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Q&A: How do statisticians contribute to research and policy on gun violence?

September 04, 2026

Leadership from industry, government and academia pose in front of a giant mechanical compressor, holding big scissors to cut a START+ branded ribbon

START+ Lab ribbon cutting celebrates new facilities, research capabilities

September 04, 2026

Andrew Read, Glenn Thompson, Karen Thole and Neeli Bendapudi pose together for a closeup photo

Penn State marks the official launch of the National Security Institute

September 04, 2026

Head shot of Holly Ryan

Penn State Brandywine appoints interim campus chief academic officer

September 02, 2026

Faculty Senate holds first meeting of 2026-27 academic year

September 02, 2026

Ray Block stands in center of group of students outside of Penn State's Welch Building.

Summer program shows students ins and outs of community-engaged research

September 02, 2026

A photo of Scott Milner in his office.

Q&A: Scott Milner on 'Writing and Presenting for Scientists and Engineers'

September 02, 2026

3D model of native protein structure and misfolded protein structure showing that misfolded protein evades cellular quality control system.

Cellular maintenance crew may miss as much as half of certain misfolded proteins

September 02, 2026

Two men running tests in a materials lab.

Penn State, Battalion launch research collaboration focused on national security

September 02, 2026

little fish among weeds

Fish dads offer new insight into behavioral effects of receiving paternal care

September 02, 2026

Ravindra Tripath, Derrick Taff and Bing Pan in a selfie taken by Pan at a trailhead at Bryce Canyon National Park.

Q&A: Can U.S. parks promote safety, recreation and environmental protection?

September 01, 2026

Rocks near an ocean coastline

Ocean heatwaves linked with poorer health among children in coastal communities

September 01, 2026

Harrisburg professor’s 'Survivor Tree' essay recognized

August 31, 2026

Five individuals pose in a lab

AI streamlines search for new ceramics that generate electricity

August 31, 2026

Healthcare provider in a medical exam room performing breast ultrasound exam on a woman

Breast density laws linked to higher ultrasound use after mammography

August 31, 2026

Engineering professor renewed as UNESCO chair

August 28, 2026

Barbara Rolls is pictured sitting at a desk at the front of a classroom, we can see the back of a student who is seated facing the front of the room.

Barbara Rolls reflects on career that transformed nutritional sciences

August 28, 2026

Conference reappoints Penn State Abington athletics director to leadership team

August 28, 2026

Corn plants in a field

Specific cover crops may help attract insects that target harmful pests

August 27, 2026

College of Engineering mourns the loss of faculty member Wang-Chien Lee

August 27, 2026

Neela Yennawar, director of instrumentation grant initiatives at the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences

Neela Yennawar named Huck director of instrumentation grant initiatives

August 27, 2026

Exterior of Penn State Health Children’s Hospital Golisano Children’s Hospital, with a portrait of pediatric surgeon Dr. Robert Ricca inset in the upper right.

Penn State Health Golisano Children’s Hospital names surgeon-in-chief

August 27, 2026

researchers at microscope

Mixture of traditional edible plants inhibits fungus growth in corn, study shows

August 27, 2026

A 3D visualization of blood moving throught the body, with some cells appearing as infected cells among the standard red blood cells.

New approach cuts sepsis diagnosis from days to hours, researchers report

August 26, 2026

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The secret to bats’ longevity linked to immune response to viruses and cancer

August 26, 2026

Penn State's Business Building, a modern building with a curved glass façade and a brick section, featuring large windows and a balcony.

New Penn State Smeal accounting faculty enhance research on developing economies

August 26, 2026

Penn State Behrend faculty member Michael Campbell holds grapes while walking through an Erie County vineyard.

Biology professor Michael Campbell ends 32-year career at Penn State Behrend

August 25, 2026

Person stands in a well

Historic Kenyan drought reshaped livelihoods, health and daily life

August 25, 2026

study first author

Adaptation and a ‘Noah’s Ark for trees’ offer hope for endangered black ash

August 25, 2026

Deborah Ehrenthal

Deborah Ehrenthal to step down as director of Social Science Research Institute

August 24, 2026

Jonas Rubenson crouches beside a treadmill. On the treadmill is the metabolic chamber, a Lucite box with tubes for airflow.

