Following a spoken word honoring the power of Black women by Senior Biobehavioral Health Major, Ke’ira Williams, and a welcome from Lecturer in History, Johnathan White, Penn State Greater Allegheny’s fourth annual Crossing Bridges Summit…
Penn State Greater Allegheny debuts its fourth year of The Crossing Brides Summit (CBS) with the speaker series “Medical Perspectives on Black Women’s Health,” on Thursday, Oct. 15 at 3 p.m. The virtual event is…
Penn State President, Eric J. Barron, this week, joined with the presidents of the University of Pittsburgh and Temple University to voice support for mask-wearing and mitigation efforts put in place by Pennsylvania Gov. Tom…
University Park–Penn State has learned through family and friends that Juan Garcia, a 21-year-old College of Earth and Mineral Sciences student from Allentown, died June 30 of respiratory failure and COVID-19. His death is the…
Editor’s Note: The following letter was originally published in the Penn State News, June 19, 2020 Dear Penn State Community: Today, as many of you know, is Juneteenth — a day that not only commemorates…
Editor’s Note: The Spanish Flu pandemic lasted from 1918 to the end of 1920. It infected 500 million people worldwide, and the death toll is estimated to have been anywhere from17 million to 50 million, making…
McKeesport, PA- McKeesport, during the past 30 years has hit an all-time low. From the heyday of steel in the 1950s, 1960s and part of the 1970s, the city has seen better days. But don’t…
In the city of McKeesport, Vicky Giddens, called “Vicky’s Soul Grill” opened a catering business, thanks to The Mon Valley Launchbox. The Launchbox is an organization formed by Penn State to prospective entrepreneurs and small business owners to make their…
This is part two of a three-part series on the Mon Valley, its history, Penn State Greater Allegheny’s involvement in its revitalization, and the story of people who are affecting change. In this installment of…
On a cold day in November, during the 65th anniversary year of WQED, it was a kindness and cardigan day, both of which came with a warm welcome. Cardigan Day helps resemble the man that…