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Aliya Karim, a pre-med student at University Park who is from Ghana, takes a soil sample on the University Park campus. Karim, who served as an undergraduate mentor in the EnvironMentors program last year, researched the effects of soil health on microbial diversity along with high schooler Fatima Nadeem (not pictured).

Members of a band hold instruments while standing around a black car

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The musicians of Las Cafeteras — Jose Cano, Denise Carlos, David Flores, Hector Flores, Daniel French, and Leah Gallegos — fashion a patchwork quilt of “urgent, relevant music” with infectious live performances. Las Cafeteras will present a performance at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 10, in Eisenhower Auditorium at University Park.

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Legendary labor organizer Dolores Huerta, cofounder with César Chávez of the United Farm Workers, spoke at Penn State in September 2019 during National Hispanic Heritage Month, and inaugurated the University's annual Dolores Huerta Day of Service.

Members of a band hold instruments while standing around a black car

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The musicians of Las Cafeteras — Jose Cano, Denise Carlos, David Flores, Hector Flores, Daniel French, and Leah Gallegos — fashion a patchwork quilt of “urgent, relevant music” with infectious live performances. Las Cafeteras will present a performance at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 10, in Eisenhower Auditorium at University Park.

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The lawn at Penn State's Old Main was adorned with 2,977 American flags during an event hosted by the College Republicans on the evening of Sept. 9. The flags will remain on the lawn through the weekend to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the United States. Each flag on the lawn represents one victim of the attacks.