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Penn State awarded $20M to lead an NSF ‘programmable cloud laboratory’

July 23, 2026

Lion Shrine head on

Penn State scientists to lead three Genesis Mission projects

July 23, 2026

Device with green laser light shining on red liquid in beaker

Chocolate syrup-like fluid stores multiple interacting memories

July 23, 2026

Headshot of Gabrielle Foreman

Q&A: Colored Conventions and the Supreme Court’s birthright citizenship ruling

July 23, 2026

Human brain technology drawing in blue.

AI Hub honors 14 individuals with Penn State AI Awards

July 22, 2026

Susan Welch

Team effort guides publicaton of late Liberal Arts dean Susan Welch's last book

July 22, 2026

Portrait of a person with shoulder-length dark hair, wearing a purple patterned top over a black shirt, standing beside a weathered wooden post with a blurred outdoor background.

Stuckeman School’s landscape architecture department adds to faculty

July 22, 2026

Barn in Kentucky

Severe flooding linked to increased deaths from opioid use in rural Appalachia

July 20, 2026

An elementary school teacher smiles as he leans over a table to help a small group of students using a tablet during class, while other children work independently in the bright, modern classroom.

Students' emotional resources in high school linked to college completion

July 20, 2026

Brian Black

Penn State Altoona professor offers keynote at recent EnergyPath conference

July 20, 2026

Erin Murphy

Penn State Altoona English professor presents at London ecopoetics conference

July 20, 2026

Kofi Adu

Kofi Adu awarded Fulbright scholarship for STEM education, research in Ghana

July 20, 2026

A sample of a microbe collected on campus grows on an agar plate.

$2.8M NIH grant to study effect of PFAS on the gut microbiome

July 20, 2026

Frank Guadagnolo

University mourns loss of Professor Emeritus Frank B. Guadagnolo

July 17, 2026

graphic collage of multiple images depicting volatile oil prices amid international conflict

Energy price shocks slow state economies; spur energy efficiency investments

July 17, 2026

Pennsylvania dairy farm

Q&A: Can a misunderstood tech benefit farmers’ bottom lines and the environment?

July 17, 2026

Calculator and 1040 tax form

Q&A: How do federal taxes impact local schools and services?

July 17, 2026

Animal science head named president of Society for the Study of Reproduction

July 17, 2026

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Margarita López-Uribe awarded Nancy and John Steimer Professorship

July 16, 2026

A hand holding a smartphone with a telehealth app on the screen. The app is confirming an appointment booking for Friday, the 20th at 9:00 a.m.

AI disagreement may shake patient trust in doctors

July 16, 2026

Zhenlong Li, wearing glasses and a green collared shirt, smiles outdoors with blurred greenery in the background.

Geography faculty member earns national research award

July 16, 2026

Land-Grant Fellows

Land-Grant Research Impact Fellows named in the College of Ag Sciences

July 16, 2026

Jungwoo Ryoo headshot

Jungwoo Ryoo named interim associate dean for adult education at Penn State Altoona

July 15, 2026

A person in a lion costume standing in front of a lion statue.

21 Penn State employees recognized for achieving 25 years of service in June

July 14, 2026

The bell near Old Main.

Engineering alumni society recognizes excellence at 2026 awards ceremony

July 14, 2026

A portrait of Penn State Behrend faculty member George Looney

Behrend faculty member begins new chapter in a writing life

July 14, 2026

A close up shot of a bioelectrode painted to look like a shark on the side of a researcher's curled fist

Paintable electrodes could power creative and colorful wearable sensors

July 13, 2026

A scientific figure illustrating how different atomic arrangements of the same material can lead to substantially changes in corrosion susceptibility, with one simulated material appearing much more corroded than the other two examples

Metals’ atomic arrangement can create ‘corrosion highways’ in nuclear reactors

July 13, 2026

The Allen E. and Allen M. Pearce professor of industrial engineering's name sits engraved on a plaque next to Kumara's Society of Manufacturing Engineering 2026 fellow medal.

Industrial engineering professor named manufacturing engineering fellow

July 13, 2026

A woman's hands scoop a ripe avocado above a cutting board in a kitchen

Eating an avocado a day lowers heart disease risk factor for people with obesity

July 13, 2026

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Roderick Lee receives Sloan Higher Education Professional of the Year Award

July 10, 2026

Suat Irmak

Irmak earns fourth fellowship from another leading scientific society

July 10, 2026

A student stands on a lawn next to a small forest patch that has not grown very tall yet

Forest Exploration Center earns governor's environmental excellence award

July 10, 2026

Sheldon D. Fields standing on red carpet in front of banner for The Nurses Magazine's Men of Honor program.

