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The Colorado River in Marble Canyon, Arizona, as seen from above.

Conservation may not be enough to sustain water supplies, researchers find

January 23, 2026

Avehi Singh collecting compounds from flowers

Domestication has changed the chemicals squash flowers use to attract bees

January 22, 2026

Rural Health director re-appointed to Governor’s Advisory Council on Rural Affairs

January 21, 2026

Screengrab of smartmatch.com results page

To explain or not? Need for AI transparency depends on user expectation

January 21, 2026

Faculty Senate passes advisory reports on professional ethics, student records

January 21, 2026

Illustration of bright light on planet horizon with words "Unexpected pairing addressing big questions"

Ashtekar Frontiers of Science Lectures to begin Jan. 24

January 21, 2026

Meteorology Yvette Richardson accepts award

Meteorology professor earns Nikolai Dotzek Award for severe weather research

January 21, 2026

Man in white coat and safety glasses studies carboys in lab

Center for Critical Minerals director receives high honor at alma mater

January 20, 2026

Christelle Wauthier sits on a rough volcanic rock during fieldwork.

Coffee Hour starts Jan. 23 with talk on volcanic hazards and remote sensing

January 20, 2026

Disease ecologist awarded grant to study ’infectome’ effects on fungal disease

January 16, 2026

Women's basketball coach to be inducted into Beaver County Sports Hall of Fame

January 16, 2026

Jessica Grembi and Nazifa Tabassum in a grassy field smiling for the camera

Investigating the microbiome’s role in intestinal disorder in pregnancy

January 16, 2026

Photo of three people digging in the desert with a portrait of a person superimposed in the top right corner

New funding supports research on soil microbiomes and their resilience to change

January 15, 2026

line drawing of a happy family. The child has their arms around the mom's neck, and the dad is kissing the daughter on the cheek.

Fathers’ early interactions with babies may affect child health years later

January 15, 2026

Economics professor Ran Shorrer receives Market Design Impact Award

January 14, 2026

Mark Roberts in front of the Nittany Shrine in a light blue button-down shirt, grey pants, with short brown hair smiling.

Roberts retires after leading center from inception to success

January 14, 2026

Deaf, hard-of-hearing children’s adversity influences adult health, study finds

January 14, 2026

Plant Bowen in Bartow County, Georgia, is among the largest coal-fired power plants in the U.S.

Center for CO2 storage begins 2026 with interdisciplinary momentum

January 14, 2026

Motevalli named vice chancellor for academic affairs at Penn State Harrisburg

January 13, 2026

A large puddle of standing water on a dirt construction site

$1.6M to fund international study on built environment, malaria

January 13, 2026

Female athletes in a huddle with soccer ball

Female athlete health, well-being focus of updated report

January 13, 2026

Large, green-domed building with staircase and trees

Governor recognizes Penn State program for 30 years of geospatial data service

January 12, 2026

From brain scans to alloys: Teaching AI to make sense of complex research data

January 12, 2026

Danielle M. Conway elected president of Association of American Law Schools

January 09, 2026

Xingjie Ni, an associate professor of electrical engineering, works in his lab while holding a screwdriver at Penn State.

Electrical engineer named fellow of international optics society

January 09, 2026

Electrical engineering faculty member named fellow of IEEE

January 09, 2026

NAACP honors Abington staffer who ‘circles wagons’ to support students in need

January 08, 2026

Julia Freund on Penn State Wilkes-Barre's campus

Penn State Wilkes-Barre welcomes Student Activities Coordinator Julia Freund

January 08, 2026

Two Penn State professors named fellows of the National Academy of Inventors

January 07, 2026

Schuylkill Faculty and Staff Recognition Ceremony awardees

Schuylkill celebrates faculty, staff with annual awards and service honors

January 07, 2026

Climate Conversation Cafe to explore the right to a healthy environment

January 07, 2026

Q&A: NSF CAREER Award to 'recover communities’ historic hearts'

January 06, 2026

Fox Graduate School Senior Associate Dean Michael Verderame to retire from post

January 06, 2026

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

Seven employees recognized for achieving 25 years of service

January 06, 2026

Older person sits on the edge of a bed with a hand on their back, indicating discomfort

Back pain linked to worse sleep years later in men over 65, according to study

January 05, 2026

A visualization of an AI bot generating a metasurface design.

