NEW YORK: Penn State University has confirmed it is no longer working with Ketchum on crisis communications.

The university's board of trustees hired Ketchum in November to manage communications after the indictment of Jerry Sandusky, the former defensive coordinator of its football team. Sandusky has been charged with sexually abusing minors over a period of years.

“Part of the initial need was assisting us with the hundreds of reporters who descended on campus during the first weeks of the story ...