Thousands of visitors crowded into the soccer/lacrosse complex at Penn State Behrend, in Erie, to view the eclipse in totality. Cheers rippled across the field as the sun’s corona became visible.
A spectator gazes at the eclipse during a watch event at the Medlar Field at Lubrano Park at University Park campus on April 8. The SolarFest event, hosted by the Eberly College of Science, drew a record crowd of 8,411. The University Park campus was in the path of 95% totality for the solar eclipse.
The Eberly College of Science hosted its SolarFest event at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park at the University Park campus on April 8. In addition to interactive science-themed displays for attendees, the event included the members of the Penn State Students for the Exploration and Development of Space leading multiple rocket launches.
Penn State Altoona’s Ivyside Pride choral group will offer its spring performance, “Sunrise Over Broadway,” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday, April 18 and 19, in the Wolf Kuhn Theatre of the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts. Both performances are free and open to the public.
Silhouette of Penn State Shenango student Gianna Effinite during totality of the solar eclipse. As a result of the near-complete darkness, the campus light posts and the Nittany Lion Shrine turned on.
Kerrie Coleman, assistant teaching professor in nursing at Penn State Altoona, has written the book “Nursing Theory, a Practical Tool for the Advanced Practice Nurse in the Post-Pandemic Era.”