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Sgt. Nick Sproveri with Law Enforcement Officer of the Year and commemorative award

Sgt. Nick Sproveri named Centre County's 2024 Law Enforcement Officer of the Year

July 24, 2025

Person working in food shop training person with down syndrome how to use checkout

Mutual benefits of hotels hiring individuals with intellectual disabilities

July 24, 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

Ekaterina V. Haskins, director of the Center for Democratic Deliberation in the McCourtney Institute for Democracy

Haskins named director of the Center for Democratic Deliberation

July 23, 2025

Flock of Canada geese flying over farm field.

Seasonal flu immunity protects against severe illness from bird flu in ferrets

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

Wesley Hymer in front of chalkboard

Remembering biochemist Wesley Hymer, pioneer of health research in space

July 22, 2025

Chemical reaction with chemical structures of steps in new mechanism of oxidative addition.

New play in the chemical-reaction playbook uncovered

July 22, 2025

four structures of the gold clusters with pieces separated

Gold clusters show promise as scalable options for quantum computers, sensors

July 22, 2025

Newts Penn State research

National foundation grant to support study on amphibian health at Penn State

July 22, 2025

Wine chemistry can be accurately judged from fermenting tiny batches of wine

July 22, 2025

Person on an airplane watches a "Lord of the Rings"-themed safety video on a monitor

Travelers may recall less safety info if in-flight safety video promotes tourism

July 21, 2025

dying corn stalks

Simulating the unthinkable: Models show nuclear winter food production plunge

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

Carly Sunseri named assistant vice provost for institutional research

July 17, 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

A Lumicks C-Trap optical tweezers instrument in the Biomolecular Interactions Core Facility

Optical tweezers help elevate single-molecule research at Penn State

July 15, 2025

Lion Shrine and Shield outline with blue overlay

Grant to help establish AI, health research lab at Harrisburg

July 15, 2025

Jennifer Breese, smiling, wearing glasses and a blue scarf with a red rope pattern, standing in front of a blue background.

Researchers earn Best Paper Award for work on student perceptions of AI

July 15, 2025

photo of Rob Notari sitting in IT lab with computers and windows behind him

Rob Notari director earns CIO/Senior Leadership Team Award for regional impact

July 10, 2025

Stylized image of a health sensor

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

July 09, 2025

Structure of tick-borne virus revealed at atomic resolution for the first time

July 09, 2025

Aerial view of Thwaites Glacier

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

July 09, 2025

A view of students raising their hands from the back of a classroom

Private tutoring linked to student disengagement, researchers find

July 08, 2025

grad student on fairway

Fungicides intended to suppress turfgrass diseases may damage fairways

July 08, 2025

Person standing in front of water and mountains

‘Scialog’ grant to study how rising ocean temperatures affect fish behavior

July 07, 2025

A small wooden bowl overflowing with pistachios and topped with sprigs of mint

Nighttime pistachio snacking may reshape gut microbiome in prediabetic adults

July 07, 2025

Man speaking at a podium

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

July 03, 2025

Penn State associate professor inducted as American Academy of Nursing Fellow

July 03, 2025

Toni Chainey and Chris Weaver pose holding framed awards

Harrisburg staff members win awards at Tech Pros + Web Pros conference

July 03, 2025

The cover of the book Architecture and Social Sustainability.

Stuckeman professor’s new book explores ‘socially sustainable’ architecture

July 03, 2025

A man with glasses wearing a blue suit and red tie stands behind a podium.

Penn State University Press welcomes new sales manager

July 02, 2025

A bumble bee perched on a yellow flower

What a bumble bee chooses to eat may not match ideal diet

July 02, 2025

People standing outside looking at the camera

Improving predictions of flood severity, place and time with AI

July 02, 2025

Nasibeh Zohrabi with Jen Nesbitt

Brandywine engineering professor honored with Open Champions Award

July 01, 2025

Jackie Bortiatynski laughing and facing someone else

Grove Center for Excellence in Science Education director retires after 34 years

July 01, 2025

An outdoor portrait of an individual.

Q&A: Can chemical manufacturing become more sustainable?

July 01, 2025

Professor of statistics to retire after 26 years at Penn State

June 30, 2025

Lab Bench to Commercialization program broadens its scope

June 30, 2025

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

June 30, 2025

Dana Griffin, new EPCSE department head for College of Education

Griffin joins Penn State College of Education as EPCSE department head

June 30, 2025

Person outside smiling at the camera

Susan Stewart named assistant dean for academic support and global programs

June 27, 2025

Nutifafa Doumon and Nelson Dzade

EMS faculty members earn National Academies US-African Frontiers Fellowships

June 27, 2025

Portrait of Dr. William Rothwell

William Rothwell retires after three decades as College of Education faculty

June 26, 2025

Two nurses monitor a baby in a neonatal intensive care unit

Outcomes of very preterm infants may vary across health systems

June 25, 2025

Photos of faculty from six campuses who were named winners of the 2025 Open Champion Award

Fourth annual Open Champion award winners honored for work with open education

June 24, 2025

Four people look at a whiteboard.

