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Old Main viewed through Armillary Sphere

Six Penn Staters earn Fulbright U.S. Student Awards

June 10, 2026

A triptych of headshots showing the 2026-27 Huck Institutes leadership fellows: Joshua Kellogg, Andrew Deans, and Le Bao

Huck names Leadership Fellows for 2026-27

June 10, 2026

man wearing a dark shirt with a blurry background

$2M NIH grant to support study of how the brain and body acclimate to stress

June 09, 2026

Materials lab in national program to develop wearable eye health system

June 08, 2026

Black dot surrounded by swirling red and yellow disc, with wind represented by wisps of light blue.

Fastest ultraviolet wind detected from black hole in the constellation Pegasus

June 04, 2026

Jessica Thompson, a chemistry graduate student, gestures to a display during her 2025-26 assistantship with the Cryo-Electron Microscopy Facility.

Huck seeks grad students for immersive facility assistantships

June 04, 2026

Map of HETDEX data represented by circle plot, with colors from purple to red indicating billions of years before the present.

Massive cosmic dataset made open to scientists, novices and AI

June 03, 2026

Gift to support chemistry undergraduate experiences in industry and government

June 02, 2026

The Nittany Lion mascot

Sending a 'We Are!' to these Penn Staters — June 1

June 01, 2026

Photo of a heath aster taken at a field research station at Harner Farm in Centre County, PA

Q&A: New text to serve as reference for advances in plant development

June 01, 2026

Big data visualization with blue lines.

Four researchers win data harmonization competition

June 01, 2026

Sally Assmann speaks at RNA symposium

Third Center for RNA Molecular Biology Symposium brings together researchers

May 29, 2026

Physics REU students pose in front of the APS sign at a conference

Visiting students explore sustainability through physics REU program

May 26, 2026

Q&A: Ebola outbreak and public health emergency

May 22, 2026

A diseased, withered bunch of purple grapes hangs on what appears to be a healthy grape vine

Q&A: What can plant evolution teach people about breeding better crops?

May 22, 2026

Grey planet with host star in background

Atmosphere of Saturn-sized planet with Earth-like temperature contains methane

May 20, 2026

Bharath Sriperumbudur writes on white board while student looks on

Bharath Sriperumbudur named fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics

May 20, 2026

Janine Kwapis and Dean Tracy Langkilde posing with an award.

Biology professor awarded the 2026 Karin E. Foley Women’s Leadership Award

May 19, 2026

Donna Hercules and Kaelonnah Darlich posing in conference center

Two first-gen undergrads present at national conference

May 19, 2026

Chad Brunswick points to computer screen while Janine Kwapis looks on

$3M NIH grant to support research on memory and exaggerated fear responses

May 18, 2026

A bioelectronic sensor sits laid out on a researcher's fingertip, showing it's small scale.

Stretchy implants could stick to arteries to treat high blood pressure

May 15, 2026

Image of a person smiling in a white shirt and brown jacket

Remembering Herbert A. McKinstry, materials research pioneer

May 13, 2026

A student and a research technologist hold devices to measure plug load energy use as part of an energy audit in a lab at Penn State.

Sustainable Labs Program concludes fourth year, expands impact across campuses

May 11, 2026

Person with laptop explaining and gesturing to colleague

Q&A: Is AI democratizing global health or reinforcing old inequities?

May 11, 2026

A bust of Evan Pugh near a wide staircase

Penn State names five new Evan Pugh University Professors

May 08, 2026

Runze Li named Evan Pugh University Professor

May 08, 2026

Niel Brandt in front of green trees

Niel Brandt named Evan Pugh University Professor

May 08, 2026

The 2025-26 Roe Award winners at the recognition ceremony stand on a stage with their awards against a projected slideshow background.

Penn State Sustainability celebrates 2026 sustainability award winners

May 08, 2026

Partial image of Earth being struck by beam of light representing ultra-high energy cosmic ray from space, with galaxies and neutron stars in background.

Ultrahigh-energy cosmic messengers may carry ultraheavy secrets

May 07, 2026

Two images of Carolyn Jensen presenting the Academic Advising Award to Beth Johnson and Ana Butler.

Two Eberly advisers receive 2026 Excellence in Advising Award

May 05, 2026

Golden morning sun passes through bare trees and lights the facade of Osmond Lab as students pass.

Department of Physics earns Physics and Astronomy SEA Change Bronze Award

May 05, 2026

Headshots of Teh-hui Kao and Carly Sjogren

Two Eberly faculty honored with 2026 C.I. Noll Award for excellence in teaching

May 05, 2026

Atherton hall in the spring

Schreyer Honors College announces 2026 student and faculty award winners

May 05, 2026

Left: cluster of neurons with long axons stained red. Right: cluster of neural progenitor cells stained green and purple

How can the same genetic mutation lead to different clinical outcomes?