Nese College of Nursing’s Fields recognized among most impactful men in nursing

July 10, 2026

group photo of eight people in the hallway of medical school

$2.5M grant to start street medicine program at Penn State College of Medicine

July 10, 2026

A person with a screwdriver repairing an internal part of a laptop

Certifying third-party repairs retains customers, signals utility left in goods

July 09, 2026

person with a backpack walks alone in a school courtyard

Kids received mental health treatment in record numbers after pandemic

July 09, 2026

A photo taken in a lab shows a close up of two gloves hands interacting with a small, finger-size circuit board placed on the base of a microscope

Quantum material opens new path for studying unusual electronic behavior

July 09, 2026

The torso of a woman in a black suit covered with small hoses reclines on a hospital bed. Her right arm rests on a table with two sensors attached to it.

Unmedicated women with depression do not tolerate heat as well as those on SSRIs

July 09, 2026

Bonnie Cutsforth-Huber

Penn State Altoona music professor wins national writing award

July 08, 2026

James Doyle wears a dark sweater and stands against museum display backdrop

Matson Museum director James Doyle awarded Fulbright for book project

July 08, 2026

A manager and three wait staff stand in an otherwise empty restaurant, discussing tasks for the coming shift.

Employees who feel overqualified view more work tasks as unreasonable

July 08, 2026

A professor of chemical engineering receives his award from the director of NIIMBL.

Team led by Penn State researcher receives national biopharmaceutical award

July 07, 2026

Artist’s impression of binary black holes about to collide

Simplifying black hole mergers — the universe’s most violent phenomena

July 07, 2026

headshot of new athletics director Enrico Mastroianni

Enrico Mastroianni named director of athletics and recreation at Scranton

July 06, 2026

John Mauro

John Mauro selected to receive Kingery Award from American Ceramic Society

July 06, 2026

Abigail Brooke

Brandywine welcomes new career development specialist

July 06, 2026

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Penn State Data Commons powers two decades of open science

July 06, 2026

Jon-Paul Maria

Jon-Paul Maria named interim head of Materials Science and Engineering

July 02, 2026

Student work in physics lab reaches across table of instruments

‘Designer’ superconducting diamond offers roadmap to multifunction quantum chips

July 02, 2026

Black circle surrounded by orange light with radiating lines of orange light representing influx of energy

Dynamic black holes explained by simple thermodynamics?

July 02, 2026

Photo of Katherin Zipp receiving award

Penn State professor Katherine Zipp honored with faculty mentor award

July 01, 2026

Head shot of Heather Grab

Heather Grab named Lorenzo L. Langstroth Early Career Professor in Entomology

July 01, 2026

 a headshot of David Wormley

College of Engineering mourns the loss of Dean Emeritus David Wormley

July 01, 2026

Michael J. Pennington headshot photo

Penn State's Pennington joins American Association of University Administrators board

July 01, 2026

college professor with dark hair and suit jacket in glass and brick campus building

Guoray Cai named Dewey Walker Professor in Information Sciences and Technology

July 01, 2026

Sarah Brothers standing against a woodsy backdrop

Brothers receives American Sociological Association’s Early Career Award

June 30, 2026

Faculty Senate passes legislative report on pass/fail grading policies

June 29, 2026

Headshot of Bernadette Melnyk

Bernadette Melnyk honored as 'Living Legend' by American Academy of Nursing

June 29, 2026

Michele Dunleavy wearing a robin egg blue shirt and smiling

Dunleavy named Arts and Architecture associate dean for access and equity

June 29, 2026

Man addresses crowd a banquet

Penn State Dickinson Law Dean Emeritus and Professor Gary S. Gildin retiring

June 26, 2026

A researcher in a white lab coat and safety glasses operates a large mechanical testing machine in a laboratory to test the strength of concrete

New design approach may help slash the price of ultra-durable concrete

June 26, 2026

a pile of clear blue, disposable plastic bottles

Plastic bottles could find new life in batteries as graphite

June 26, 2026

A photo of Sandy Stevens and Randy Woolridge posing together at a gathering

Two pillars of Wall Street success at Penn State Smeal to retire

June 26, 2026

Illustration depicting a microfabricated atomic vapor cell, with atoms trapped within glass cavities on a chip

Glass cells of atoms offer a new path to smarter, cheaper sensors

June 26, 2026

Jacob Holland-Lulewicz wearing a green hoodie and standing against green field backdrop

Q&A: What can archaeology teach us about democracy and autocracy?