AI approach takes optical system design from months to milliseconds

January 05, 2026

Penn State Professor Swaroop Ghosh standing outside looking into the camera and smiling.

Swaroop Ghosh named fellow of the National Academy of Inventors

December 22, 2025

Dipanjan Pan named a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors

December 22, 2025

People walk through a busy intersection in New York City on a summer day with sunset flare between the background buildings

Q&A: Environmental protection benefits the American economy and public health

December 18, 2025

Jared Frederick at a podium addresses an audience in an auditorium, with U.S. flag and John Homan looking on.

Penn State Altoona professor’s book helps World War II veteran earn Legion of Honor

December 18, 2025

Close up of elderly person lying awake in bed in a dark room

Night waking impacts cognitive performance regardless of sleep duration

December 18, 2025

Mountain regions with rocks and snow and radio antennae array

International team awarded $16.3M to fund neutrino detection

December 18, 2025

Genetic teamwork may be the secret to climate-resilient plants, researchers find

December 17, 2025

Engineering professor receives DOE Early Career Research Program Award

December 17, 2025

Charring is shown in Michaux State Forest in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, after the Thompson Hollow Fire in April 2025.

$1.74M grant to fund Eastern Fire Network

December 17, 2025

Image of E. coli bacterial cell with boxes zooming in on differently colored proteins.

For certain life-essential proteins in E. coli, repair is more likely

December 16, 2025

Opposing forces in cells could hold clues to treating disease

December 16, 2025

Evaluating the evaluators: How do plant virus genome analysis tools stack up?

December 15, 2025

Yesenia Figueroa-Lifschitz, Jennifer Rankin and Ruth Herstek pose together in the New Kensington library.

New Kensington faculty and staff honored for publications, awards

December 15, 2025

Penn State’s Beat Childhood Cancer Research Consortium expands to Europe

December 15, 2025

Tracy Hoover retires as associate dean in College of Agricultural Sciences

December 13, 2025

Kirk French lectures to an auditorium filled with students

Professor’s 'Anthropology of Alcohol' course a perennial favorite with students

December 12, 2025

two researchers look at image of virus on computer

Unique bond identified as key to viral infection speed

December 12, 2025

Backyard insect inspires large-scale invisibility particles production

December 12, 2025

Diagram showing zentropy's affect on electro-optic ceramics

Transparent ceramic could boost internet speeds and cut energy use

December 12, 2025

American Nuclear Society names Penn State professor to 40 under 40 list

December 12, 2025

Feedback loops accelerate warming, other atmospheric changes in Arctic

December 12, 2025

images of two galaxies in optical light with inset x-rays

Small galaxies often lack supermassive black hole cores

December 12, 2025

Penn State chemist named 2026 Optica Fellow

December 11, 2025

Penn State partners on $10.5M Gates Grand Challenge for antibodies manufacturing

December 11, 2025

Calcium in breast arteries predicts future cardiovascular disease

December 10, 2025

Professor’s new book examines public perceptions of independent courts

December 10, 2025

Abington professor receives DOE grant to engineer advanced quantum materials

December 10, 2025

Doctor holding a tablet and speaking to a patient

$4.2M CDC grant to increase colorectal cancer screening in Pennsylvania

December 10, 2025

Teaching excellence lauded in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences

December 09, 2025

An illustration of a person in a space suit holding a rock on Mars

New report outlines science priorities for human Mars exploration

December 09, 2025

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Conservation may not be enough to sustain water supplies, researchers find

January 23, 2026

Domestication has changed the chemicals squash flowers use to attract bees

January 22, 2026

Rural Health director re-appointed to Governor’s Advisory Council on Rural Affairs