May 05, 2026

hand holding one end of a piece of tape stuck to a black surface while the other hand peels up the other end of the tape

Move over cassette tapes, adhesive tape has memory, too

May 04, 2026

Grey image of bare planet with craters

First look at distant rocky planet reveals moon-like world

May 04, 2026

Tracy Langkilde, Michael Verderame to speak at Fox Graduate School commencement

May 01, 2026

Students stand in front of Anatomical Theatre, brown space, with chandeliers, students taking up a few rows.

Students explore anatomy and culture through Italian embedded course

April 30, 2026

Old Main at University Park campus with a green lawn and an American flag nearby

33 faculty members earn Opportunity Grant Awards

April 29, 2026

two smiling people standing: taller male at left and female student at right

2026 Guentter Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis finalists, winner named

April 28, 2026

Four students, members of the Smeal Business Ethics Team, hold a check for $5,000 for winning the McGill case competition.

Penn State Smeal Business Ethics Team posts case competition win in Montreal

April 28, 2026

Cross-sectional image of spinal cord and veins

Hydraulic brain: Body motion linked to fluid movement in the brain

April 27, 2026

Outstanding Science Alumni Award winners with Penn State Eberly College of Science Dean Tracy Langkilde.

Eberly College of Science honors three with Outstanding Science Alumni Award

April 24, 2026

expansive glass and red brick campus building

Industry experts join IST Dean’s Advisory Board

April 24, 2026

Nitin Samarth in front of metal equipment

Physicist Nitin Samarth elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

April 22, 2026

An artistic representation of Greek letter mu

Particle thought to break physics followed rules all along

April 22, 2026

Chris Uhl in his office, leaning on his desk surrounded by papers, books and photos tacked to the wall.

Sustain Penn State releases guidebook to help faculty integrate sustainability

April 22, 2026

Green tree frog on rocks at the edge of a stream

Connected habitats help wildlife fight disease, strengthen protective microbes

April 20, 2026

Kayla DeHolton in front of IceCube Observatory

Q&A: IceCube Observatory upgrades improve search for elusive cosmic messenger

April 20, 2026

The Nittany Lion mascot

Let's give a 'We Are!' to these Penn Staters — April 17

April 17, 2026

Melanie McReynolds

Penn State biochemist Melanie McReynolds awarded Hypothesis Fund seed grant

April 16, 2026

Image of outerspace with stars and galaxies above image of same area of night sky showing only x-ray emissions as purple light from stars

Dimming X-rays could be boon for life on planets around young sun-like stars

April 14, 2026

Illustration of a man looking at the words AI with network-like symbols around it

Adopting, advancing and adapting to AI

April 14, 2026

WATCH: Science graduate students recap international industry internship

April 14, 2026

Luc Schrauf selected as Eberly College of Science spring 2026 student marshal

April 13, 2026

2026 Stand Up Award winners Maximilian Settembre, Christina Ellis and Kaelonnah Darlich

Rock Ethics Institute names 2026 Stand Up Award winners

April 13, 2026

Layer of black graphene on top of three lines of gallium atoms on top of brown silicon carbide layer on left, on right is blue hexagon with spining electrons respresented by red and blue spheres.

Unlocking unusual superconductivity in a lightweight element

April 13, 2026

students and professor Neil Hatfield stand in front of a poster about BOAST

We've got an app for that: Statistics for students, by students

April 13, 2026

Old main with trees in shadows

Communication, Science & Society Initiative awards four interdisciplinary grants

April 13, 2026

The Nittany Lion mascot

Sending a 'We Are!' to these Penn Staters

April 09, 2026

Andrea Ghez stands in front of projected screen

Heard on campus: Nobel Prize-winner Andrea Ghez on supermassive black holes

April 09, 2026

Four people pose with a colorful image

Winners announced for 18th annual Materials Visualization Competition

April 09, 2026

Nittany Lion mascot standing with two students at the 2026 Graduate Exhibition poster session

Thirty-one graduate students receive awards at the 2026 Graduate Exhibition

April 09, 2026

Headshots of Tanya Berger-Wolf (left) and Wah Chiu (right)

Huck Distinguished Lecture Series brings leaders in AI, biodiversity and cryo‑EM

April 08, 2026

A picture of the Nittany Lion shrine through green leaves

Six receive Faculty Scholar Medals for scholarly, creative excellence

April 07, 2026

George Atherton Bust

Six faculty members receive 2026 Atherton Award for Excellence in Teaching

April 07, 2026

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Old Main viewed through Armillary Sphere

Six Penn Staters earn Fulbright U.S. Student Awards

June 10, 2026

A triptych of headshots showing the 2026-27 Huck Institutes leadership fellows: Joshua Kellogg, Andrew Deans, and Le Bao

Huck names Leadership Fellows for 2026-27

June 10, 2026

man wearing a dark shirt with a blurry background

$2M NIH grant to support study of how the brain and body acclimate to stress

June 09, 2026

Materials lab in national program to develop wearable eye health system

June 08, 2026

Black dot surrounded by swirling red and yellow disc, with wind represented by wisps of light blue.