June 25, 2026

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Old main with trees in shadows

Penn State awarded $20M to lead an NSF ‘programmable cloud laboratory’

July 23, 2026

Lion Shrine head on

Penn State scientists to lead three Genesis Mission projects

July 23, 2026

Device with green laser light shining on red liquid in beaker

Chocolate syrup-like fluid stores multiple interacting memories

July 23, 2026

Headshot of Gabrielle Foreman

Q&A: Colored Conventions and the Supreme Court’s birthright citizenship ruling

July 23, 2026

Human brain technology drawing in blue.

AI Hub honors 14 individuals with Penn State AI Awards

July 22, 2026

Susan Welch

Team effort guides publicaton of late Liberal Arts dean Susan Welch's last book

July 22, 2026

Portrait of a person with shoulder-length dark hair, wearing a purple patterned top over a black shirt, standing beside a weathered wooden post with a blurred outdoor background.

Stuckeman School’s landscape architecture department adds to faculty

July 22, 2026

Barn in Kentucky

Severe flooding linked to increased deaths from opioid use in rural Appalachia

July 20, 2026

An elementary school teacher smiles as he leans over a table to help a small group of students using a tablet during class, while other children work independently in the bright, modern classroom.

Students' emotional resources in high school linked to college completion

July 20, 2026

Brian Black

Penn State Altoona professor offers keynote at recent EnergyPath conference

July 20, 2026

Erin Murphy

Penn State Altoona English professor presents at London ecopoetics conference

July 20, 2026

Kofi Adu

Kofi Adu awarded Fulbright scholarship for STEM education, research in Ghana

July 20, 2026

A sample of a microbe collected on campus grows on an agar plate.

$2.8M NIH grant to study effect of PFAS on the gut microbiome

July 20, 2026

Frank Guadagnolo

University mourns loss of Professor Emeritus Frank B. Guadagnolo

July 17, 2026

graphic collage of multiple images depicting volatile oil prices amid international conflict

Energy price shocks slow state economies; spur energy efficiency investments

July 17, 2026

Pennsylvania dairy farm

Q&A: Can a misunderstood tech benefit farmers’ bottom lines and the environment?

July 17, 2026

Calculator and 1040 tax form

Q&A: How do federal taxes impact local schools and services?

July 17, 2026

Animal science head named president of Society for the Study of Reproduction

July 17, 2026

Headshot of Margarita

Margarita López-Uribe awarded Nancy and John Steimer Professorship

July 16, 2026

A hand holding a smartphone with a telehealth app on the screen. The app is confirming an appointment booking for Friday, the 20th at 9:00 a.m.

AI disagreement may shake patient trust in doctors

July 16, 2026

Zhenlong Li, wearing glasses and a green collared shirt, smiles outdoors with blurred greenery in the background.

Geography faculty member earns national research award

July 16, 2026

Land-Grant Fellows

Land-Grant Research Impact Fellows named in the College of Ag Sciences

July 16, 2026

Jungwoo Ryoo headshot

Jungwoo Ryoo named interim associate dean for adult education at Penn State Altoona

July 15, 2026

A person in a lion costume standing in front of a lion statue.

21 Penn State employees recognized for achieving 25 years of service in June

July 14, 2026

The bell near Old Main.

Engineering alumni society recognizes excellence at 2026 awards ceremony

July 14, 2026

A portrait of Penn State Behrend faculty member George Looney

Behrend faculty member begins new chapter in a writing life

July 14, 2026

A close up shot of a bioelectrode painted to look like a shark on the side of a researcher's curled fist

Paintable electrodes could power creative and colorful wearable sensors

July 13, 2026

A scientific figure illustrating how different atomic arrangements of the same material can lead to substantially changes in corrosion susceptibility, with one simulated material appearing much more corroded than the other two examples

Metals’ atomic arrangement can create ‘corrosion highways’ in nuclear reactors

July 13, 2026

The Allen E. and Allen M. Pearce professor of industrial engineering's name sits engraved on a plaque next to Kumara's Society of Manufacturing Engineering 2026 fellow medal.

Industrial engineering professor named manufacturing engineering fellow

July 13, 2026

A woman's hands scoop a ripe avocado above a cutting board in a kitchen

Eating an avocado a day lowers heart disease risk factor for people with obesity

July 13, 2026

person with gray mustache and glasses in blue business suit with brick and glass building in background

Roderick Lee receives Sloan Higher Education Professional of the Year Award

July 10, 2026

Suat Irmak

Irmak earns fourth fellowship from another leading scientific society

July 10, 2026

A student stands on a lawn next to a small forest patch that has not grown very tall yet

Forest Exploration Center earns governor's environmental excellence award

July 10, 2026

Sheldon D. Fields standing on red carpet in front of banner for The Nurses Magazine's Men of Honor program.