Q&A: How does computer science advance biology?

June 24, 2025

A view of Old Main building through a metal sculpture.

Nutritional sciences faculty receive national recognition for research

June 24, 2025

The sidewalk of Henderson building with a person biking and people walking.

College students’ fitness better indicates heart health than physical activity

June 24, 2025

A photo of a mountain landscape

Ancient temple ruins discovered in Andes shed light on lost society

June 24, 2025

A composite triptych of Jill Hamilton, Wenrui Hao and Gustavo Nader

Huck announces 2025-26 Leadership Fellows

June 24, 2025

Mark Ramos holds his duaghter Mabel in a room on Penn State University Park campus

Concerned father, statistician develops software to improve skills therapy

June 23, 2025

Child Maltreatment Solutions Network announces funding recipients

June 23, 2025

weed from field

Multistate herbicide-resistant weeds study aims to protect soybean crops

June 23, 2025

Worker bees surround a queen bee

How a genetic tug-of-war decides the fate of a honey bee

June 20, 2025

Four people pose for a photo with the second person holding a sample on a sample box

Rewriting a scientific law to unlock the potential of energy, sensing and more

June 20, 2025

Aerial view of people's hands working on project with diagrams, sticky notes, and a laptop.

Strategic design approach boosts rural innovation, researchers find

June 18, 2025

Man working on blowing glass in studio

Remembering Carlo Pantano, former director of the Materials Research Institute

June 18, 2025

In brief: Penn State Altoona professor’s essay published in nature magazine

June 16, 2025

Person packing boxes

‘Forever chemicals’ detected in 65% of sampled private wells in Pennsylvania

June 16, 2025

A detector mounted on a crane over ice

Strange radio pulses detected coming from ice in Antarctica

June 13, 2025

Stone sign that says The Pennsylvania State University

Eight Penn State research commercialization projects awarded GAP funding

June 13, 2025

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Sgt. Nick Sproveri with Law Enforcement Officer of the Year and commemorative award

Sgt. Nick Sproveri named Centre County's 2024 Law Enforcement Officer of the Year

July 24, 2025

Person working in food shop training person with down syndrome how to use checkout

Mutual benefits of hotels hiring individuals with intellectual disabilities

July 24, 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

Ekaterina V. Haskins, director of the Center for Democratic Deliberation in the McCourtney Institute for Democracy

Haskins named director of the Center for Democratic Deliberation

July 23, 2025

Flock of Canada geese flying over farm field.

Seasonal flu immunity protects against severe illness from bird flu in ferrets

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

Wesley Hymer in front of chalkboard

Remembering biochemist Wesley Hymer, pioneer of health research in space

July 22, 2025

Chemical reaction with chemical structures of steps in new mechanism of oxidative addition.

New play in the chemical-reaction playbook uncovered

July 22, 2025

four structures of the gold clusters with pieces separated

Gold clusters show promise as scalable options for quantum computers, sensors

July 22, 2025

Newts Penn State research

National foundation grant to support study on amphibian health at Penn State

July 22, 2025

Wine chemistry can be accurately judged from fermenting tiny batches of wine

July 22, 2025

Person on an airplane watches a "Lord of the Rings"-themed safety video on a monitor

Travelers may recall less safety info if in-flight safety video promotes tourism

July 21, 2025

dying corn stalks

Simulating the unthinkable: Models show nuclear winter food production plunge

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

Carly Sunseri named assistant vice provost for institutional research

July 17, 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

A Lumicks C-Trap optical tweezers instrument in the Biomolecular Interactions Core Facility

Optical tweezers help elevate single-molecule research at Penn State

July 15, 2025

Lion Shrine and Shield outline with blue overlay

Grant to help establish AI, health research lab at Harrisburg

July 15, 2025

Jennifer Breese, smiling, wearing glasses and a blue scarf with a red rope pattern, standing in front of a blue background.

