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Four people stand in front of machinery in a lab

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

July 24, 2025

Close up of Pollock Gates

Eighteen graduate students awarded inaugural Fox scholarships

July 23, 2025

Close-up of side-by-side medical test devices

Next-gen tech can detect disease biomarker in period blood

July 22, 2025

Peter Heaney and Mara Grigore

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

July 18, 2025

A dual degree environmental engineering and biogeochemistry graduate student stands for a photo outdoors.

Graduate student earns NSF fellowship to study carbon in river systems

July 16, 2025

William Syrett leads weather camp

For 25 years, Weather Camp offers home to high-school-aged enthusiasts

July 16, 2025

Stylized image of a health sensor

Skin-like sensor monitors internal, external body movement, electrical signals

July 09, 2025

Aerial view of Thwaites Glacier

Measuring how – and where – Antarctic ice is cracking with new data tool

July 09, 2025

Group from the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences participating in the State College Pride Parade and Festival.

College of EMS participates in State College Pride Parade and Festival

July 08, 2025

Graphic for Penn State's 25th anniversary symposium featuring headshots of six speakers for the online geospatial program.

25 years of online geospatial education to be celebrated at Esri User Conference

July 08, 2025

The Nittany Lion mascot

Sending a 'We Are!' to these Penn Staters — July 7

July 07, 2025

Man speaking at a podium

Digby Macdonald, materials science and engineering professor emeritus, dies at 82

July 03, 2025

The Pennsylvania State University HUB Seal

Eight graduate students receive U.S. National Science Foundation fellowships

July 02, 2025

Ocean, atmosphere equally responsible for Atlantic ‘cold blob,’ scientists find

June 30, 2025

Nutifafa Doumon and Nelson Dzade

EMS faculty members earn National Academies US-African Frontiers Fellowships

June 27, 2025

The Nittany Lion mascot

Let's hear a 'We Are!' for these Penn Staters — June 26

June 26, 2025

A professional photo of a woman against a blue background.

Penn State announces 2025 Lt. Michael P. Murphy Award recipient

June 25, 2025

2025 IEE Seed Grants

Ten interdisciplinary research teams awarded IEE seed grants

June 24, 2025

Lion Shrine head on

Five named Big Ten Academic Alliance Department Executive Officer fellows

June 23, 2025

Dana Cuomo and Lily Houtman display a city map, part of their Harm Mapping Project to visualize gender-based violence on campus at Lafayette College.

Penn State alumna, graduate student partner on campus safety mapping project

June 20, 2025

Man working on blowing glass in studio

Remembering Carlo Pantano, former director of the Materials Research Institute

June 18, 2025

Stone sign that says The Pennsylvania State University

Eight Penn State research commercialization projects awarded GAP funding

June 13, 2025

Illustration of a computer with a gray microscope image displayed

World’s first 2D, non-silicon computer developed

June 11, 2025

Gabriel Schaefer in protective gear at solar farm.

Penn State experience prepared alum for the rigors of building solar farms

June 10, 2025

Student group stands in front of Hosler Building holding a solar panel.

Penn State students win first place at DOE’s Solar District Cup challenge

June 10, 2025

Old Main viewed through Armillary Sphere

Big Ten Academic Alliance announces 2025-26 Academic Leadership Program fellows

June 09, 2025

a turfgrass lawn at a golf course

Lawn story: Turfgrass data may improve urban greenhouse gas emission estimates

June 06, 2025

Irena Potochny, an undergraduate at Penn State, visited Machu Picchu in January through the Green Program

Common threads: Materials science student weaves textile passions into research

June 05, 2025

Portrait of a person

Huck Chair in Nanomedicine plans to take research from bench to bedside

June 04, 2025

New material could provide cooling through existing mechanical energy

June 02, 2025

Five graduate students in business attire in front of golden curtain backdrop.

Thirteen energy and mineral engineering students receive scholarships and awards

May 30, 2025

Leones carry on philanthropic legacy with new commitment from family foundation

May 29, 2025

Penn State adds two new graduate certificates in energy and sustainability

May 22, 2025

Graduate student Harman and undergraduates Laura and Maria work together at a computer on a research project about waste management.

Graduate student mentorship helps undergraduates build research skills

May 20, 2025

A group of students wearing safety helmets and high-visibility vests stand in front of a large yellow industrial truck at quarry.

Mining Rocks! Summer Camp gives high school students firsthand lab experience

May 20, 2025

The Cocoziello Institute of Real Estate Innovation has awarded seed grants to five interdisciplinary teams focused on housing, sustainability, aging in place, and more.

