- + Penn State students are helping Pennsylvania communities reduce carbon footprint —On Earth Day 2024, Penn State is recognizing more than 30 undergraduate and graduate students from the University Park campus and Penn State World Cam...
- + Mother and daughter share Penn State commencement bond -- and date—When 52-year-old Renee Gibson receives her long-awaited Penn State degree on May 4, her 22-year-old daughter Clare will be there — and she’ll be in he...
- + David M. Callejo Pérez named chancellor at Penn State Harrisburg—David M. Callejo Pérez has been named chancellor and dean of Penn State Harrisburg, effective May 1. He has served as interim chancellor and dean at t...
- + Researchers can now access their financial accounts in updated portal —Penn State’s Office of Research Information Systems has updated its researcher portal by adding a new module, called myFunds, that enables researchers...
- + Landscape architecture faculty honored by international education organization —Several faculty members of the Stuckeman School’s Department of Landscape Architecture in the College of Arts and Architecture at Penn State were hono...
- + Six Penn State faculty elected to 2023 cohort of AAAS Fellows—Six Penn State faculty members in areas ranging from neuropharmacology to computer architecture have been elected to the 2023 cohort of fellows of the...
- + Sending a 'We Are!' to these Penn Staters -- April 17—As part of our regular “We Are!” feature, we recognize 13 Penn Staters who have gone above and beyond what’s asked of them in their work at the Univer...
- + Q&A: Exploring brain-inspired engineered systems with Abhronil Sengupta —Abhronil Sengupta, the Joseph R. and Janice M. Monkowski Career Development Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering at Penn State, was granted a...
- + Climate change may affect kinship care patterns in Africa—A new study highlights the effects climate change may have on children and social support systems in Africa, a question that has received relatively l...
- + Electrical engineering professor selected as 2024-25 Fulbright Scholar for Peru—Julio Urbina, professor of electrical engineering in the Penn State College of Engineering, has been selected as a Fulbright Scholar for the 2024-25 a...
- + Novel robotic training program reduces physician errors placing central lines—More than five million central lines are placed in patients who need prolonged drug delivery, such as those undergoing cancer treatments, in the Unite...
- + Penn State, Morgan Advanced Materials partner to improve semiconductor materials—Penn State and Morgan Advanced Materials have signed a memorandum of understanding to catalyze research and development of silicon carbide, known as S...
- + Calorie restriction study reveals complexities in how diet impacts aging—Telomere length is affected when people restrict their caloric intake according to new research led by the Penn State College of Health and Human Deve...
- + Lone actors more likely to commit terrorist acts than U.S. extremist groups—Extremist groups like the Ku Klux Klan and the Proud Boys have long been an ugly undercurrent of American culture. But despite these groups’ hateful r...
- + Graduate School convenes task force to assess graduate student funding model—A task force convened by Levon T. Esters, vice provost for graduate education and dean of the Graduate School, will examine Penn State’s current gradu...
- + NSF CAREER Award enables Penn State scientist to study new 3D printing materials—An agricultural engineer in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences is embarking on research to explore using plant-based materials for 3D print...
- + April 22 EarthTalks: Sustainable and climate-resilient urban solutions—Ashish Sharma, climate and urban sustainability lead for the Discovery Partners Institute at the University of Illinois, will give the talk, “Climate ...
- + Neeli Bendapudi to host conversation with campuses on April 24—Penn State Commonwealth Campus employees and students are invited to attend an upcoming meeting hosted by Penn State President Neeli Bendapudi, Vice P...
- + Cultivating the next 'Old Willow'—With help from a team of employees in the Office of Physical Plant, Manager of Grounds Services Tom Flynn is working to ensure that the next Old Willo...
- + Page Center announces grants targeting ethics education, practice and theory—The Arthur W. Page Center for Integrity in Public Communication announced the recipients of its 2024 Page/Johnson Legacy Scholar Grants. The 17 resear...
- + Penn State, Indian Institute of Science announce seed grant program—Penn State and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) are collaborating to enhance academic and research ties through a series of workshops and a new ...
- + Tracy Langkilde appointed interim executive vice president and provost—Tracy Langkilde, the Verne M. Willaman Dean of the Eberly College of Science, has been named interim executive vice president and provost of Penn Stat...
- + Type of plastic film on high tunnels can filter sunlight, influence plant growth—High-tunnel growing systems, sometimes called hoophouses, have gained popularity for their ability to enhance growth conditions and extend the growing...
- + Gambling participation continues to increase in Pennsylvania, researchers report—Online and offline gambling has continued increasing rapidly in Pennsylvania since its legalization in 2017, according to the latest Pennsylvania Inte...