Bird bulking: Exercise in youth decreases energy used for moving as an adult

August 24, 2026

Four scientists are shown collecting samples from a groundwater well in a grassy field in front of a forest in Southwestern Pennsylvania

Natural gas drilling could raise salt levels, in turn boosting radium in water

August 24, 2026

Lightning during thunderstorm over water

Thunderquakes: A new way to image the Earth’s subsurface

August 21, 2026

eight people standing next to each other holding plaques

Lehigh Valley faculty and staff recognized for excellence and contributions

August 21, 2026

Penn State Altoona English professor wins national book prize

August 18, 2026

Facility director recognized for metabolomics work

August 18, 2026

A person sitting at a desk examines several monitors displaying financial data.

Q&A: How does public sentiment on the economy affect hedge fund returns?

August 18, 2026

Penn State Altoona professor wins prize for Spanish flu article

August 18, 2026

A research figure shows a photo of the team's spheroids arranged in a specific grid pattern inside of a microgel scaffold

Genetic ‘switches’ could program 3D-printed bone tissue for blood vessel growth

August 18, 2026

Patricia Jabbeh Wesley receives the Judge Emma Shannon Walser Medal during a recognition ceremony in Monrovia, Liberia.

Penn State Altoona professor honored in Liberia for poetry

August 17, 2026

A portrait of Ruslan Nikolaev.

Q&A: NSF CAREER Award to reinvent modern operating system design and education

August 17, 2026

Brandon Sherman wearing a dark suit, burgundy shirt, and dark tie.

Professor works with Tunisian educators via State Department language program

August 14, 2026

A researcher figure showing six microscopic images of cell clusters, or islets. The top three images show islets with a relatively smooth texture, while the bottom three images show cells with a rough texture as a result of the team's new research development

Cell ‘invisibility cloaks’ could offer side-effect-free diabetes treatment

August 14, 2026

People kneeling on the ground working on a wooden structure on a sunny day

Commonwealth Commitment Awards honor Penn State changemakers across Pennsylvania

August 13, 2026

An Illustration showing laboratory data streams feeding a graph and AI network, highlighting how standardization reduces result variability

Variations between labs can misinform scientific AI models, team reports

August 13, 2026

NSF CAREER Award: Understanding how the brain learns complex skills

August 12, 2026

Woman running pushing child in jogging stroller

Parents who run with a stroller have lower risk of overuse injury

August 12, 2026

A smiling Don Hambrick sits in a room full of other smiling people.

Coming full circle: Celebrating Don Hambrick, management trailblazer

August 12, 2026

Man in a suit stands in front of Harvard Business School sign

Mining professor uses opportunity grant for self and program improvement

August 12, 2026

large gathering of people dressed in a state-fair like setting

Q&A: Why is the Amish population growing so fast in America?

August 11, 2026

Muzi Na with a background of the Pennsylvania State University sign

Nutritional sciences faculty member named American Society for Nutrition fellow

August 11, 2026

Bumblebee on a blue flower

Bumblebees can learn to associate new smells with their queen

August 11, 2026

Andrew Patterson named H. Thomas and Dorothy Willits Hallowell Chair

August 11, 2026

$12M grant to build animal-inspired sensing for autonomous drones and robots

August 10, 2026

Four conference attendees stand indoors in front of a white wall, wearing conference badges. Two individuals in the center hold framed certificates and blue presentation folders, while the individuals on either side stand beside them.

Greater Allegheny IST professor receives Best Work-in-Progress paper award

August 07, 2026

A professor of engineering science and mechanics and affiliated faculty member in four additional Penn State engineering departments poses for a photo outdoors.

Engineering professor named American Society of Mechanical Engineers fellow

August 06, 2026

Penn State Altoona English professor’s latest poetry volume earns praise

August 05, 2026

A pleased teenage boy discussing something on his telephone with his smiling mother, who rests her hand on his shoulder.

Social bonds, recognition linked to reduced suicidal thoughts in teens

August 04, 2026

Portrait of a person with short dark hair wearing a navy button-down shirt, standing indoors in front of a blurred industrial or architectural background with curved white structures.

Pinto Duarte named interim head of Department of Architecture

August 04, 2026

Pritt named interim vice provost for Penn State Global

August 03, 2026

Brandywine welcomes new Student Academic Success Center specialist

August 03, 2026

Person in arid surroundings

Drone cameras can measure pigments indicating surface health of drylands soils

July 29, 2026

Patricia Jabbeh Wesley

Penn State Altoona professor publishes collected works of poetry

July 28, 2026

A bird approaches a nesting box

Industrial noise may alter bluebird behavior but not cognitive ability

July 28, 2026

Rebecca Moran named Altoona's director of development and alumni relations

July 28, 2026

a gloved hand holds a beaker of water above a body of water

Q&A: Are environmental chemicals and endometrial cancer linked?