Cocoziello Institute of Real Estate awards seed funding to five research projects

May 19, 2025

A woman with dark hair holds a few graduation cords, colored blue and white, in her hands and looks them over.

In photos: Setting the stage for Penn State's commencement ceremonies

May 15, 2025

Cristina Elena Mihalache presents her research poster at the AAG conference

Romanian Fulbright scholar reflects on experience with Department of Geography

May 14, 2025

Geosciences student Kaitlin Dasovich holds mastodon tusk

Geosciences undergraduate uses research tools to solve mastodon mysteries

May 13, 2025

Fossil leaf of a Kapur Paya tree (Dryobalanops rappa)

First fossil evidence of endangered tropical tree discovered

May 08, 2025

The Nittany Lion mascot

Let's give a 'We Are!' to these Penn Staters — May 6

May 06, 2025

Three students present slides at a research center

Penn State students advise researchers at HHMI's Janelia Research Campus

May 06, 2025

University students posing for a photo in front of a white board

Meteorology students develop workforce readiness in collaboration with WPSU

May 05, 2025

Illustration of purple corkscrew shapes on a blue background

$2.7M NIH grant to fund first comprehensive syphilis test

May 01, 2025

EMS student marshals

College of Earth and Mineral Sciences names spring 2025 student marshals

April 30, 2025

Jasmine Fields greets public at outdoor booth.

State College sustainability coordinator got start at Penn State

April 30, 2025

Four images showing the stages of lithium extraction

Rapid lithium extraction eliminates use of acid and high heat, scientists report

April 30, 2025

Retired Rear Adm. David Titley to deliver EMS spring commencement address

April 29, 2025

Sekhar Bhattacharyya, Ashish Kumar and Shimin Liu standing in front of a large blue fan in the mine ventilation lab.

Penn State to host the 20th North American Mine Ventilation Symposium

April 29, 2025

A professor comments on a student's research poster

EnvironMentors Research Symposium celebrates student research in sustainability

April 29, 2025

A graphic represenation of the sun rising over solar panels and the words Allentown Climate Action Plan

Two Penn State students help Allentown create city's first climate action plan

April 29, 2025

The Nittany Lion mascot

Sending a 'We Are!' to these Penn Staters -- April 28

April 28, 2025

The 17th annual Materials Visualization Competition "Best of Show" award went to “Nano soccer balls from nature” by Jinsol Choi, postdoctoral scholar, Department of Mechanical Engineering.

Winners announced for 17th annual Materials Visualization Competition

April 25, 2025

A group of students in a classroom

Students to present solar design project at expo on April 30

April 25, 2025

A group of people at an awards ceremony

Penn State celebrates the 2025 student sustainability award winners

April 25, 2025

Geosciences graduate student Amina Abdulsalam shows how streams impact the landscape.

For fourth graders, earth science lessons come to life at Penn State

April 23, 2025

A group of students pose with their project in the Bryce Jordan Center.

Engineering Learning Factory to host spring project showcase

April 23, 2025

A team of researchers looking at a graphic on a screen

Q&A: Microscopic robots may shape the future of health, tech and the environment

April 22, 2025

student in stream

Research key preparation for pursuing doctorate, Penn State undergrad says

April 22, 2025

Student shows off a dire wolf fossil

Rare dire wolf bone logged by undergraduate student at Penn State

April 22, 2025

Geography Coffee Hour to feature Jessica Omukuti on inclusive Net Zero

April 21, 2025

View of the new Palmer from the Penn State Arboretum at dusk

Penn State's ‘Night at the Museums' to be held at University Park campus May 1

April 21, 2025

Faisal Mohammed Al-Faqeer will present the 2025 Richard E. Tressler Lecture at 3:05 p.m. on Thursday, April 24, in 101 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building on the Penn State University Park campus.

Saudi Aramco senior VP, Penn State alumnus to present Richard E. Tressler Lecture

April 18, 2025

chess board on rocks near shore

Coastal management model plays the long game against the rising tides

April 17, 2025

Dean Lee Kump speaks at the NASEM Frontiers symposium

EMS experts promote research ties at National Academies US-African symposium

April 17, 2025

Olivia DiPrinzio, who graduated in 2024 with honors in energy engineering and earth science and policy, is now associate director of the Pennsylvania Environmental Resource Consortium.

