I'm fairly certain that Penn State runs on public money - tax dollars at work!
You've got that right! While they say that little of the money for academics comes from tax dollars (true, PA is not very generous with their tax dollars for state supported higher education), they get huge amounts of money for research contracts! USDA has their own office at Penn State; many departments do research for defense agencies. Lots of our money goes to them, and they bring in lots of people who want to change our way of life.