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Pennsylvania State University

The Pennsylvania State University (commonly known as Penn State or PSU) is a state-related, land-grant, space grant public research university located in the University Park area and within State College and College Township in Pennsylvania, United States. The University has 24 campuses throughout the state of Pennsylvania, including a virtual World Campus, with University Park being its largest and most prestigious campus.

Penn State University Park is ranked in the top 15 nationally for public universities and is considered a Public Ivy. The enrollment at the Penn State University Park campus is nearly 45,000 with a total enrollment of over 87,000 across its 24 campuses, placing it among the ten largest public universities in the United States. Penn State offers more than 160 majors and administers a $1.22 billion endowment (systemwide).

Pennsylvania State University Tuitions and Fees

Penn State’s Board of Trustees approved tuition rates and mandatory fees for 2010-11 on July 9, 2010. Official tuition rates effective Fall Semester 2010 are shown in the tuition schedules.

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ITS alert: Phishing campaign imitates Penn State WebAccess login page - Fri, 18 May 2012
Penn State's Information Technology Services (ITS) is warning members of the University community to be alert for a new email phishing scam designed to coerce faculty, staff and students into revealing their Penn State WebAccess login IDs and passwords. The scam email directs readers to a website that looks nearly identical to the University's ...

Women's lacrosse faces top-seeded Florida in NCAA quarterfinal - Fri, 18 May 2012
The Nittany Lion women's lacrosse team will continue its NCAA Championship journey on Saturday afternoon in a familiar place against a well-known foe. Penn State, the lone at-large team remaining in the 2012 field, will travel to Gainesville for the third time this season to face American Lacrosse Conference champion and No. 1 seed Florida (18-2) ...

Classical Music Project enters second season - Fri, 18 May 2012
The Center for the Performing Arts Classical Music Project -- soon to begin its second season -- demonstrates the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven and other classical composers is alive and well in the 21st century. The three-year Classical Music Project, supported by a $470,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation plus ...

Probing Question: What is mindfulness? - Fri, 18 May 2012
Ancient wisdom tells us to "stop and smell the roses" and to "live for the moment." Given our busy lives, it's no surprise that this advice is often easier said than done. Many of us multitask not only our physical chores, but our mental ones as well. But "being mindful -- which simply means bringing your attention to what's happening in the ...

Vilsack: Ag research and education key to prosperity, security - Thu, 17 May 2012
Investment in agricultural research doesn't benefit just the 2 percent of the population involved in farming. It's a matter of national security, job creation, energy independence and human health. That's according to U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, who visited Penn State this week (May 16) to tour College of Agricultural Sciences research ...

Track and field's Kovacs, Creese win Big Ten honors - Thu, 17 May 2012
A pair of Nittany Lion track and field standouts earned Big Ten recognition on Tuesday, as senior Joe Kovacs (Nazareth, Pa.) was named "Field Athlete of the Year," while freshman Robby Creese (Mount Airy, Md.) copped "Freshman of the Year" honors. Kovacs took top honors in the shot put in record-setting fashion at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships ...

Research focused on underground solution to greenhouse gas challenges - Thu, 17 May 2012
While many are focusing on atmospheric solutions to reduce greenhouse gases, some researchers are setting their sights on the ground -- deep underground. Li Li, an assistant professor of energy and mineral engineering at Penn State, is investigating geologic carbon sequestration (storing carbon dioxide deep beneath the surface of the Earth) as a ...

Technology convergence may widen the digital divide - Thu, 17 May 2012
Technology is helping communication companies merge telephone, television and Internet services, but a push to deregulate may leave some customers on the wrong side of the digital divide during this convergence, according to a Penn State telecommunications researcher."Moving away from copper lines is an example of abandoning obsolete ...

Founding leader of Penn State Hershey remembered - Wed, 16 May 2012
One of the founding leaders of Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, John Waldhausen, has died at the age of 82. Waldhausen was the founding chair of the Department of Surgery at the Medical Center and the College of Medicine and led the department for more than 25 years....

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture visits University Park - Wed, 16 May 2012
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack visited Penn State's University Park campus on May 16, accompanied by Cathie Woteki, the U.S. Department of Agriculture under secretary of research education. The visit included tours of research laboratories, a meeting with Penn State faculty and representatives from 4-H and FFA. The one-day visit ...