Penn State grad aims to advance sustainability education across Pennsylvania

April 16, 2025

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Four people stand in front of machinery in a lab

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

July 24, 2025

Close up of Pollock Gates

Eighteen graduate students awarded inaugural Fox scholarships

July 23, 2025

Close-up of side-by-side medical test devices

Next-gen tech can detect disease biomarker in period blood

July 22, 2025

Peter Heaney and Mara Grigore

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

July 18, 2025

A dual degree environmental engineering and biogeochemistry graduate student stands for a photo outdoors.

Graduate student earns NSF fellowship to study carbon in river systems

July 16, 2025

William Syrett leads weather camp

For 25 years, Weather Camp offers home to high-school-aged enthusiasts

July 16, 2025

Stylized image of a health sensor

Skin-like sensor monitors internal, external body movement, electrical signals

July 09, 2025

Aerial view of Thwaites Glacier

Measuring how – and where – Antarctic ice is cracking with new data tool

July 09, 2025

Group from the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences participating in the State College Pride Parade and Festival.

College of EMS participates in State College Pride Parade and Festival

July 08, 2025

Graphic for Penn State's 25th anniversary symposium featuring headshots of six speakers for the online geospatial program.

25 years of online geospatial education to be celebrated at Esri User Conference

July 08, 2025

The Nittany Lion mascot

Sending a 'We Are!' to these Penn Staters — July 7

July 07, 2025

Man speaking at a podium

Digby Macdonald, materials science and engineering professor emeritus, dies at 82

July 03, 2025

The Pennsylvania State University HUB Seal

Eight graduate students receive U.S. National Science Foundation fellowships

July 02, 2025

Ocean, atmosphere equally responsible for Atlantic ‘cold blob,’ scientists find

June 30, 2025

Nutifafa Doumon and Nelson Dzade

EMS faculty members earn National Academies US-African Frontiers Fellowships

June 27, 2025

The Nittany Lion mascot

Let's hear a 'We Are!' for these Penn Staters — June 26

June 26, 2025

A professional photo of a woman against a blue background.

Penn State announces 2025 Lt. Michael P. Murphy Award recipient

June 25, 2025

2025 IEE Seed Grants

Ten interdisciplinary research teams awarded IEE seed grants

June 24, 2025

Lion Shrine head on

Five named Big Ten Academic Alliance Department Executive Officer fellows

June 23, 2025

Dana Cuomo and Lily Houtman display a city map, part of their Harm Mapping Project to visualize gender-based violence on campus at Lafayette College.

Penn State alumna, graduate student partner on campus safety mapping project

June 20, 2025

Man working on blowing glass in studio

Remembering Carlo Pantano, former director of the Materials Research Institute

June 18, 2025

Stone sign that says The Pennsylvania State University

Eight Penn State research commercialization projects awarded GAP funding

June 13, 2025

Illustration of a computer with a gray microscope image displayed

World’s first 2D, non-silicon computer developed

June 11, 2025

Gabriel Schaefer in protective gear at solar farm.

Penn State experience prepared alum for the rigors of building solar farms

June 10, 2025

Student group stands in front of Hosler Building holding a solar panel.

Penn State students win first place at DOE’s Solar District Cup challenge

June 10, 2025

Old Main viewed through Armillary Sphere

Big Ten Academic Alliance announces 2025-26 Academic Leadership Program fellows

June 09, 2025

a turfgrass lawn at a golf course

Lawn story: Turfgrass data may improve urban greenhouse gas emission estimates

June 06, 2025

Irena Potochny, an undergraduate at Penn State, visited Machu Picchu in January through the Green Program

Common threads: Materials science student weaves textile passions into research

June 05, 2025

Portrait of a person

Huck Chair in Nanomedicine plans to take research from bench to bedside

June 04, 2025

New material could provide cooling through existing mechanical energy

June 02, 2025

Five graduate students in business attire in front of golden curtain backdrop.

Thirteen energy and mineral engineering students receive scholarships and awards

May 30, 2025

Leones carry on philanthropic legacy with new commitment from family foundation

May 29, 2025

Penn State adds two new graduate certificates in energy and sustainability

May 22, 2025

Graduate student Harman and undergraduates Laura and Maria work together at a computer on a research project about waste management.

Graduate student mentorship helps undergraduates build research skills

May 20, 2025

A group of students wearing safety helmets and high-visibility vests stand in front of a large yellow industrial truck at quarry.

Mining Rocks! Summer Camp gives high school students firsthand lab experience

May 20, 2025

The Cocoziello Institute of Real Estate Innovation has awarded seed grants to five interdisciplinary teams focused on housing, sustainability, aging in place, and more.

