Penn Tower News Today

From downtown high-rise apartments to off-campus townhouses, State College’s housing scene has developed into a market with a lot to offer to Penn State students.

As October rolls around, the scramble for next year’s housing accommodations begins for Penn State students.

There are plenty of ways to keep a fresh running route around campus as the weather starts to warm up in State College.

Penn Medicine's new Pavilion on the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania's campus has broken new ground for sustainable healthcare construction and design with Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Healthcare Gold Certification.

Featured in photo (left to right): Braheem Santos, Allison Wilson-Maher, Ed Hanzel, Steve Greulich, Derek Tasch, Anne Papageorge, and Chris West

To say it’s been a whirlwind of a year for Dear Old State would be an understatement at best. What began as a promising (and normal!) year was soon derailed by the coronavirus pandemic and its countless effects. Months later, Penn Staters returned to campus to embark on what was certainly one of the strangest semesters to date. As bad as 2020 might’ve been for some, we’ve finally reached its end. Before the ball drops at midnight and we step into whatever 2021 might bring, let’s briefly...