July 28, 2026

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cover of book about gun violence with map of the USA

Q&A: How do statisticians contribute to research and policy on gun violence?

September 04, 2026

Leadership from industry, government and academia pose in front of a giant mechanical compressor, holding big scissors to cut a START+ branded ribbon

START+ Lab ribbon cutting celebrates new facilities, research capabilities

September 04, 2026

Andrew Read, Glenn Thompson, Karen Thole and Neeli Bendapudi pose together for a closeup photo

Penn State marks the official launch of the National Security Institute

September 04, 2026

Head shot of Holly Ryan

Penn State Brandywine appoints interim campus chief academic officer

September 02, 2026

Faculty Senate holds first meeting of 2026-27 academic year

September 02, 2026

Ray Block stands in center of group of students outside of Penn State's Welch Building.

Summer program shows students ins and outs of community-engaged research

September 02, 2026

A photo of Scott Milner in his office.

Q&A: Scott Milner on 'Writing and Presenting for Scientists and Engineers'

September 02, 2026

3D model of native protein structure and misfolded protein structure showing that misfolded protein evades cellular quality control system.

Cellular maintenance crew may miss as much as half of certain misfolded proteins

September 02, 2026

Two men running tests in a materials lab.

Penn State, Battalion launch research collaboration focused on national security

September 02, 2026

little fish among weeds

Fish dads offer new insight into behavioral effects of receiving paternal care

September 02, 2026

Ravindra Tripath, Derrick Taff and Bing Pan in a selfie taken by Pan at a trailhead at Bryce Canyon National Park.

Q&A: Can U.S. parks promote safety, recreation and environmental protection?

September 01, 2026

Rocks near an ocean coastline

Ocean heatwaves linked with poorer health among children in coastal communities

September 01, 2026

Harrisburg professor’s 'Survivor Tree' essay recognized

August 31, 2026

Five individuals pose in a lab

AI streamlines search for new ceramics that generate electricity

August 31, 2026

Healthcare provider in a medical exam room performing breast ultrasound exam on a woman

Breast density laws linked to higher ultrasound use after mammography

August 31, 2026

Engineering professor renewed as UNESCO chair

August 28, 2026

Barbara Rolls is pictured sitting at a desk at the front of a classroom, we can see the back of a student who is seated facing the front of the room.

Barbara Rolls reflects on career that transformed nutritional sciences

August 28, 2026

Conference reappoints Penn State Abington athletics director to leadership team

August 28, 2026

Corn plants in a field

Specific cover crops may help attract insects that target harmful pests

August 27, 2026

College of Engineering mourns the loss of faculty member Wang-Chien Lee

August 27, 2026

Neela Yennawar, director of instrumentation grant initiatives at the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences

Neela Yennawar named Huck director of instrumentation grant initiatives

August 27, 2026

Exterior of Penn State Health Children’s Hospital Golisano Children’s Hospital, with a portrait of pediatric surgeon Dr. Robert Ricca inset in the upper right.

Penn State Health Golisano Children’s Hospital names surgeon-in-chief

August 27, 2026

researchers at microscope

Mixture of traditional edible plants inhibits fungus growth in corn, study shows

August 27, 2026

A 3D visualization of blood moving throught the body, with some cells appearing as infected cells among the standard red blood cells.

New approach cuts sepsis diagnosis from days to hours, researchers report

August 26, 2026

small brown bat sitting on a rocky surface

The secret to bats’ longevity linked to immune response to viruses and cancer

August 26, 2026

Penn State's Business Building, a modern building with a curved glass façade and a brick section, featuring large windows and a balcony.

New Penn State Smeal accounting faculty enhance research on developing economies

August 26, 2026

Penn State Behrend faculty member Michael Campbell holds grapes while walking through an Erie County vineyard.

Biology professor Michael Campbell ends 32-year career at Penn State Behrend

August 25, 2026

Person stands in a well

Historic Kenyan drought reshaped livelihoods, health and daily life

August 25, 2026

study first author

Adaptation and a ‘Noah’s Ark for trees’ offer hope for endangered black ash

August 25, 2026

Deborah Ehrenthal

Deborah Ehrenthal to step down as director of Social Science Research Institute

August 24, 2026

Jonas Rubenson crouches beside a treadmill. On the treadmill is the metabolic chamber, a Lucite box with tubes for airflow.