- + Free self-guided digital entrepreneurship education program now available—Invent Penn State’s LaunchBox and Innovation Network has launched a free, online, self-guided entrepreneurship education resource available to all, ti...
- + Penn State launches first Master of Social Work program—Penn State’s first master’s degree in social work will be offered online and welcome its initial group of students in the fall 2024 semester. [Link to...
- + Gift endows Grove Center for Excellence in Science Education—A gift from Penn State Eberly College of Science alumna Susan Grove and her late husband, Cada, an alumnus of the College of Education, has endowed an...
- + Photo gallery: 2024 Blue-White Game—Despite some windy conditions, an estimated 67,000 filled Beaver Stadium on April 13 for the 2024 Blue-White Game. The white team dominated the blue s...
- + Penn State celebrates the 2024 Sustainability Award winners—Penn State Sustainability has announced the 2024 recipients of its sustainability awards. These accolades, including the John Roe Sustainability Impac...
- + Probiotic feed additive boosts growth, health in poultry in place of antibiotics—Antimicrobial resistance is an increasingly serious threat for public health, and the use of antimicrobials in livestock feed has been a major contrib...
- + McDougall named Penn State Beaver chancellor, chief academic officer—Carey McDougall has been named as the new chancellor and chief academic officer of Penn State Beaver. McDougall has been serving as the campus' interi...
- + 'Fertilizer Recommendation Support Tool' to digitize crop nutrient management—A nationwide team of agricultural scientists, including researchers at Penn State, has launched a decision aid that provides an unbiased, science-base...
- + Listening lab leading soundscape analyses for United States national parks—The Department of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management in the Penn State College of Health and Human Development recently received a grant from th...
- + Spring ‘Night at the Museums’ event will be held on Thursday, April 25—The Penn State Museum Consortium will hold the spring 2024 "Night at the Museums" on April 25. Participating museums on the University Park campus wil...
- + Penn State Centre Stage to present 'Falsettos' April 18-21 at Downtown Theatre—Penn State Centre Stage will produce “Falsettos,” book by William Finn and James Lapine, music and lyrics by William Finn, and directed by Zack Steele...
- + Yellow-eyed grasses may have more insect visitors than previously thought—A team led by Penn State researchers published the first documentation of arthropods that visited yellow-eyed grasses in Guyana, a South American coun...
- + Dance professor Michele Dunleavy named 2024-25 Penn State Laureate—Michele Dunleavy, associate professor of dance in the School of Theatre, has been named the University Laureate for the 2024-25 academic year. Dunleav...
- + Q&A: Can weight loss drugs help in addiction treatment? —Faculty from the Penn State College of Medicine are among the first to investigate whether GLP-1 receptor agonist drugs could play a role in the treat...
- + Photo contest: Your favorite spring campus shot—Penn State Today is holding a photo contest for spring images on a University campus. The contest is open to students, faculty, staff, alumni, friends...
- + Things to Do at Penn State: April 11-18—Penn State Altoona's Ivyside Dance Ensemble's spring performance, "Skyline;" continued Campus Pride Month events across the commonwealth; and the annu...
- + The Medical Minute: Six organ donation facts knock down six myths—More than 103,000 people in the U.S. are awaiting new organs. Many won’t live long enough to get them. The new chief of transplant at Penn State Healt...
- + Rock permeability, microquakes link may be a boon for geothermal energy—Using machine learning, researchers at Penn State have tied low magnitude microearthquakes to the permeability of subsurface rocks beneath the Earth, ...
- + Penn State continues strong showing in 2024 QS World University Rankings by Subject—Penn State ranked in 49 out of 55 subjects in the 2024 World University Rankings by Subject, released April 10 by London-based QS, one of the major th...
- + Old Willow to be replanted on Old Main lawn April 19—After three years of growing in an on-campus nursery, the fourth generation Old Willow, one of Penn State’s most historically significant trees, is sc...
- + 'One Night on Broadway' returns to Centre Stage, May 13—Penn State Centre Stage Broadway alumni will return home for "One Night on Broadway," Monday, May 13, at the Penn State Downtown Theatre. The evening ...
- + Q&A: New technology may help identify neuromotor disease symptoms in infants—A team of researchers led by Huanyu "Larry" Cheng, the James L. Henderson, Jr. Memorial Associate Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics at Pe...
- + Election of trustees by alumni begins April 10—Penn State alumni can begin casting their ballots for alumni representatives on the University's Board of Trustees starting today (April 10). Voting c...
- + Palmer Museum of Art’s new building pairs art and nature—The Palmer Museum of Art’s new 73,000-square-foot building opens to visitors on June 1. The state-of-the-art facility, located within The Arboretum at...
