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Provost Endorsement Program highlights experiential learning and sustainability

September 06, 2025

Penn State Altoona professor emeritus to be honored as musician of the year

September 06, 2025

Person standing inside ARL looking at the camera with a plant in the background.

Penn State researcher awarded $1.6 million for additive manufacturing project

September 05, 2025

Three images connected by arrows: a person doing yoga, the same person walking two dogs on a boardwalk, the same person sitting on a couch looking at his phone.

Innovative methods of studying brain health, cognition topic of upcoming lecture

September 04, 2025

slide displays two researcher headshots and lecture titles

IST announces Research Talks series for fall 2025 semester

September 04, 2025

Praveen Veerabhadrappa

Berks professor honored with International Cardiology Congress speaker award

September 04, 2025

Penn State Altoona English professor to present poetry reading and workshop

September 03, 2025

Two girls work on a wind turbine while seated on a wood floor.

$5M NSF grant to enhance elementary STEM education in Mid-Atlantic

September 02, 2025

A man sitting at a lab desk with research equipment surrounding him.

Andrew Patterson named Huck associate director for shared and core facilities

September 01, 2025

Penn State Altoona professor publishes anthology of work poems on Labor Day

September 01, 2025

TLT recognizes new Penn State faculty for enhancing teaching with technology

August 29, 2025

Penn State Altoona professor accepted to attend symposium

August 28, 2025

A photo of Jeff King with sunglasses and a hat, sitting on a boat.

Volunteer, philanthropist Jeff King: Remembering a Penn State legend

August 28, 2025

Elia Merzari named associate head of Penn State’s nuclear engineering department

August 26, 2025

Lisa Gatzke-Kopp

Lisa Gatzke-Kopp named head of human development and family studies

August 26, 2025

An image of the Penn State seal

Nomination process now open for Evan Pugh University Professorships

August 25, 2025

A very hot red sun shines in the sky during a heatwave.

Q&A: Using science to help homeowners beat the heat during extreme weather

August 25, 2025

photo portrait of smiling woman

University Libraries associate dean selected as 2025 ARL Leadership Fellow

August 22, 2025

11 college professors outside campus building

College of Information Sciences and Technology welcomes 11 new faculty members

August 21, 2025

Research Professor Cheryl Keller

New director appointed at Huck Institutes Genomics Core

August 21, 2025

A split-screen image of a folded piece of paper in the style or origami.

Interactive art exhibition focusing on the ‘new’ nomadic culture opens Aug. 29

August 21, 2025

Mechanical engineering professor receives national aerospace education award

August 20, 2025

People standing behind a table

Faculty, students support Pa. nonprofits’ cybersecurity and develop career skills

August 20, 2025

The sensor being held in a lab by two blue gloves. You can see the hydrogel technology inside.

Breaking a sweat: Using chloride in sweat to help diagnose cystic fibrosis

August 20, 2025

Two associate professors pose for headshots after being elected to the grade of Fellow from ASME.

American Society of Mechanical Engineers names two Penn State faculty as fellows

August 19, 2025

group of nine adults wearing business attire in conference room

IST makes a statement on AI education at national computing conference

August 19, 2025

Jon Nese, Marisa Ferger, and Ben Reppert

Penn State wins four Professional Keystone Media Awards

August 19, 2025

EMS faculty member joins effort to train early-career scientists in Africa

August 17, 2025

W. Larry Kenney

Heat, health expert named lead of IEE's 'Health and the Environment' theme

August 11, 2025

People standing outside, watching drone fly up into the Alaskan air. Green grass all around with no mountains of any kind in the background.

Q&A: How permanent is permafrost with increasing temperatures?

August 11, 2025

individual wearing coat outside talks on phone.

Conversations remotely detected from cellphone vibrations, researchers report

August 08, 2025

faculty with plaque

Rural sociologist Florence Becot honored by agricultural safety, health society

August 08, 2025

A picture of a passing zone in the rural Northeast United States.

Overtaking the odds: Do passing zones make rural roads safer?

August 07, 2025

A picture of a concrete bridge deteriorating over time.

Q&A: Can minerals compromise concrete structures?

August 06, 2025

Portrait photo of a person in front of a window

Q&A: Can a city be a research partner?

