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Editor’s note: This piece was last updated at 12:07 p.m.  DeKALB – At approximately 12:15 p.m. Friday, the Stevenson Tower A fire alarm sounded and students evacuated out of the residence hall. According to an email sent to students by Housing and Residential Services, the fire started at the mechanical room in the basement. Damage...

Editor’s note: This piece was last updated at 5:00 p.m.  DeKALB – At approximately 12:15 p.m. the Stevenson Tower A fire alarm sounded and students evacuated out of the residence hall. According to an email sent to students by Housing and Residential Services, the fire started at the mechanical room in the basement. Damage was...

Florida International Universitys Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management appoints hospitality alumnus John McKibbon ’75 as Chair of the Dean’s Executive Advisory Board (EAB) with fellow alumna, Norma Becker ’82 as Vice Chair. In addition, it welcomes a new board member, Matias Pesce, MSF ’18, CEO of Vida & Estilo, a Miami and Las Vegas-based restaurant and hotel hospitality group. The trio and 18 other board members will continue to advise Michael Cheng, dean of the C...

With Penn State finals week on the horizon, students are getting ready for the pressure of exam season with their regular caffeine fix.

Ocean Park in Hong Kong plans to develop glamping and zip-lining facilities in order to reposition itself as a holiday resort.

The HUB’s legendary Chick-fil-A Express location will close at the end of the spring semester after the company chose not to renew the university’s franchise agreement without converting it to a full-service restaurant. According to Penn State, a conversion would’ve required “a significant change” in the restaurant’s footprint, on top of steep costs. Next fall, Chick-fil-A will be replaced with a Slim Chickens franchise. The Arkansas-based chain, first founded in 2003, currently h...

Slim Chickens to open express location in HUB-Robeson Center fall 2021 Slim Chickens, a fast casual restaurant franchise, will open an express location in the HUB-Robeson Center on Penn State’s University Park campus in fall 2021.Image: Patrick Mansell Slim Chickens to open express location in HUB-Robeson Center fall 2021 March 17, 2021 UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Slim Chickens, a fast casual restaurant franchise, will open an express location in the HUB-Robeson Center on Penn State’s Universi...