Cocoziello Institute of Real Estate awards seed funding to five research projects

May 19, 2025

A woman with dark hair holds a few graduation cords, colored blue and white, in her hands and looks them over.

In photos: Setting the stage for Penn State's commencement ceremonies

May 15, 2025

Cristina Elena Mihalache presents her research poster at the AAG conference

Romanian Fulbright scholar reflects on experience with Department of Geography

May 14, 2025

Geosciences student Kaitlin Dasovich holds mastodon tusk

Geosciences undergraduate uses research tools to solve mastodon mysteries

May 13, 2025

Fossil leaf of a Kapur Paya tree (Dryobalanops rappa)

First fossil evidence of endangered tropical tree discovered

May 08, 2025

The Nittany Lion mascot

Let's give a 'We Are!' to these Penn Staters — May 6

May 06, 2025

Three students present slides at a research center

Penn State students advise researchers at HHMI's Janelia Research Campus

May 06, 2025

University students posing for a photo in front of a white board

Meteorology students develop workforce readiness in collaboration with WPSU

May 05, 2025

Illustration of purple corkscrew shapes on a blue background

$2.7M NIH grant to fund first comprehensive syphilis test

May 01, 2025

EMS student marshals

College of Earth and Mineral Sciences names spring 2025 student marshals

April 30, 2025

Jasmine Fields greets public at outdoor booth.

State College sustainability coordinator got start at Penn State

April 30, 2025

Four images showing the stages of lithium extraction

Rapid lithium extraction eliminates use of acid and high heat, scientists report

April 30, 2025

Retired Rear Adm. David Titley to deliver EMS spring commencement address

April 29, 2025

Sekhar Bhattacharyya, Ashish Kumar and Shimin Liu standing in front of a large blue fan in the mine ventilation lab.

Penn State to host the 20th North American Mine Ventilation Symposium

April 29, 2025

A professor comments on a student's research poster

EnvironMentors Research Symposium celebrates student research in sustainability

April 29, 2025

A graphic represenation of the sun rising over solar panels and the words Allentown Climate Action Plan

Two Penn State students help Allentown create city's first climate action plan

April 29, 2025

The Nittany Lion mascot

Sending a 'We Are!' to these Penn Staters -- April 28

April 28, 2025

The 17th annual Materials Visualization Competition "Best of Show" award went to “Nano soccer balls from nature” by Jinsol Choi, postdoctoral scholar, Department of Mechanical Engineering.

Winners announced for 17th annual Materials Visualization Competition

April 25, 2025

A group of students in a classroom

Students to present solar design project at expo on April 30

April 25, 2025

A group of people at an awards ceremony

Penn State celebrates the 2025 student sustainability award winners

April 25, 2025

Geosciences graduate student Amina Abdulsalam shows how streams impact the landscape.

For fourth graders, earth science lessons come to life at Penn State

April 23, 2025

A group of students pose with their project in the Bryce Jordan Center.

Engineering Learning Factory to host spring project showcase

April 23, 2025

A team of researchers looking at a graphic on a screen

Q&A: Microscopic robots may shape the future of health, tech and the environment

April 22, 2025

student in stream

Research key preparation for pursuing doctorate, Penn State undergrad says

April 22, 2025

Student shows off a dire wolf fossil

Rare dire wolf bone logged by undergraduate student at Penn State

April 22, 2025

Geography Coffee Hour to feature Jessica Omukuti on inclusive Net Zero

April 21, 2025

View of the new Palmer from the Penn State Arboretum at dusk

Penn State's ‘Night at the Museums' to be held at University Park campus May 1

April 21, 2025

Faisal Mohammed Al-Faqeer will present the 2025 Richard E. Tressler Lecture at 3:05 p.m. on Thursday, April 24, in 101 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building on the Penn State University Park campus.

Saudi Aramco senior VP, Penn State alumnus to present Richard E. Tressler Lecture

April 18, 2025

chess board on rocks near shore

Coastal management model plays the long game against the rising tides

April 17, 2025

Dean Lee Kump speaks at the NASEM Frontiers symposium

EMS experts promote research ties at National Academies US-African symposium

April 17, 2025

Olivia DiPrinzio, who graduated in 2024 with honors in energy engineering and earth science and policy, is now associate director of the Pennsylvania Environmental Resource Consortium.

Penn State grad aims to advance sustainability education across Pennsylvania

April 16, 2025

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