August 06, 2025

James Herbert, professor emeritus of counselor education, and rehabiliation and human services

A legacy of listening: Education professor retires after 39 years of service

August 06, 2025

Black and navy blue outlines show imaging of brain and other scans, AI, and more.

Institute for Computational and Data Sciences awards 56 research projects

August 04, 2025

Professor of Anthropology David Puts

New associate director for graduate education at Huck Institutes named

August 04, 2025

Leanne Nedza (left), lecturer in criminal justice, and Scott Muirhead (right), lecturer in business administration, photographed on the campus of Penn State DuBois. Both were recognized for their innovative teaching efforts with the inaugural Teaching and Learning with Technology (TLT) New Faculty Recognition Award.

Penn State DuBois faculty receive inaugural TLT Award for Teaching Innovation

August 01, 2025

ASABE honors professor

National society honors ag and biological professor for inclusion efforts

August 01, 2025

Guido Cervone, Penn State Institute for Computational and Data Sciences (ICDS) interim director, poses for a photo on a boat.

Guido Cervone named Institute for Computational and Data Sciences director

July 30, 2025

Portrait of a person wearing glasses and a bowtie

Nursing associate dean re-elected president of National Black Nurses Association

July 30, 2025

A group of people at tables watch a presentation on big screens

Harrisburg, College of Medicine faculty awarded grants for collaborations

July 30, 2025

Illustration of a computer head spewing letters

Q&A: How are researchers optimizing AI systems for science?

July 30, 2025

Melanie McReynolds

Melanie McReynolds receives US National Science Foundation CAREER Award

July 30, 2025

College of Ag Sciences names first cohort of Land Grant Research Impact Fellows

July 28, 2025

Two people stand in front of a stand-up banner in a conference setting

Startup works to detect respiratory illnesses through vocal patterns

July 25, 2025

Two people looking at the camera and holding an award

Penn State’s Yang Yang honored for atomic-level understanding of materials

July 25, 2025

Four people stand in front of machinery in a lab

$2M DARPA grant funds technology development for force-detecting sensors

July 24, 2025

Picture of oyster shell desposits in ground

Q&A: Discarded ancient 'trash' now protecting Georgia barrier islands

July 24, 2025

An indoors portrait of an individual wearing a suit and tie.

Director named for College of Engineering’s Larson Transportation Institute

July 22, 2025

Two professional portraits

$2.6M NIH grant to fund new microbiome sciences training program at Penn State

July 22, 2025

Faculty complete regional training to strengthen online and accessible teaching

July 21, 2025

Penn State Global staff member completes Fulbright experience in Japan

July 21, 2025

Portrait of Mariah Harmon in front of gray background. She is wearing glasses and a black-and-yellow shirt.

Q&A: Does centering experience improve teacher education?

July 21, 2025

Peter Heaney and Mara Grigore

Q&A: Professor emeritus reflects on his research, teaching career in geosciences

July 18, 2025

Vahid Motevalli

Penn State Harrisburg's Motevalli selected for 2025 Becoming a Provost Academy

July 18, 2025

photo portrait of woman with short, straight black hair

Hosoi named university librarian at University of California, Riverside

July 16, 2025

Student examines soil in New Mexico

College of Ag Sciences grant program supports student learning, experiences

July 16, 2025

woman stands in front of chalk board speaking to crowd

Penn State Berks professor honored with Global Lifetime Achievement Award

July 16, 2025

Three people crossing their arms pose for a photo.

When dreams turn dark: Neuroscientists to study nightmares and mental health

July 16, 2025

Mahmut Kandemir named interim head of Department of Computer Science and Engineering

July 15, 2025

Lion Shrine and Shield outline with blue overlay

Grant to help establish AI, health research lab at Harrisburg

July 15, 2025

A group of students sits around a table in a library or classroom setting, engaged in discussion and writing. Two instructors stand with them, smiling and interacting. Bookshelves, chairs, and a clock are visible in the background, suggesting an academic or collaborative learning environment.

Penn State Altoona faculty lead students in collaborative poetry project

July 08, 2025

Yaw Agawu-Kakraba

In brief: Penn State Altoona professor publishes second novel

July 08, 2025

Head of Nittany Lion Shrine

Four selected for inaugural Next-Gen Innovators Fellowship at Penn State

July 07, 2025

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A group of faculty in a classroom during a training

Provost Endorsement Program highlights experiential learning and sustainability

September 06, 2025

Penn State Altoona professor emeritus to be honored as musician of the year

September 06, 2025

Person standing inside ARL looking at the camera with a plant in the background.

