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Town hall to focus on research security and evolving federal requirements

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

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Discovery Grants awarded to 31 students for research support

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Project provides perennial forest patches

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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

A person makes adjustments to a large piece of lab equipment. 

$2M DOE grant to fund development of nuclear industry readiness program

July 22, 2026

intern on field

Penn State turfgrass science doctoral student interns with MetLife Stadium crew

July 22, 2026

Twitter data waves

Funding available for social scientists accessing federal data

July 21, 2026

Kaylin Lamaute creating material in lab

Quest for research answers takes undergraduate student to Japan

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Mural showing young people of color walking across a Midwestern prairie

Board of Trustees hears how non-STEM research improves technology, well-being

July 20, 2026

person looks at tablet near microsope and computer in lab

Q&A: What can AI realistically do for medical research right now?

July 20, 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

Headshots of Erika Ganda, Jasna Kovac, and Wenrui Hao

Ganda, Kovac and Hao named Huck chairs

July 20, 2026

Carly Schissel

New grant to improve discovery of potential diagnostic, therapeutic molecules

July 20, 2026

Dawn Witherspoon, CERAP co-director, welcomes attendees to the CERAP Summer Institute while standing behind a podium.

Community-engaged research unit awards seed grants

July 20, 2026

Kofi Adu

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

July 20, 2026

Students and their adviser pose for a photo at the Learning Factory Showcase

Penn State alumna invests in future innovators through Cocoziello Institute fund

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

pharmacy storage room stocked with medications

Ask an Expert: Psychedelics, cannabis, GLP-1s and drug policy changes

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

Miriam Kelly Miller speaks into a microphone at a wooden podium. Behind her, a large projection screen displays the text "Community Driven Research Day" alongside the Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute logo.

Grassroots innovation meets academic research at Community-Driven Research Day

July 17, 2026

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

July 17, 2026

High school to high-tech healing: Intern helps drive AI cancer research

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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

A smiling teenager sits outdoors on a bench reading a book on a sunny summer afternoon.

Summer freedom may help kids develop a love of reading, Penn State educators say

July 16, 2026

A variety of fresh produce laid out on a table

Q&A: How to stay safe from cyclospora, the parasite causing stomach bug outbreak

July 15, 2026

A presenter addresses workshop attendees

AI data center workshop discusses strategies for resilient energy production

July 15, 2026

Abhronil Sengupta smiles in a portrait standing in front of a flower bush.

Penn State faculty member invited to National Academy of Engineering Symposium

July 15, 2026

outdoor portrait of Amy Pritchett  

National Academies appoints aerospace head to group assessing DC airspace safety

July 15, 2026

The bell near Old Main.

Engineering alumni society recognizes excellence at 2026 awards ceremony

July 14, 2026

Sierra Hill takes tree core samples

Summer training helps student sharpen climate change research goals

July 14, 2026

soccer ball surrounded by international flags arranged in a circle on green grass field

Q&A: What does the 2026 World Cup reveal about modern sport?

July 14, 2026

Haley Friary-Schenk posing at Lion Shrine

From Silicon Valley to Smeal, student builds fairer AI future

July 14, 2026

A woman with shoulder-length brown hair smiles and stands in front of green vegetation.

Bellisario College professor rethinks AI’s role in advertising

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

Hay mowing demonstration at Ag Progress Days.

Robotics and field demos to highlight commercial exhibits at Ag Progress Days

July 13, 2026

A sunny photograph of the stone bell tower of Old Main against a blue sky.

Town hall to focus on research security and evolving federal requirements

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

Old Main tower peeking through summer foliage

Discovery Grants awarded to 31 students for research support

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

Charlene Friedman

Landmark gift to build program promoting empathy and compassion

July 13, 2026

Joie Marhefka and Adam Baughman stand on opposite sides of a projected presentation slide titled “AI in HTM: Troubleshooting and Beyond” at the 2026 AAMI eXchange.

Student presents AI research at international healthcare technology conference

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

A visitor talking to a representative from Penn State's Center for Pollinator Research

Ag Progress Days showcases college research, AI tool and animal health updates

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

collage of four historic illustrations with women's suffrage, equal rights, feminist messages with black and white photo of woman behind table of similar documents

Archivist to lead virtual look inside women’s history special collection

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

Students participate in a laboratory project during a workshop in Lithuania.

College of Ag Sciences and Lithuania advance agriculture through partnership

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

Two people stand behind a tabletop architectural model in a design studio, with planning sketches, diagrams, and a site map displayed on boards in the background.

Longtime friends and business partners thrive as architecture grad students

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

book cover of two opposing faces in profile patterned with digital chip circuitry, speaker podium centered below their chins

New open educational resource brings AI literacy into public speaking courses

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

A person looking through a telescope with two people standing next to her.

AstroFest 2026 offers four nights of stargazing, astronomy activities July 8-11

July 07, 2026

Winning WxChallenge team stands in Joel Myers Weather Center

Penn State meteorologists forecast back to the top in national WxChallenge

July 07, 2026

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