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Lizard on rock

Having stressed-out ancestors improves lizards' immune response to stress

1/21/19

Having ancestors who were frequently exposed to stressors can improve one's own immune response to stress, according to Penn State researchers who studied fence lizards and their stress response. The results suggest that family history should be considered to predict or understand the health implications of stress.

Paul and Beverly Perreault endow new international fellows program

1/21/19

Paul and Beverly Perreault, of Park City Utah, have made a generous commitment of $1.08 million to establish the Perreault Fellows Program and Scholarship in Global Programs which will provide international internship opportunities to talented undergraduate students interested in becoming global leaders in their fields.

Jocelyn Bell Burnell will present the SAGF Lecture Jan. 25

Astrophysicist Jocelyn Bell Burnell to speak Jan. 25

1/18/19

Astrophysicist Jocelyn Bell Burnell, winner of the 2018 Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, will present the spring 2019 Science Achievement Graduate Fellows Lecture at Penn State, on Jan. 25.

Science-based artwork hangs on a wall

Discovering the beauty of living cells through art

1/16/19

A recent art exhibition in downtown State College featured "The Art of Cell Biology," with 18 works produced by Penn State scientists. Claire Thomas, associate professor of biology and biochemistry and molecular biology and curator of the exhibit, discussed the collection as well as the intersection of science and art.

Ning, LaJeunesse, and Wham pose for the camera

LaJeunesse and colleagues receive 2017 Tyge Christiansen Prize

1/15/19

Three Penn Staters, including Associate Professor of Biology Todd LaJeunesse, his former graduate student Drew Wham, and Director of the Microscopy Facility Gang Ning, have been awarded the 2017 Tyge Christiansen Prize by the International Phycological Society, an organization dedicated to the study of algae.

graphic of DNA mixing

Differences in genes’ geographic origin influence mitochondrial function

1/14/19

A new study explores whether interactions between genomes found in the nucleus of a cell and within the mitochondria of a cell, which are fine-tuned by natural selection over deep evolutionary time, could be altered when genes of different geographic origins are brought together within a genome.

Peter Hudson in his office

Peter Hudson to deliver 2019 Mark Luchinsky Memorial Lecture on Jan. 28

1/9/19

Peter Hudson, Willaman Professor of Biology in the Eberly College of Science at Penn State, will present “One Health, One Planet: Building Global Health Security Against Infectious Diseases” as part of the 24th annual Mark Luchinsky Memorial Lecture Series at 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 28, in the Palmer Musuem of Art's Palmer Lipcon Auditorium.

hydrocarbon and fluorocarbon phase are dispersed in water.

$1 million Army grant aimed at adaptive fluid materials

1/9/19

Lauren Zarzar, assistant professor of chemistry at Penn State, has been awarded a five-year, $1 million grant from the U.S. Army to conduct research related to reconfigurable fluids. Zarzar was awarded an Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers grant, which is given by the Army to the nation’s top young investigators.

Lost and Found

Libraries Short Stories Fall 2018 contest winners embrace Lost and Found theme

1/3/19

Penn State University Libraries Short Stories “Lost and Found” Fall 2018 contest winners and honorable mentions represent a wide range of creative writers University-wide. Nine student honorees range from first-year through senior undergraduates to a doctoral student and represent six campuses and six colleges, and five faculty/staff honorees represent three campuses.

Sunset at Green Bank Observatory

Searching the stars

1/2/19

With forward-looking, concurrent development of a new global research hub and a unique graduate curriculum, Penn State is growing the worldwide SETI community, looking for intelligent life across the cosmos.

Artist representation of a black hole.

Beyond the black hole singularity

12/20/18

Our first glimpses into the physics that exist near the center of a black hole are being made possible using “loop quantum gravity” — a theory that uses quantum mechanics to extend gravitational physics beyond Einstein’s theory of general relativity.

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