Penn State researcher awarded $1.6 million for additive manufacturing project

September 05, 2025

Three images connected by arrows: a person doing yoga, the same person walking two dogs on a boardwalk, the same person sitting on a couch looking at his phone.

Innovative methods of studying brain health, cognition topic of upcoming lecture

September 04, 2025

slide displays two researcher headshots and lecture titles

IST announces Research Talks series for fall 2025 semester

September 04, 2025

Praveen Veerabhadrappa

Berks professor honored with International Cardiology Congress speaker award

September 04, 2025

Penn State Altoona English professor to present poetry reading and workshop

September 03, 2025

Two girls work on a wind turbine while seated on a wood floor.

$5M NSF grant to enhance elementary STEM education in Mid-Atlantic

September 02, 2025

A man sitting at a lab desk with research equipment surrounding him.

Andrew Patterson named Huck associate director for shared and core facilities

September 01, 2025

Penn State Altoona professor publishes anthology of work poems on Labor Day

September 01, 2025

TLT recognizes new Penn State faculty for enhancing teaching with technology

August 29, 2025

Penn State Altoona professor accepted to attend symposium

August 28, 2025

A photo of Jeff King with sunglasses and a hat, sitting on a boat.

Volunteer, philanthropist Jeff King: Remembering a Penn State legend

August 28, 2025

Elia Merzari named associate head of Penn State’s nuclear engineering department

August 26, 2025

Lisa Gatzke-Kopp

Lisa Gatzke-Kopp named head of human development and family studies

August 26, 2025

An image of the Penn State seal

Nomination process now open for Evan Pugh University Professorships

August 25, 2025

A very hot red sun shines in the sky during a heatwave.

Q&A: Using science to help homeowners beat the heat during extreme weather

August 25, 2025

photo portrait of smiling woman

University Libraries associate dean selected as 2025 ARL Leadership Fellow

August 22, 2025

11 college professors outside campus building

College of Information Sciences and Technology welcomes 11 new faculty members

August 21, 2025

Research Professor Cheryl Keller

New director appointed at Huck Institutes Genomics Core

August 21, 2025

A split-screen image of a folded piece of paper in the style or origami.

Interactive art exhibition focusing on the ‘new’ nomadic culture opens Aug. 29

August 21, 2025

Mechanical engineering professor receives national aerospace education award

August 20, 2025

People standing behind a table

Faculty, students support Pa. nonprofits’ cybersecurity and develop career skills

August 20, 2025

The sensor being held in a lab by two blue gloves. You can see the hydrogel technology inside.

Breaking a sweat: Using chloride in sweat to help diagnose cystic fibrosis

August 20, 2025

Two associate professors pose for headshots after being elected to the grade of Fellow from ASME.

American Society of Mechanical Engineers names two Penn State faculty as fellows

August 19, 2025

group of nine adults wearing business attire in conference room

IST makes a statement on AI education at national computing conference

August 19, 2025

Jon Nese, Marisa Ferger, and Ben Reppert

Penn State wins four Professional Keystone Media Awards

August 19, 2025

EMS faculty member joins effort to train early-career scientists in Africa

August 17, 2025

W. Larry Kenney

Heat, health expert named lead of IEE's 'Health and the Environment' theme

August 11, 2025

People standing outside, watching drone fly up into the Alaskan air. Green grass all around with no mountains of any kind in the background.

Q&A: How permanent is permafrost with increasing temperatures?

August 11, 2025

individual wearing coat outside talks on phone.

Conversations remotely detected from cellphone vibrations, researchers report

August 08, 2025

faculty with plaque

Rural sociologist Florence Becot honored by agricultural safety, health society

August 08, 2025

A picture of a passing zone in the rural Northeast United States.

Overtaking the odds: Do passing zones make rural roads safer?

August 07, 2025

A picture of a concrete bridge deteriorating over time.

Q&A: Can minerals compromise concrete structures?

August 06, 2025

Portrait photo of a person in front of a window

Q&A: Can a city be a research partner?

