Melissa Manno


Pennsylvania State University Journalism Student, Centre Daily Times News Intern, Smeal College of Business News Intern

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'Visible and proud.' Rally, march one of many events to celebrate Pride Month at Penn State

The stairs of Old Main were draped in rainbow colors on Monday as dozens of students, staff and community members gathered for a Pride Rally & March to celebrate Penn State Pride month. Pride flags bellowed from the backs of participants as they marched from the HUB-Robeson Center to Old Main to show support for the university’s LGBTQ community in the event planned by Penn State’s Office of Sexual and Gender Diversity.
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New colleagues may be treated differently depending on attractiveness, gender

Skillset, experience, work ethic — and appearance? According to a new Penn State study, reactions to a new work team member may differ depending on the newcomer’s attractiveness and gender. The paper, co-authored by Stephen Humphrey, Alvin H. Clemens Professor of Management in the Penn State Smeal College of Business, investigates how team members engage in rebalancing actions when a newcomer joins the team, and that these actions may differ depending on the newcomer’s at
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Effort started at onset of pandemic is now an official resource for Centre County pet owners

After opening its doors during the height of the pandemic to provide pet food to community members in need, Centre County PAWS saw the tremendous demand for pet food assistance in the area. Two years later, the State College-based animal shelter has unveiled the official Virginia Walker Pet Pantry, which will continue to serve the community by providing people with a resource to obtain pet food free of charge.
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Penn State immigration law professor recognized for community leadership

Sitting in her middle school history class, Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia was captivated by law and its power to inspire social change. Now she’s at the forefront of the classroom instead of in the seats — sculpting the next generation of immigration lawyers as the founder and director of the Center for Immigrants’ Rights Clinic at Penn State Law. Wadhia, the associate dean for diversity, equity and inclusion at Penn State Law, is this year’s recipient of the Centre Foundation’s Mimi Barash Coppersmith Women in Leadership Award.
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State College native wraps up last Olympics after leading NBC's coverage for more than two decades

For the past few years, the NBC Olympic broadcast has ended with the “Remember the Titans” anthem playing over a montage of the highs and lows of the games. To viewers, it’s a tribute to the athletes, their perseverance and their accomplishments. To David Mazza, it’s a signal that his production team has made it through another Olympic Games — feeling those same emotions, the highs and the lows, of directing NBC’s coverage of the largest and most complex international sporting event in the world.
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‘You just can’t beat it.’ Penn State Thon celebrates 50 years, return to the Bryce Jordan Center

Last year at 4 a.m. during the Saturday of Thon weekend, dancer Bridget Hudson was quietly coloring in her darkened kitchen, trying her best to keep up with the lagging Penn State IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon livestream and not wake up her roommates. This year, Hudson stood at 4 a.m. Saturday performing the line dance alongside more than 650 other dancers and thousands of participants.
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‘A man of a million stories’: Penn State community mourns the loss of professor Curt Chandler

When Joe Paterno died and media students assembled at the former football coach’s statue to shoot coverage of the university’s response, Penn State Professor Curt Chandler could be found grabbing socks from his car and giving them out to students so they could finish their work in the frigid cold. To students, Chandler was a mentor willing to stay up all hours of the night to help with a project or idea. To colleagues, he was an energetic spirit that inspired others to be better to each other a
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