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The Chance to Wrestle

Posted on November 14, 2024

Girls are stepping onto the mat in record numbers, making wrestling the fastest-growing high school sport in the country. In this WPSU original documentary, Pennsylvania high school girl wrestlers try to find their footing in a historically male-dominated sport. Continue »

 

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Learning Grief

Posted on October 30, 2024

Learning Grief is a free online resource created to help you support kids and teens navigate the big feelings that come with loss. Whether you’re a mentor, coach, youth leader, educator, or caregiver, you can use these tools to learn and model effective support—teaching kids how to navigate tough times and how to be there […] Continue »

 

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Speaking Grief

Posted on May 5, 2022

Speaking Grief explores the transformative experience of losing a family member in a grief-avoidant society. It validates grief as a normal, healthy part of the human experience rather than a problem that needs to be “fixed.” It also addresses the role that support from friends and family plays in a person’s grief experience, offering guidance on how to show up for people in their darkest moments. Continue »

 

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Telling Amy’s Story

Posted on April 1, 2022

Hosted by actress and advocate Mariska Hargitay, and told by Detective Deirdri Fishel, Telling Amy’s Story follows the timeline of a domestic violence homicide. Continue »

 

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A Time To Heal

Posted on March 14, 2022

This WPSU documentary explores the impact of the Vietnam War on the lives of Pennsylvanians who fought, protested, or prayed for their loved ones to come home alive. Continue »

 

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Pennsylvania Folklore: Woven Together

Posted on January 21, 2022

Explore some of the many textile arts that can be found throughout the state, examining the traditions behind them and the motivations of the craftspeople creating them. Continue »

 

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Making the Blue Band

Posted on December 14, 2021

The Penn State Blue Band is one of the nation's premier college marching bands. Follow eight freshmen hopefuls through auditions, cuts, and the grueling days of band camp to find out who has what it takes to make the band. Continue »

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Why We Dance: The Story of THON

Posted on November 27, 2021

Why We Dance: The Story of THON is a documentary project that chronicles the student-run philanthropy, THON, and the children, families, and students who are changed by their experience. Continue »

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Water Blues Green Solutions

Posted on October 17, 2021

Water Blues Green Solutions tells stories from across the country of communities that are adopting new ways of thinking about how to protect, restore, and preserve our rivers and sources of drinking water. Continue »

 

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Science U at Home Special

Posted on September 26, 2021

In this public television special, campers, mentors and instructors at the Penn State Science-U summer science camp show off the ways parents and caregivers can bring the wonder of science home to kids. Continue »

 

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Thrift Shop Chef

Posted on November 8, 2017

Host Satchel Mantz finds unique kitchen devices in area thrift shops and then uses those tools, along with locally-sourced ingredients, to create incredible meals that you can prepare in your own home. Continue »

 

Managing Risk in a Changing Climate

Managing Risk in a Changing Climate

Posted on April 20, 2017

Examine one of humanity’s most pressing challenges through the lens of the many academic disciplines needed to address the impacts and surrounding economic, social, and environmental issues that come with managing risk in a changing climate. Continue »

 

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You Can’t Say That

Posted on April 9, 2015

Experience a class where people say the things you aren’t supposed to say; where students participate in a quiet revolution toward cross-cultural understanding; where the philosophy is simple: conversation can change the world. Continue »