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Interdisciplinary program announces funding opportunities for rising researchers

May 28, 2025

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Resetting the fight-or-flight response

May 28, 2025

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Sending a 'We Are!' to these Penn Staters — May 27

May 27, 2025

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Two Penn State undergraduates named Astronaut Scholars

May 23, 2025

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International students claim first in Penn State Smeal fintech app competition

May 23, 2025

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Unveiling the secrets of planet formation in environments of high UV radiation

May 21, 2025

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Philip Bevilacqua honored with 2025 Edward W. Morley Medal

May 21, 2025

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In photos: Penn State students gain knowledge, serve others during spring break

May 19, 2025

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Let's give a 'We Are!' to these Penn Staters — May 19

May 19, 2025

A woman with dark hair holds a few graduation cords, colored blue and white, in her hands and looks them over.

In photos: Setting the stage for Penn State's commencement ceremonies

May 15, 2025

Mathematics professor named Martarano Leadership Fellow

May 13, 2025

Chad Mirkin speaking at the Harold Kohn Endowed Distinguished Chemistry Alumni lecture

Q&A: Penn State alum and nanoscience pioneer Chad Mirkin

May 08, 2025

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Biological physicist Réka Albert elected to National Academy of Sciences

May 07, 2025

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Penn State mourns loss of beloved teacher and ecologist Christopher Uhl

May 07, 2025

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

May 06, 2025

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Let's give a 'We Are!' to these Penn Staters — May 6

May 06, 2025

Rao Prize Conference set for May 20

May 05, 2025

Carmona appointed Norman and Trygve Freed Early Career Professor in Physics

May 05, 2025

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Schreyer Honors College announces 2025 Student and Faculty Award winners

May 05, 2025

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Top pictures from the 2025 Penn State Today spring photo contest

May 02, 2025

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Penn State alumna Alexa Dembek shares ‘the magical formula for learning’

April 30, 2025

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Nate Carey selected as Eberly College of Science spring 2025 student marshal

April 30, 2025

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Ashtekar Frontiers of Science lecture series celebrates ‘Year of Quantum’

April 29, 2025

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Institute for Computational and Data Sciences issues call for proposals

April 25, 2025

The 17th annual Materials Visualization Competition "Best of Show" award went to “Nano soccer balls from nature” by Jinsol Choi, postdoctoral scholar, Department of Mechanical Engineering.

Winners announced for 17th annual Materials Visualization Competition

April 25, 2025

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Competition shows not all exam questions can be correctly answered using AI

April 25, 2025

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

April 25, 2025

Julio Flores Cuadra and Junyao Yuan

Penn State graduate students receive American Heart Association fellowships

April 25, 2025

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Beyond the double helix: Alternative DNA conformations in ape genomes

April 24, 2025

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Q&A: Microscopic robots may shape the future of health, tech and the environment

April 22, 2025

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How do you like them apples? Apple genus evolution revealed

April 22, 2025

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Three Eberly graduate students honored with research and excellence awards

April 21, 2025

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Three Eberly graduate students awarded Outstanding Teaching Award

April 21, 2025

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Focus on sanitation and clean water may improve control of endemic cholera

April 18, 2025

Lucy Taylor stands outside the University House wearing a green button-down sweater.

Student Lucy Taylor selected as Liberal Arts college marshal for spring commencement

April 17, 2025

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Foraging on the wing: How can ecologically similar birds live together?

April 16, 2025

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Four Penn State undergraduates earn Goldwater Scholarships

April 15, 2025

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Materials Research Institute announces 2025 seed grant recipients

April 15, 2025

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Three alumni selected for 2025 Fox Graduate School alumni society awards

April 14, 2025

Statistics faculty member honored with Graduate Program Chair Leadership Award

April 14, 2025

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

April 14, 2025

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Five receive Faculty Scholar Medals

April 14, 2025

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Complete genome sequences of six ape species unveiled

April 09, 2025

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NCEMS working groups to answer molecular and cellular bioscience questions

April 09, 2025

Professor Meg Van Etten and students work with plants in the campus' bio lab

Penn State Scranton students are ‘planting the moon’ in research challenge

April 09, 2025

'LGBTQ+ in STEM' event set for April 16

April 07, 2025

SSRI Mentored Faculty Fellows for 2025-26

SSRI announces 2025-26 faculty fellows

April 07, 2025

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Thirty-one students receive awards at 2025 Graduate Exhibition

April 04, 2025

Forty-two graduate students recognized with University awards

April 04, 2025

Michael Schweinberger, professor of statistics at Penn State, will present “Causal Learning in the Interconnected and Interdependent World of the Twenty-First Century” from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 17, in 201 Thomas Building on the Penn State University Park campus.

Statistics department to host free public lecture April 17

April 04, 2025

Alumni Achievement Award

Eight honored with Alumni Achievement Award

April 03, 2025

Nikki Crowley speaking at The Village at Penn State

WATCH: Nikki Crowley discusses neuroscience of risk and decision making

April 02, 2025

John W. Oswald Award

Four student leaders named 2025 Oswald Award winners

April 02, 2025

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Registration open for American Statistical Association DataFest 2025

April 02, 2025

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Nanoscience pioneer, Penn State alumnus to present spring 2025 Kohn Lecture

April 02, 2025

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Schreyer Honors College recognizes five outstanding alumni

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

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Penn State congratulates Fall 2024 Emerging Academic Leaders on program completion

March 26, 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

Image of Outstanding Science Alumni Awards recipients with Mary Beth Williams and Lori Schrider

Eberly College of Science honors six with Outstanding Science Alumni Award

March 24, 2025

Shirley Malcom, senior adviser and director of SEA Change, presented the keynote at the Eberly College's inaugural SeED Conference on March 19, 2025.

Heard on campus: Shirley Malcom, SEA Change senior adviser

March 21, 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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Three deans co-host research scholarship and land-grant impacts event March 24

March 19, 2025

Media Highlights

Hindustan Times

Jainendra K. Jain: Heart of the Matter

May 04, 2025

AccuWeather

Mild May nights to deliver planets, Flower Moon, and the last meteor shower until July

April 28, 2025

Earth.com

Study: Tiny particles may help cure disease and clean up pollution

April 27, 2025

Earth.com

Bird competition: How warblers share trees without fighting

April 17, 2025

Audubon

Inbreeding poses another challenge to the rebounding Kirtland’s warbler

April 15, 2025

Nature

What makes us human? Milestone ape genomes promise clues

April 09, 2025

NPR

Dark energy is weakening and the universe could (eventually) collapse, study says

March 20, 2025

The Scientist

DNA Profiling: Tracing Killers and Solving Mysteries Using Genetic Clues

March 12, 2025

AccuWeather

Above the Clouds: March Astronomy Events

February 27, 2025

Science News

A cosmic neutrino of unknown origins smashes energy records

February 12, 2025

Washington Post

Scientists detect a mysterious messenger from the cosmos

February 12, 2025

C&EN

Volunteer Voices: Joseph Houck chats about the chemistry olympiad

February 06, 2025

European Space Agency

Wobbling stars reveal hidden companions in Gaia data

February 04, 2025

The Cool Down

Penn State scientists make breakthrough discovery after 'atomic spray painting' experiment

January 31, 2025

Space.com

Fastest disintegrating world ever seen 'spills its guts' for NASA's exoplanet hunter

January 17, 2025

Space Daily

Penn State center awarded NASA grant to search for alien civilizations

January 14, 2025

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