Fastest ultraviolet wind detected from black hole in the constellation Pegasus

June 04, 2026

Jessica Thompson, a chemistry graduate student, gestures to a display during her 2025-26 assistantship with the Cryo-Electron Microscopy Facility.

Huck seeks grad students for immersive facility assistantships

June 04, 2026

Map of HETDEX data represented by circle plot, with colors from purple to red indicating billions of years before the present.

Massive cosmic dataset made open to scientists, novices and AI

June 03, 2026

Gift to support chemistry undergraduate experiences in industry and government

June 02, 2026

The Nittany Lion mascot

Sending a 'We Are!' to these Penn Staters — June 1

June 01, 2026

Photo of a heath aster taken at a field research station at Harner Farm in Centre County, PA

Q&A: New text to serve as reference for advances in plant development

June 01, 2026

Big data visualization with blue lines.

Four researchers win data harmonization competition

June 01, 2026

Sally Assmann speaks at RNA symposium

Third Center for RNA Molecular Biology Symposium brings together researchers

May 29, 2026

Physics REU students pose in front of the APS sign at a conference

Visiting students explore sustainability through physics REU program

May 26, 2026

Q&A: Ebola outbreak and public health emergency

May 22, 2026

A diseased, withered bunch of purple grapes hangs on what appears to be a healthy grape vine

Q&A: What can plant evolution teach people about breeding better crops?

May 22, 2026

Grey planet with host star in background

Atmosphere of Saturn-sized planet with Earth-like temperature contains methane

May 20, 2026

Bharath Sriperumbudur writes on white board while student looks on

Bharath Sriperumbudur named fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics

May 20, 2026

Janine Kwapis and Dean Tracy Langkilde posing with an award.

Biology professor awarded the 2026 Karin E. Foley Women’s Leadership Award

May 19, 2026

Donna Hercules and Kaelonnah Darlich posing in conference center

Two first-gen undergrads present at national conference

May 19, 2026

Chad Brunswick points to computer screen while Janine Kwapis looks on

$3M NIH grant to support research on memory and exaggerated fear responses

May 18, 2026

A bioelectronic sensor sits laid out on a researcher's fingertip, showing it's small scale.

Stretchy implants could stick to arteries to treat high blood pressure

May 15, 2026

Image of a person smiling in a white shirt and brown jacket

Remembering Herbert A. McKinstry, materials research pioneer

May 13, 2026

A student and a research technologist hold devices to measure plug load energy use as part of an energy audit in a lab at Penn State.

Sustainable Labs Program concludes fourth year, expands impact across campuses

May 11, 2026

Person with laptop explaining and gesturing to colleague

Q&A: Is AI democratizing global health or reinforcing old inequities?

May 11, 2026

A bust of Evan Pugh near a wide staircase

Penn State names five new Evan Pugh University Professors

May 08, 2026

Runze Li named Evan Pugh University Professor

May 08, 2026

Niel Brandt in front of green trees

Niel Brandt named Evan Pugh University Professor

May 08, 2026

The 2025-26 Roe Award winners at the recognition ceremony stand on a stage with their awards against a projected slideshow background.

Penn State Sustainability celebrates 2026 sustainability award winners

May 08, 2026

Partial image of Earth being struck by beam of light representing ultra-high energy cosmic ray from space, with galaxies and neutron stars in background.

Ultrahigh-energy cosmic messengers may carry ultraheavy secrets

May 07, 2026

Two images of Carolyn Jensen presenting the Academic Advising Award to Beth Johnson and Ana Butler.

Two Eberly advisers receive 2026 Excellence in Advising Award

May 05, 2026

Golden morning sun passes through bare trees and lights the facade of Osmond Lab as students pass.

Department of Physics earns Physics and Astronomy SEA Change Bronze Award

May 05, 2026

Headshots of Teh-hui Kao and Carly Sjogren

Two Eberly faculty honored with 2026 C.I. Noll Award for excellence in teaching

May 05, 2026

Atherton hall in the spring

Schreyer Honors College announces 2026 student and faculty award winners

May 05, 2026

Left: cluster of neurons with long axons stained red. Right: cluster of neural progenitor cells stained green and purple

How can the same genetic mutation lead to different clinical outcomes?

