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Shenango students and employees recognized at annual award ceremony

June 02, 2025

A group of faculty and students pose in front of a Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture back drop.

Landscape architecture faculty recognized at international educators’ conference

June 02, 2025

A photo of Ryan Jones, left, and Jennifer Crispell, who is holding a plaque.

Penn State Smeal Alumni Relations director receives Gold Staff Recognition Award

June 01, 2025

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Penn State Smeal recognizes excellence of staff members

May 30, 2025

NSF grant funds re-surveying of Mood of the Nation Poll participants

May 29, 2025

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Commonwealth Campus faculty honored for excellence

May 29, 2025

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Three Penn State staff members honored with USAC awards

May 27, 2025

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Penn State Wilkes-Barre honors employees

May 27, 2025

Amma Johnson named a 2025 'woman of influence' by Central Penn Business Journal

May 21, 2025

Phil Bevilacqua

Philip Bevilacqua honored with 2025 Edward W. Morley Medal

May 21, 2025

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Lehigh Valley, Harrisburg professors win best research article award

May 20, 2025

Author, Julie Park, wearing a blue denim shirt and holding a large book open in a room with bookshelves

English professor and librarian pens 2024 Choice Outstanding Academic Title

May 19, 2025

Two Penn State College of Engineering professors pose for separate headshots.

Two engineering professors named international AI association fellows

May 19, 2025

A map showing reflecting rising temperatures in New York City.

Urban heat portal aims to tackle rising temperatures, protect at-risk residents

May 19, 2025

Portrait photo of Ana Enriquez

Libraries’ Ana Enriquez receives Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award for 2025–26

May 16, 2025

Mathematics professor named Martarano Leadership Fellow

May 13, 2025

Al Karosas receives 2023 CBICC Tourism Business Leader of the Year Award

BJC General Manager Al Karosas named instructor at esteemed Venue Management School

May 12, 2025

Freshly extruded 3D printed concrete.

Manufacturing PA Innovation Program funds two Stuckeman-led research projects

May 08, 2025

Penn State Altoona professor is finalist for Midwest Book Award

May 07, 2025

Reka Albert standing outside near trees

Biological physicist Réka Albert elected to National Academy of Sciences

May 07, 2025

Dara Walker receives American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship

May 07, 2025

Karin Foley and Wendy Hanna-Rose posing with an award

Wendy Hanna-Rose awarded with inaugural Karin E. Foley Women’s Leadership Award

May 06, 2025

McCourtney Institute awards more than $50,000 in research grants

May 02, 2025

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$2.7M NIH grant to fund first comprehensive syphilis test

May 01, 2025

Penn State Altoona professor selected to work with Ghanaian University

April 25, 2025

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Are drones the future of tree fruit production? Researchers investigate

April 25, 2025

Ben Lear and Russell DeForest

Two Penn State faculty honored with 2025 C.I. Noll Award

April 25, 2025

Grozinger appointed to National Academies committee on insect declines

April 24, 2025

Nursing faculty member awarded the Lloyd Prize for Innovative Health Research

April 22, 2025

Three Liberal Arts faculty members named distinguished professors

April 17, 2025

Dean Lee Kump speaks at the NASEM Frontiers symposium

EMS experts promote research ties at National Academies US-African symposium

April 17, 2025

Book by Penn State instructional design experts receives national award

April 15, 2025

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Materials Research Institute announces 2025 seed grant recipients

April 15, 2025

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Q&A: The new, shorter space race

April 14, 2025

Human Development and Family Studies office manager receives Administrative Excellence Award

April 14, 2025

Statistics faculty member honored with Graduate Program Chair Leadership Award

April 14, 2025

Brandi Robinson

Climate action program earns Community Engagement and Scholarship Award

April 14, 2025

Economics professor honored with McKay Donkin Award

April 14, 2025

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Six faculty members receive 2025 Atherton Award for Excellence in Teaching

April 14, 2025

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Penn State announces 2025 University-wide faculty and staff awards

April 14, 2025

Charlotte Eubanks

Liberal Arts professor earns Rosemary Schraer Mentoring Award

April 14, 2025

Engineering professor named recipient of Graduate Faculty Teaching Award

April 14, 2025

Mahsa Kazempour

Berks science educator receives President’s Award for Engagement with Students

April 14, 2025

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Five receive Faculty Scholar Medals

April 14, 2025

Lion Shrine head on

Astronomy professor, advising coordinator each receive 2025 Excellence in Advising Award

April 14, 2025

Bellisario College professor, department head to receive Faculty Outreach Award

April 14, 2025

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Three faculty members named 2025 Penn State Teaching Fellows

April 14, 2025

Liberal Arts academic program coordinator honored with 2025 Support Staff Award

April 14, 2025

Mathematics professor receives Teaching and Learning with Technology Impact Award

April 14, 2025

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Architecture, engineering professor’s firm earns Walton Family Foundation nod

April 11, 2025

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SSRI and CTSI award Penn State faculty fellowships

April 10, 2025

Penn State Schuylkill biologist recognized as a PERC Campus Sustainability Champion

April 09, 2025

Lee Kump and JP Maria

Earth and Mineral Sciences faculty and students honored at college's awards ceremony

April 08, 2025

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Mechanical, biomedical engineering professor earns national recognition

April 07, 2025

SSRI Mentored Faculty Fellows for 2025-26

SSRI announces 2025-26 faculty fellows

April 07, 2025

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Suat Irmak named fellow by leading world science society

April 03, 2025

Factory situated in a rural landscape.

Rural manufacturing exports linked to innovation

April 01, 2025

A close-up shot of the blue reactor pool at the Breazeale Reactor at Penn State University Park.

$3.6M in grants awarded to nuclear engineering projects

April 01, 2025

Class of Her Own movie poster

Penn State faculty member's award-winning documentary gets West Coast premiere

March 31, 2025

Illustration of synthetic blood product next to microscopic images

$2.7M NIH grant to fund next generation of synthetic blood

March 31, 2025

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Four Penn State faculty elected AAAS Fellows

March 27, 2025

Zhiqiang Mao named a fellow of the AAAS

March 27, 2025

Manuel Llinás named a fellow of the AAAS

March 27, 2025

Sun streaming through Penn State's Old Main bell tower

Penn State Emeritus Academy welcomes distinguished Spring 2025 inductees

March 26, 2025

A graph shows the visualization of how the Biomedical Data Translator functions. From left to right, the graph shows inputting questions, how the system works to retrieve information from the knowledge bases, and the responses provided.

Translator for biomedical research aims to speed up patient care

March 25, 2025

Jacob Bourjaily presented with prize by Lars Kann-Rasmussen

Penn State physicist honored with international Lars Kann-Rasmussen Prize

March 20, 2025

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