- + Photo gallery: Penn State campuses observe, celebrate rare solar eclipse —A number of Penn State campuses hosted watch events and educational activities surrounding the solar eclipse on April 8. One campus — Penn State Behre...
- + Variety of activities planned for Blue-White Weekend, April 12-14—Fans who attend the 2024 Blue-White Game, presented by Highmark, will have a variety of activities to participate in throughout the weekend. The Blue-...
- + Disparities in sleep health and insomnia may begin at a young age—Children and teens from racial and ethnic minority groups are disproportionately affected by persistent insomnia symptoms that begin in childhood and ...
- + Hidden Gems: The Arboretum at Penn State Behrend—Many of Penn State's campuses offer dedicated space for gardens. At Penn State Behrend, the entire campus serves as an arboretum, where visitors can t...
- + Size of salty snack influences eating behavior that determines amount consumed—The size of an individual snack piece not only influences how fast a person eats it, but also how much of it they eat, according to a new study led by...
- + Penn State Lehigh Valley names Alexis Havlicsek spring 2024 student marshal—In May, Alexis Havlicsek, a project and supply chain management major from Allentown, will lead the procession of Penn State Lehigh Valley graduates a...
- + Penn State advocacy is crucial on Capital Day On Campus—Capital Day On Campus at University Park returns from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday, April 12, at the Monumental Staircase in the HUB-Robeson Center to ...
- + Got eclipse questions? Eberly experts have the answers—What is an eclipse? What will totality look like? Can I photograph the solar eclipse with my smartphone? These are questions that individuals across N...
- + Forty graduate students honored with prestigious University awards —Forty Penn State graduate students were named recipients of Penn State’s most prestigious annual graduate student recognition awards, administered by ...
- + New sunflower family tree reveals multiple origins of flower symmetry—A new sunflower family tree, using skimmed genomes to increase the number of species sampled, revealed that flower symmetry evolved multiple times ind...
- + Things to Do at Penn State: April 4-11—"Bernarda Alba," iLuminate at Penn State York, and the Happy Valley Animation Festival are among the cultural events taking place across Penn State th...
- + Silicon Carbide Innovation Alliance to drive industrial-scale semiconductor work—Penn State recently launched the Silicon Carbide Innovation Alliance, which aims to be a coalition of industry leaders, academic institutions and gove...
- + Students set to produce live newscast with coverage of solar eclipse April 8—Two on-location student teams highlight a special edition of “Centre County Report” that will air at 3 p.m. Monday, April 8, providing coverage of the...
- + In the evolution of walking, the hip bone connected to the rib bones—A research team including a Penn State biologist completed a new reconstruction of the skeleton of Tiktaalik, the 375-million-year-old fossil fish tha...
- + Penn State Athletics announces new football student season ticket sale procedure—The 2024 Penn State student football season ticket sale will see a process change in an effort to offer an equal opportunity for all eligible students...
- + Sending a 'We Are!' to these Penn Staters -- Week of April 1—As part of our regular “We Are!” feature, we recognize 13 Penn Staters who have gone above and beyond what’s asked of them in their work at the Univer...
- + Stuckeman students connect with Pa. community to revitalize waterfront area—Upper-level Penn State architecture students in a directed research studio with Lisa Iulo, associate professor and director of the Hamer Center for Co...
- + First longitudinal study of industry payments to U.S. physicians—According to a new analysis, a team led by a Penn State researcher found that doctors received approximately $12.1 billion from drug and device makers...
- + Taipei Tech and Penn State expand on multidimensional partnership—Penn State hosted a delegation from the National Taipei University of Technology on March 25-26. [Link to media]
- + Penn State students take action during Capital Day in Harrisburg—More than 150 Penn State students traveled to Harrisburg to advocate for fair funding for Penn State during Capital Day, the University's single-large...
- + April brings Earth Month takeover across University Park campus and others—Penn State students, staff, faculty and community members have the chance to participate in activities across campus during the month of April, when E...
- + Estate gift will support women in mathematics at Penn State—Penn State alumnus Robert Dezube and his wife, Gail, have made a $750,000 estate commitment to create two scholarships in the Eberly College of Scienc...
- + Butterfly-inspired AI technology takes flight —When it comes to mating, two things matter for Heliconius butterflies: the look and the smell of their potential partner. The black and orange butterf...
- + Penn State Equine Science Showcase and Quarter Horse Sale returns April 27—The 22nd annual Penn State Equine Science Showcase and Quarter Horse Sale kicks off April 27 in the Snider Agricultural Arena at the University Park c...
- + College of IST celebrates 25 years with Berkey Creamery flavor sponsorship—The College of IST is marking its 25th anniversary with a Penn State Berkey Creamery flavor sponsorship, named “IST Celebrates 25 Death By Chocolate,"...
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