May 05, 2026

hand holding one end of a piece of tape stuck to a black surface while the other hand peels up the other end of the tape

Move over cassette tapes, adhesive tape has memory, too

May 04, 2026

Grey image of bare planet with craters

First look at distant rocky planet reveals moon-like world

May 04, 2026

Tracy Langkilde, Michael Verderame to speak at Fox Graduate School commencement

May 01, 2026

Students stand in front of Anatomical Theatre, brown space, with chandeliers, students taking up a few rows.

Students explore anatomy and culture through Italian embedded course

April 30, 2026

Old Main at University Park campus with a green lawn and an American flag nearby

33 faculty members earn Opportunity Grant Awards

April 29, 2026

two smiling people standing: taller male at left and female student at right

2026 Guentter Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis finalists, winner named

April 28, 2026

Four students, members of the Smeal Business Ethics Team, hold a check for $5,000 for winning the McGill case competition.

Penn State Smeal Business Ethics Team posts case competition win in Montreal

April 28, 2026

Cross-sectional image of spinal cord and veins

Hydraulic brain: Body motion linked to fluid movement in the brain

April 27, 2026

Outstanding Science Alumni Award winners with Penn State Eberly College of Science Dean Tracy Langkilde.

Eberly College of Science honors three with Outstanding Science Alumni Award

April 24, 2026

expansive glass and red brick campus building

Industry experts join IST Dean’s Advisory Board

April 24, 2026

Nitin Samarth in front of metal equipment

Physicist Nitin Samarth elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

April 22, 2026

An artistic representation of Greek letter mu

Particle thought to break physics followed rules all along

April 22, 2026

Chris Uhl in his office, leaning on his desk surrounded by papers, books and photos tacked to the wall.

Sustain Penn State releases guidebook to help faculty integrate sustainability

April 22, 2026

Green tree frog on rocks at the edge of a stream

Connected habitats help wildlife fight disease, strengthen protective microbes

April 20, 2026

Kayla DeHolton in front of IceCube Observatory

Q&A: IceCube Observatory upgrades improve search for elusive cosmic messenger

April 20, 2026

The Nittany Lion mascot

Let's give a 'We Are!' to these Penn Staters — April 17

April 17, 2026

Melanie McReynolds

Penn State biochemist Melanie McReynolds awarded Hypothesis Fund seed grant

April 16, 2026

Image of outerspace with stars and galaxies above image of same area of night sky showing only x-ray emissions as purple light from stars

Dimming X-rays could be boon for life on planets around young sun-like stars

April 14, 2026

Illustration of a man looking at the words AI with network-like symbols around it

Adopting, advancing and adapting to AI

April 14, 2026

WATCH: Science graduate students recap international industry internship

April 14, 2026

Luc Schrauf selected as Eberly College of Science spring 2026 student marshal

April 13, 2026

2026 Stand Up Award winners Maximilian Settembre, Christina Ellis and Kaelonnah Darlich

Rock Ethics Institute names 2026 Stand Up Award winners

April 13, 2026

Layer of black graphene on top of three lines of gallium atoms on top of brown silicon carbide layer on left, on right is blue hexagon with spining electrons respresented by red and blue spheres.

Unlocking unusual superconductivity in a lightweight element

April 13, 2026

students and professor Neil Hatfield stand in front of a poster about BOAST

We've got an app for that: Statistics for students, by students

April 13, 2026

Old main with trees in shadows

Communication, Science & Society Initiative awards four interdisciplinary grants

April 13, 2026

The Nittany Lion mascot

Sending a 'We Are!' to these Penn Staters

April 09, 2026

Andrea Ghez stands in front of projected screen

Heard on campus: Nobel Prize-winner Andrea Ghez on supermassive black holes

April 09, 2026

Four people pose with a colorful image

Winners announced for 18th annual Materials Visualization Competition

April 09, 2026

Nittany Lion mascot standing with two students at the 2026 Graduate Exhibition poster session

Thirty-one graduate students receive awards at the 2026 Graduate Exhibition

April 09, 2026

Headshots of Tanya Berger-Wolf (left) and Wah Chiu (right)

Huck Distinguished Lecture Series brings leaders in AI, biodiversity and cryo‑EM

April 08, 2026

A picture of the Nittany Lion shrine through green leaves

Six receive Faculty Scholar Medals for scholarly, creative excellence

April 07, 2026

George Atherton Bust

Six faculty members receive 2026 Atherton Award for Excellence in Teaching

April 07, 2026

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