Though its importance is incontrovertible, you won't find the Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics (CIDD) on any Penn State map. That's because the center is a "virtual" one, bringing together laboratory scientists, field scientists and theoreticians from disparate disciplines to solve some of the most pressing problems in infectious disease research.

A Neuroscience Institute, dedicated to teaching, research and service across the broad array of neuroscience-related disciplines from molecular and cellular research to studies on human behavior, has been added to Penn State's Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences. the Neuroscience Institute will bring together faculty members and students from throughout Penn State. Colleges currently planning to participate in the Neuroscience Institute include Agricultural Sciences, Engineering, Health and Human Development, the Liberal Arts, Medicine and Science. "The Huck Institutes' objective is to move forward in the life sciences by supporting the best and most innovative ideas and people, regardless of their academic home and discipline," said Channa Reddy, director of the Huck Institutes. "While the Neuroscience Institute is now a virtual organization, the new Life Science Building-2, when completed, will connect neuroscientists in different disciplines and locations physically even as we connect them conceptually through the Huck Institutes."