Approximately 1,500 people attended Penn State Wilkes-Barre's solar eclipse event on April 8. The campus showcased a number of eclipse-related activities, including tours of the Friedman Observatory; a solar eclipse-themed art exhibit at the Friedman Art Gallery; craft stations; NASA's livestream of the eclipse; and a children's story time featuring "The Sky Is the Limit," a special children's book produced by the campus and illustrated by a Penn State student.
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.
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.
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.
Women's Engagement Council board members Melanie Ford, left, and Priscilla Hamilton, right, present the Mary Behrend Impact Award to Paula J. Dombrowski, the Engineer of Record for the Burke Center at Penn State Behrend.
These Weeping Japanese Cherry trees stand near an entrance to Penn State Behrend’s Reed Union Building. The trees bloom with clusters of pink, five-petal flowers.
Penn State Behrend has invested more than $1.2 million to prevent erosion and improve trails in Wintergreen Gorge, a Natural Heritage Area on and adjacent to the campus.