Nese College of Nursing’s Fields recognized among most impactful men in nursing

July 10, 2026

group photo of eight people in the hallway of medical school

$2.5M grant to start street medicine program at Penn State College of Medicine

July 10, 2026

A person with a screwdriver repairing an internal part of a laptop

Certifying third-party repairs retains customers, signals utility left in goods

July 09, 2026

person with a backpack walks alone in a school courtyard

Kids received mental health treatment in record numbers after pandemic

July 09, 2026

A photo taken in a lab shows a close up of two gloves hands interacting with a small, finger-size circuit board placed on the base of a microscope

Quantum material opens new path for studying unusual electronic behavior

July 09, 2026

The torso of a woman in a black suit covered with small hoses reclines on a hospital bed. Her right arm rests on a table with two sensors attached to it.

Unmedicated women with depression do not tolerate heat as well as those on SSRIs

July 09, 2026

Bonnie Cutsforth-Huber

Penn State Altoona music professor wins national writing award

July 08, 2026

James Doyle wears a dark sweater and stands against museum display backdrop

Matson Museum director James Doyle awarded Fulbright for book project

July 08, 2026

A manager and three wait staff stand in an otherwise empty restaurant, discussing tasks for the coming shift.

Employees who feel overqualified view more work tasks as unreasonable

July 08, 2026

A professor of chemical engineering receives his award from the director of NIIMBL.

Team led by Penn State researcher receives national biopharmaceutical award

July 07, 2026

Artist’s impression of binary black holes about to collide

Simplifying black hole mergers — the universe’s most violent phenomena

July 07, 2026

headshot of new athletics director Enrico Mastroianni

Enrico Mastroianni named director of athletics and recreation at Scranton

July 06, 2026

John Mauro

John Mauro selected to receive Kingery Award from American Ceramic Society

July 06, 2026

Abigail Brooke

Brandywine welcomes new career development specialist

July 06, 2026

illustration of the globe with pixels of red and aqua

Penn State Data Commons powers two decades of open science

July 06, 2026

Jon-Paul Maria

Jon-Paul Maria named interim head of Materials Science and Engineering

July 02, 2026

Student work in physics lab reaches across table of instruments

‘Designer’ superconducting diamond offers roadmap to multifunction quantum chips

July 02, 2026

Black circle surrounded by orange light with radiating lines of orange light representing influx of energy

Dynamic black holes explained by simple thermodynamics?

July 02, 2026

Photo of Katherin Zipp receiving award

Penn State professor Katherine Zipp honored with faculty mentor award

July 01, 2026

Head shot of Heather Grab

Heather Grab named Lorenzo L. Langstroth Early Career Professor in Entomology

July 01, 2026

 a headshot of David Wormley

College of Engineering mourns the loss of Dean Emeritus David Wormley

July 01, 2026

Michael J. Pennington headshot photo

Penn State's Pennington joins American Association of University Administrators board

July 01, 2026

college professor with dark hair and suit jacket in glass and brick campus building

Guoray Cai named Dewey Walker Professor in Information Sciences and Technology

July 01, 2026

Sarah Brothers standing against a woodsy backdrop

Brothers receives American Sociological Association’s Early Career Award

June 30, 2026

Faculty Senate passes legislative report on pass/fail grading policies

June 29, 2026

Headshot of Bernadette Melnyk

Bernadette Melnyk honored as 'Living Legend' by American Academy of Nursing

June 29, 2026

Michele Dunleavy wearing a robin egg blue shirt and smiling

Dunleavy named Arts and Architecture associate dean for access and equity

June 29, 2026

Man addresses crowd a banquet

Penn State Dickinson Law Dean Emeritus and Professor Gary S. Gildin retiring

June 26, 2026

A researcher in a white lab coat and safety glasses operates a large mechanical testing machine in a laboratory to test the strength of concrete

New design approach may help slash the price of ultra-durable concrete

June 26, 2026

a pile of clear blue, disposable plastic bottles

Plastic bottles could find new life in batteries as graphite

June 26, 2026

A photo of Sandy Stevens and Randy Woolridge posing together at a gathering

Two pillars of Wall Street success at Penn State Smeal to retire

June 26, 2026

Illustration depicting a microfabricated atomic vapor cell, with atoms trapped within glass cavities on a chip

Glass cells of atoms offer a new path to smarter, cheaper sensors

June 26, 2026

Jacob Holland-Lulewicz wearing a green hoodie and standing against green field backdrop

Q&A: What can archaeology teach us about democracy and autocracy?

June 25, 2026

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