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The inflated dome of the Mont Alto planetarium.

Hidden Gems: The Mont Alto planetarium

It might not look like much from the outside, but Mont Alto's planetarium offers a chance for the community to explore the cosmos through a variety of cultural lenses over the course of an hour — and then it's packed away and removed, like it was never there at all.
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Ellysa Cahoy and Tom Reinsfelder

Ellysa Stern Cahoy, education librarian and director of the Pennsylvania Center for the Book, and Tom Reinsfelder, head librarian at Mont Alto Campus Library, have been named Penn State University Libraries’ newest distinguished librarians.

Kali Smith and Jamal Renwrick

Student workers 'absolutely necessary to the functioning' of a campus library

Penn State students looking for meaningful work that incorporates their skills and future career goals — without leaving campus — may find that and more at Penn State University Libraries. This is the third in a series of student worker spotlights highlighting meaningful learning and working experiences at the University Libraries.
Kali Smith and Jamal Renwrick

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Kali Smith, left, and Jamal Renwrick are student workers at the Penn State Mont Alto and Abington campus libraries, respectively.