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Students in Tracey Carbonetto and Alison Bonner’s Engineering Design 100 class at Penn State Lehigh Valley examine steel production at SteelStacks and the Hoover Mason Trestle in South Bethlehem.

a collage of dark brown and bright red folk art pieces

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"A Fly on the Wall, A Story Untold: Objects Imbued with the Human Soul," an exhibit featuring a selection of pieces from Vincent DiCicco’s private folk art collection, will be on display at the Ronald K. De Long Gallery at Penn State Lehigh Valley from Feb. 10 to April 26.

a collage of dark brown and bright red folk art pieces

Folk Art_2025

"A Fly on the Wall, A Story Untold: Objects Imbued with the Human Soul," an exhibit featuring a selection of pieces from Vincent DiCicco’s private folk art collection, will be on display at the Ronald K. De Long Gallery at Penn State Lehigh Valley from Feb. 10 to April 26.

Fire Through Dry Grass promotional poster showing four men in assisted chairs

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Penn State Sustainability and WPSU are hosting this online film screening of “Fire Through Dry Grass” at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 12, online via Zoom. The film details the experience of disabled African American artists in a New York City nursing home trying to survive during the COVID-19 pandemic and highlighting the disproportionate impacts the pandemic had on communities of color and those with health preconditions. A panel discussion will follow featuring experts from Penn State about lessons from COVID-19 about the social determinants of health and how we can better support community health for all. Free and open to all campuses to attend. Pre-registration is required at this link.

Adrian Miller and text that reads Black Chefs in the White House

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American culinary historian, lawyer and public policy adviser Adrian Miller will offer an engaging and educational journey through the lives of African Americans who have served as cooks for U.S. presidents, "Black Chefs in the White House," at 7-8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 26, via Zoom and also in-person at the Paul Robeson Cultural Center Library in the HUB. More information and registration at this link.

A white woman sits straight on a floor stage next to a Black woman sitting in a chair.

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The Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State has been approved by the National Endowment for the Arts for a Grants for Arts Projects award to support “What Does PURPLE Sound Like?” by Sydnie L. Mosley Dances.