January 21, 2026

To explain or not? Need for AI transparency depends on user expectation

January 21, 2026

Faculty Senate passes advisory reports on professional ethics, student records

January 21, 2026

Ashtekar Frontiers of Science Lectures to begin Jan. 24

January 21, 2026

Meteorology professor earns Nikolai Dotzek Award for severe weather research

January 21, 2026

Center for Critical Minerals director receives high honor at alma mater

January 20, 2026

Coffee Hour starts Jan. 23 with talk on volcanic hazards and remote sensing

January 20, 2026

Disease ecologist awarded grant to study ’infectome’ effects on fungal disease

January 16, 2026

Women's basketball coach to be inducted into Beaver County Sports Hall of Fame

January 16, 2026

Investigating the microbiome’s role in intestinal disorder in pregnancy

January 16, 2026

New funding supports research on soil microbiomes and their resilience to change

January 15, 2026

Fathers’ early interactions with babies may affect child health years later

January 15, 2026

Economics professor Ran Shorrer receives Market Design Impact Award

January 14, 2026

Roberts retires after leading center from inception to success

January 14, 2026

Deaf, hard-of-hearing children’s adversity influences adult health, study finds

January 14, 2026

Center for CO2 storage begins 2026 with interdisciplinary momentum

January 14, 2026

Motevalli named vice chancellor for academic affairs at Penn State Harrisburg

January 13, 2026

$1.6M to fund international study on built environment, malaria

January 13, 2026

Female athlete health, well-being focus of updated report

January 13, 2026

Governor recognizes Penn State program for 30 years of geospatial data service

January 12, 2026

From brain scans to alloys: Teaching AI to make sense of complex research data

January 12, 2026

Danielle M. Conway elected president of Association of American Law Schools

January 09, 2026

Electrical engineer named fellow of international optics society

January 09, 2026

Electrical engineering faculty member named fellow of IEEE

January 09, 2026

NAACP honors Abington staffer who ‘circles wagons’ to support students in need

January 08, 2026

Penn State Wilkes-Barre welcomes Student Activities Coordinator Julia Freund

January 08, 2026

Two Penn State professors named fellows of the National Academy of Inventors

January 07, 2026

Schuylkill celebrates faculty, staff with annual awards and service honors

January 07, 2026

Climate Conversation Cafe to explore the right to a healthy environment

January 07, 2026

Q&A: NSF CAREER Award to 'recover communities’ historic hearts'

January 06, 2026

Fox Graduate School Senior Associate Dean Michael Verderame to retire from post

January 06, 2026

Seven employees recognized for achieving 25 years of service

January 06, 2026

Back pain linked to worse sleep years later in men over 65, according to study

January 05, 2026

AI approach takes optical system design from months to milliseconds

January 05, 2026

Swaroop Ghosh named fellow of the National Academy of Inventors

December 22, 2025

Dipanjan Pan named a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors

December 22, 2025

Q&A: Environmental protection benefits the American economy and public health

December 18, 2025

Penn State Altoona professor’s book helps World War II veteran earn Legion of Honor

December 18, 2025

Night waking impacts cognitive performance regardless of sleep duration

December 18, 2025

International team awarded $16.3M to fund neutrino detection

December 18, 2025

Genetic teamwork may be the secret to climate-resilient plants, researchers find

December 17, 2025

Engineering professor receives DOE Early Career Research Program Award

December 17, 2025

$1.74M grant to fund Eastern Fire Network

December 17, 2025

For certain life-essential proteins in E. coli, repair is more likely

December 16, 2025

Opposing forces in cells could hold clues to treating disease

December 16, 2025

Evaluating the evaluators: How do plant virus genome analysis tools stack up?

December 15, 2025

New Kensington faculty and staff honored for publications, awards

December 15, 2025

Penn State’s Beat Childhood Cancer Research Consortium expands to Europe

December 15, 2025

Tracy Hoover retires as associate dean in College of Agricultural Sciences

December 13, 2025

Professor’s 'Anthropology of Alcohol' course a perennial favorite with students

December 12, 2025

Unique bond identified as key to viral infection speed

December 12, 2025

Backyard insect inspires large-scale invisibility particles production

December 12, 2025

Transparent ceramic could boost internet speeds and cut energy use

December 12, 2025

American Nuclear Society names Penn State professor to 40 under 40 list

December 12, 2025

Feedback loops accelerate warming, other atmospheric changes in Arctic

December 12, 2025

Small galaxies often lack supermassive black hole cores

December 12, 2025

Penn State chemist named 2026 Optica Fellow

December 11, 2025

Penn State partners on $10.5M Gates Grand Challenge for antibodies manufacturing

December 11, 2025

Calcium in breast arteries predicts future cardiovascular disease

December 10, 2025

Professor’s new book examines public perceptions of independent courts

December 10, 2025

Abington professor receives DOE grant to engineer advanced quantum materials

December 10, 2025

$4.2M CDC grant to increase colorectal cancer screening in Pennsylvania

December 10, 2025

Teaching excellence lauded in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences

December 09, 2025

New report outlines science priorities for human Mars exploration

December 09, 2025

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