August 06, 2025

James Herbert, professor emeritus of counselor education, and rehabiliation and human services

A legacy of listening: Education professor retires after 39 years of service

August 06, 2025

Black and navy blue outlines show imaging of brain and other scans, AI, and more.

Institute for Computational and Data Sciences awards 56 research projects

August 04, 2025

Professor of Anthropology David Puts

New associate director for graduate education at Huck Institutes named

August 04, 2025

Leanne Nedza (left), lecturer in criminal justice, and Scott Muirhead (right), lecturer in business administration, photographed on the campus of Penn State DuBois. Both were recognized for their innovative teaching efforts with the inaugural Teaching and Learning with Technology (TLT) New Faculty Recognition Award.

Penn State DuBois faculty receive inaugural TLT Award for Teaching Innovation

August 01, 2025

ASABE honors professor

National society honors ag and biological professor for inclusion efforts

August 01, 2025

Guido Cervone, Penn State Institute for Computational and Data Sciences (ICDS) interim director, poses for a photo on a boat.

Guido Cervone named Institute for Computational and Data Sciences director

July 30, 2025

Portrait of a person wearing glasses and a bowtie

Nursing associate dean re-elected president of National Black Nurses Association

July 30, 2025

A group of people at tables watch a presentation on big screens

Harrisburg, College of Medicine faculty awarded grants for collaborations

July 30, 2025

Illustration of a computer head spewing letters

Q&A: How are researchers optimizing AI systems for science?

July 30, 2025

Melanie McReynolds

Melanie McReynolds receives US National Science Foundation CAREER Award

July 30, 2025

College of Ag Sciences names first cohort of Land Grant Research Impact Fellows

July 28, 2025

Two people stand in front of a stand-up banner in a conference setting

Startup works to detect respiratory illnesses through vocal patterns

July 25, 2025

Two people looking at the camera and holding an award

Penn State’s Yang Yang honored for atomic-level understanding of materials

July 25, 2025

Four people stand in front of machinery in a lab

$2M DARPA grant funds technology development for force-detecting sensors

July 24, 2025

Picture of oyster shell desposits in ground

Q&A: Discarded ancient 'trash' now protecting Georgia barrier islands

July 24, 2025

An indoors portrait of an individual wearing a suit and tie.

Director named for College of Engineering’s Larson Transportation Institute

July 22, 2025

Two professional portraits

$2.6M NIH grant to fund new microbiome sciences training program at Penn State

July 22, 2025

Faculty complete regional training to strengthen online and accessible teaching

July 21, 2025

Penn State Global staff member completes Fulbright experience in Japan

July 21, 2025

Portrait of Mariah Harmon in front of gray background. She is wearing glasses and a black-and-yellow shirt.

Q&A: Does centering experience improve teacher education?

July 21, 2025

Peter Heaney and Mara Grigore

Q&A: Professor emeritus reflects on his research, teaching career in geosciences

July 18, 2025

Vahid Motevalli

Penn State Harrisburg's Motevalli selected for 2025 Becoming a Provost Academy

July 18, 2025

photo portrait of woman with short, straight black hair

Hosoi named university librarian at University of California, Riverside

July 16, 2025

Student examines soil in New Mexico

College of Ag Sciences grant program supports student learning, experiences

July 16, 2025

woman stands in front of chalk board speaking to crowd

Penn State Berks professor honored with Global Lifetime Achievement Award

July 16, 2025

Three people crossing their arms pose for a photo.

When dreams turn dark: Neuroscientists to study nightmares and mental health

July 16, 2025

Mahmut Kandemir named interim head of Department of Computer Science and Engineering

July 15, 2025

Lion Shrine and Shield outline with blue overlay

Grant to help establish AI, health research lab at Harrisburg

July 15, 2025

A group of students sits around a table in a library or classroom setting, engaged in discussion and writing. Two instructors stand with them, smiling and interacting. Bookshelves, chairs, and a clock are visible in the background, suggesting an academic or collaborative learning environment.

Penn State Altoona faculty lead students in collaborative poetry project

July 08, 2025

Yaw Agawu-Kakraba

In brief: Penn State Altoona professor publishes second novel

July 08, 2025

Head of Nittany Lion Shrine

Four selected for inaugural Next-Gen Innovators Fellowship at Penn State

July 07, 2025

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