The Medical Minute: Keep your bones strong at every age
8/15/19
For each stage of life, you should take different steps to protect your bones. A Penn State Sports Medicine doctor helps you bone up on bone health.
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Campus Recreation to hold Open House on Aug. 21
8/15/19
Penn State Campus Recreation will host an Open House from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Aug. 21 and all faculty and staff members are welcome to attend. Visitors will have the chance to try out the facility and all of its amenities.
Fishing leads to investigation of environmental changes in waterways
8/14/19
A fisherman's curiosity led to identification of the correlation between microbial communities in recreational freshwater locales and seasonal environmental changes, according to a team of researchers from Penn State.
Planet remnants survive long enough to 'tune in' to their radio waves
8/14/19
Signals from mostly destroyed planets can be heard millions of years later on Earth, providing important information about how solar systems age.
National Juvenile Justice Network honors Liberal Arts alumnus with fellowship
8/14/19
College of Liberal Arts alumnus Joshua Branch has received a Youth Justice Leadership Institute Fellowship from the National Juvenile Justice Network.
Greater Allegheny student extends Pittsburgh Opera’s tri-state educational reach
8/14/19
Penn State Greater Allegheny student Tommi Barnes will soon move to University Park, but not before making a splash in the Pittsburgh Opera’s education unit. Barnes is extending the opera’s outreach around the tri-state area.
WWII letters penned from battlefield show soldiers' ties to Penn State Altoona
8/14/19
Nearly 75 years after the end of World War II, correspondence from approximately 100 Penn State students and faculty members who served overseas has found a permanent home at the Robert E. Eiche Library at Penn State Altoona. The collection of 500 letters has been preserved by the library to offer students and researchers firsthand accounts of the everyday lived experiences of local soldiers during the war.
How many Earth-like planets are around sun-like stars?
8/14/19
A new study by researchers at Penn State and Brigham Young University provides the most accurate estimate of the frequency that planets that are similar to Earth in size and in distance from their host star occur around stars similar to our sun.
Penn State Harrisburg announces new major in biobehavioral health
8/14/19
Penn State Harrisburg is now offering a new bachelor of science degree in biobehavioral health in the college’s School of Behavioral Sciences and Education.
Professor to tackle large-scale simulation optimization problems
8/14/19
The National Science Foundation’s Division of Mathematical Sciences has awarded principal investigator Eunhye Song, Harold and Inge Marcus Early Career Assistant Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at Penn State, $140,000 to push the frontier of large-scale discrete simulation optimization. Song’s goal is to create a new algorithm that is computationally efficient while simultaneously providing a statistical optimality guarantee.
Animal Adventures with Ed Laquidara comes to Berks
8/13/19
Ed Laquidara is the founder and curator of Animal Adventures, New England’s largest privately owned animal rescue center of its kind, and head speaker and animal handler for EdLaquidara.com, an exotic animal rescue and education organization. Laquida and his animal friends will visit the Berks campus on Aug. 29.
The Great DuBois brings magic to Penn State Berks Aug. 25
8/13/19
The Great DuBois, a fast-paced variety show including incredible feats of juggling, hula hoops, unicycle, aerial and circus stunts, contortion, magic, and audience interaction — all wrapped in a blanket of comedy — will come to Penn State Berks on Sunday, Aug. 25.
On-site document shredding at Berks on Aug. 20
8/13/19
As part of its sustainability initiatives, Penn State Berks will have an on-site document shredder on campus for faculty and staff from 9 a.m. to 9:15 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 20, in the Franco Building parking lot.
After overcoming addiction, student finds purpose through Penn State
8/13/19
Megan Martin found a passion for education and social work after overcoming her own addiction disorder. Penn State’s World Campus gave her the flexibility she needed to earn her degree.
Research team receives grant to commercialize 3D-printed concrete system
8/13/19
An interdisciplinary team composed of faculty from the Departments of Architecture, Architectural Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering and the School of Engineering Design, Technology, and Professional Programs recently received $50,000 from the College of Engineering’s Engineering for Innovation & Entrepreneurship (ENGINE) grant program for its project focused on 3D-printed concrete.