Researchers earn Best Paper Award for work on student perceptions of AI

July 15, 2025

photo of Rob Notari sitting in IT lab with computers and windows behind him

Rob Notari director earns CIO/Senior Leadership Team Award for regional impact

July 10, 2025

Stylized image of a health sensor

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

July 09, 2025

Structure of tick-borne virus revealed at atomic resolution for the first time

July 09, 2025

Aerial view of Thwaites Glacier

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

July 09, 2025

A view of students raising their hands from the back of a classroom

Private tutoring linked to student disengagement, researchers find

July 08, 2025

grad student on fairway

Fungicides intended to suppress turfgrass diseases may damage fairways

July 08, 2025

Person standing in front of water and mountains

‘Scialog’ grant to study how rising ocean temperatures affect fish behavior

July 07, 2025

A small wooden bowl overflowing with pistachios and topped with sprigs of mint

Nighttime pistachio snacking may reshape gut microbiome in prediabetic adults

July 07, 2025

Man speaking at a podium

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

July 03, 2025

Penn State associate professor inducted as American Academy of Nursing Fellow

July 03, 2025

Toni Chainey and Chris Weaver pose holding framed awards

Harrisburg staff members win awards at Tech Pros + Web Pros conference

July 03, 2025

The cover of the book Architecture and Social Sustainability.

Stuckeman professor’s new book explores ‘socially sustainable’ architecture

July 03, 2025

A man with glasses wearing a blue suit and red tie stands behind a podium.

Penn State University Press welcomes new sales manager

July 02, 2025

A bumble bee perched on a yellow flower

What a bumble bee chooses to eat may not match ideal diet

July 02, 2025

People standing outside looking at the camera

Improving predictions of flood severity, place and time with AI

July 02, 2025

Nasibeh Zohrabi with Jen Nesbitt

Brandywine engineering professor honored with Open Champions Award

July 01, 2025

Jackie Bortiatynski laughing and facing someone else

Grove Center for Excellence in Science Education director retires after 34 years

July 01, 2025

An outdoor portrait of an individual.

Q&A: Can chemical manufacturing become more sustainable?

July 01, 2025

Professor of statistics to retire after 26 years at Penn State

June 30, 2025

Lab Bench to Commercialization program broadens its scope

June 30, 2025

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

June 30, 2025

Dana Griffin, new EPCSE department head for College of Education

Griffin joins Penn State College of Education as EPCSE department head

June 30, 2025

Person outside smiling at the camera

Susan Stewart named assistant dean for academic support and global programs

June 27, 2025

Nutifafa Doumon and Nelson Dzade

EMS faculty members earn National Academies US-African Frontiers Fellowships

June 27, 2025

Portrait of Dr. William Rothwell

William Rothwell retires after three decades as College of Education faculty

June 26, 2025

Two nurses monitor a baby in a neonatal intensive care unit

Outcomes of very preterm infants may vary across health systems

June 25, 2025

Photos of faculty from six campuses who were named winners of the 2025 Open Champion Award

Fourth annual Open Champion award winners honored for work with open education

June 24, 2025

Four people look at a whiteboard.

Q&A: How does computer science advance biology?

June 24, 2025

A view of Old Main building through a metal sculpture.

Nutritional sciences faculty receive national recognition for research

June 24, 2025

The sidewalk of Henderson building with a person biking and people walking.

College students’ fitness better indicates heart health than physical activity

June 24, 2025

A photo of a mountain landscape

Ancient temple ruins discovered in Andes shed light on lost society

June 24, 2025

A composite triptych of Jill Hamilton, Wenrui Hao and Gustavo Nader

Huck announces 2025-26 Leadership Fellows

June 24, 2025

Mark Ramos holds his duaghter Mabel in a room on Penn State University Park campus

Concerned father, statistician develops software to improve skills therapy

June 23, 2025

Child Maltreatment Solutions Network announces funding recipients

June 23, 2025

weed from field

Multistate herbicide-resistant weeds study aims to protect soybean crops

June 23, 2025

Worker bees surround a queen bee

How a genetic tug-of-war decides the fate of a honey bee

June 20, 2025

Four people pose for a photo with the second person holding a sample on a sample box

Rewriting a scientific law to unlock the potential of energy, sensing and more

June 20, 2025

Aerial view of people's hands working on project with diagrams, sticky notes, and a laptop.

Strategic design approach boosts rural innovation, researchers find

June 18, 2025

Man working on blowing glass in studio

Remembering Carlo Pantano, former director of the Materials Research Institute

June 18, 2025

In brief: Penn State Altoona professor’s essay published in nature magazine

June 16, 2025

Person packing boxes

‘Forever chemicals’ detected in 65% of sampled private wells in Pennsylvania

June 16, 2025

A detector mounted on a crane over ice

Strange radio pulses detected coming from ice in Antarctica

June 13, 2025

Stone sign that says The Pennsylvania State University

Eight Penn State research commercialization projects awarded GAP funding

June 13, 2025

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