Bird bulking: Exercise in youth decreases energy used for moving as an adult

August 24, 2026

Four scientists are shown collecting samples from a groundwater well in a grassy field in front of a forest in Southwestern Pennsylvania

Natural gas drilling could raise salt levels, in turn boosting radium in water

August 24, 2026

Lightning during thunderstorm over water

Thunderquakes: A new way to image the Earth’s subsurface

August 21, 2026

eight people standing next to each other holding plaques

Lehigh Valley faculty and staff recognized for excellence and contributions

August 21, 2026

Penn State Altoona English professor wins national book prize

August 18, 2026

Facility director recognized for metabolomics work

August 18, 2026

A person sitting at a desk examines several monitors displaying financial data.

Q&A: How does public sentiment on the economy affect hedge fund returns?

August 18, 2026

Penn State Altoona professor wins prize for Spanish flu article

August 18, 2026

A research figure shows a photo of the team's spheroids arranged in a specific grid pattern inside of a microgel scaffold

Genetic ‘switches’ could program 3D-printed bone tissue for blood vessel growth

August 18, 2026

Patricia Jabbeh Wesley receives the Judge Emma Shannon Walser Medal during a recognition ceremony in Monrovia, Liberia.

Penn State Altoona professor honored in Liberia for poetry

August 17, 2026

A portrait of Ruslan Nikolaev.

Q&A: NSF CAREER Award to reinvent modern operating system design and education

August 17, 2026

Brandon Sherman wearing a dark suit, burgundy shirt, and dark tie.

Professor works with Tunisian educators via State Department language program

August 14, 2026

A researcher figure showing six microscopic images of cell clusters, or islets. The top three images show islets with a relatively smooth texture, while the bottom three images show cells with a rough texture as a result of the team's new research development

Cell ‘invisibility cloaks’ could offer side-effect-free diabetes treatment

August 14, 2026

People kneeling on the ground working on a wooden structure on a sunny day

Commonwealth Commitment Awards honor Penn State changemakers across Pennsylvania

August 13, 2026

An Illustration showing laboratory data streams feeding a graph and AI network, highlighting how standardization reduces result variability

Variations between labs can misinform scientific AI models, team reports

August 13, 2026

NSF CAREER Award: Understanding how the brain learns complex skills

August 12, 2026

Woman running pushing child in jogging stroller

Parents who run with a stroller have lower risk of overuse injury

August 12, 2026

A smiling Don Hambrick sits in a room full of other smiling people.

Coming full circle: Celebrating Don Hambrick, management trailblazer

August 12, 2026

Man in a suit stands in front of Harvard Business School sign

Mining professor uses opportunity grant for self and program improvement

August 12, 2026

large gathering of people dressed in a state-fair like setting

Q&A: Why is the Amish population growing so fast in America?

August 11, 2026

Muzi Na with a background of the Pennsylvania State University sign

Nutritional sciences faculty member named American Society for Nutrition fellow

August 11, 2026

Bumblebee on a blue flower

Bumblebees can learn to associate new smells with their queen

August 11, 2026

Andrew Patterson named H. Thomas and Dorothy Willits Hallowell Chair

August 11, 2026

$12M grant to build animal-inspired sensing for autonomous drones and robots

August 10, 2026

Four conference attendees stand indoors in front of a white wall, wearing conference badges. Two individuals in the center hold framed certificates and blue presentation folders, while the individuals on either side stand beside them.

Greater Allegheny IST professor receives Best Work-in-Progress paper award

August 07, 2026

A professor of engineering science and mechanics and affiliated faculty member in four additional Penn State engineering departments poses for a photo outdoors.

Engineering professor named American Society of Mechanical Engineers fellow

August 06, 2026

Penn State Altoona English professor’s latest poetry volume earns praise

August 05, 2026

A pleased teenage boy discussing something on his telephone with his smiling mother, who rests her hand on his shoulder.

Social bonds, recognition linked to reduced suicidal thoughts in teens

August 04, 2026

Portrait of a person with short dark hair wearing a navy button-down shirt, standing indoors in front of a blurred industrial or architectural background with curved white structures.

Pinto Duarte named interim head of Department of Architecture

August 04, 2026

Pritt named interim vice provost for Penn State Global

August 03, 2026

Brandywine welcomes new Student Academic Success Center specialist

August 03, 2026

Person in arid surroundings

Drone cameras can measure pigments indicating surface health of drylands soils

July 29, 2026

Patricia Jabbeh Wesley

Penn State Altoona professor publishes collected works of poetry

July 28, 2026

A bird approaches a nesting box

Industrial noise may alter bluebird behavior but not cognitive ability

July 28, 2026

Rebecca Moran named Altoona's director of development and alumni relations

July 28, 2026

a gloved hand holds a beaker of water above a body of water

Q&A: Are environmental chemicals and endometrial cancer linked?

July 28, 2026

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