacturing. LionGlass engineered and researched at […]

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07/04/2023
Ironman Triathlon rekindles love of Happy Valley

By Ben Lawrence Ben Lawrence in the Happy Valley Half Ironman Triathlon. Photo: Jim Valent. Call it a midlife crisis, but after a couple decades of living in Happy Valley I’d reached the point of, “meh."  Don’t get me wrong, I still marvel at our beautiful surroundings, the allure of Penn State, and – at […]

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06/30/2023
Made at Penn State: Seven inventions and discoveries that have changed the world

By Holly Riddle Current headlines tout Penn State’s prowess in all things research and innovation. In 2021, the university benefited from $993.1 million in research expenditures, with $93.1 million dedicated with industry and privately sponsored research and $610 million dedicated to federal research. Each and every year, the university ranks near-first in annual spending on […]

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