State College
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Penn State freshman Gavin McKenna, 18, was arraigned Wednesday and released on $20,000 unsecured bail, according to the State College Police Department.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2026
Cannon was born in New York City and raised in Reno, Nev., where he attended the University of Nevada in Reno and later San Francisco State College.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2025
Other co-authors include Jiangang Liao, professor of public health sciences at Penn State College of Medicine, and Camille Moeckel, a fourth-year medical student and research associate at Penn State College of Medicine.
From Science Daily • Nov. 16, 2025
To understand just how remarkable Saturday’s game became, as it approached midnight in State College, Pa., you first have to understand just how dull it was just after kickoff some four hours earlier.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 28, 2025
Shortly thereafter it would be called West Virginia State College and begin granting four-year degrees.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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