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'Scaring' soybeans into defensive mode yields better plants a generation later

11/13/18

By temporarily silencing the expression of a critical gene, researchers fooled soybean plants into sensing they were under siege, encountering a wide range of stresses. Then, after selectively cross breeding those plants with the original stock, the progeny "remember" the stress-induced responses to become more vigorous, resilient and productive plants, according to a team of researchers.

Award established to recognize rural hospital innovation and transformation

11/13/18

The Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health (PORH) has established the Baronner Rural Innovation and Transformation (BRIT) Award to recognize rural hospitals and health systems that have implemented a robust and sustainable initiative to significantly impact the health status of the communities they serve.

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Paying it forward: Penn State alumni share career insights during NY trip

11/12/18

When Nicholas Stannard, Shelly Gasperine and Georges Nkamicaniye graduated from the College of Information Sciences and Technology at Penn State in 2006, they didn’t have a large alumni network to draw from. The college, which opened its doors in 1999, had graduated its first class just three years earlier. Today, the three alumni, along with Sujay Patel, a 2014 graduate, are enjoying successful careers and want to pay forward their wisdom and knowledge to the next generation.

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IST Peer Career Assistant program to help students navigate career journey

11/12/18

Undergraduate students in Penn State’s College of Information Sciences and Technology are required to complete at least one internship before they graduate. The college's Peer Career Assistant initiative serves as a new resource for IST students who are looking to complete the internship requirement and, more importantly, get a head start on their careers.

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Brad Lashinsky to lead DuBois innovation hub

11/12/18

Brad Lashinsky has been appointed as the program director for the entrepreneurship and innovation hub at Penn State DuBois, part of the Invent Penn State initiative. Lashinsky's appointment is effective Jan. 1, 2019. He also will serve as a lecturer in business at the DuBois campus.

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Baquet, Laurie and Rowe named 2019 Larry Foster Award honorees

11/12/18

The third annual Arthur W. Page Center Awards will honor New York Times Executive Editor Dean Baquet; the late Marilyn Laurie, former executive vice president of brand strategy at AT&T; and former Aetna CEO John W. Rowe. Each will be honored with a Larry Foster Award for Integrity in Public Communication at an awards dinner, which begins at 6 p.m. on Feb. 20, 2019, at the Grand Hyatt – Midtown Manhattan Hotel in New York City.

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Mobile technologies may help researchers crack the mysteries of aging

11/12/18

A National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant will allow Penn State’s Martin Sliwinski and team to learn more about how small changes in the brain can develop into neurological conditions later in life by developing new standardized mobile technologies for researchers across the U.S.

Youth Development Task Force presented with Rural Health Program award

11/10/18

Leadership of the Youth Development Task Force (YDTF) of the Lycoming County Health Improvement Coalition (LCHIC) received the 2018 Rural Health Program of the Year Award, presented by the Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health (PORH) at a ceremony on Nov. 9 at the Lycoming County Courthouse in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.

Gov. Tom Wolf proclaims Nov. 12-16 Rural Health Week in Pennsylvania

11/10/18

In an effort to draw attention to the wide range of issues that impact rural health, Gov. Tom Wolf has declared Nov. 12-16 as Rural Health in Pennsylvania week at the request of the Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health and the Pennsylvania Rural Health Association.

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