Professor Fuqing Zhang in Penn State’s College of Earth and Mineral Sciences has been elected as a 2018 Fellow of the American Geophysical Union. Fellows are selected based on their exemplary leadership abilities and research contributions in the Earth and space fields.
Corals and the microorganisms they host have evolved together for hundreds of millions of years. Understanding this long-term relationship could add fresh insight to the fight to save the Earth’s embattled coral reefs
Some lizards in the eastern U.S. have adapted to invasive fire ants, reversing geographical trends in behavioral and physical traits used to avoid predators.
Katriona Shea, professor of biology and Alumni Professor in the Biological Sciences has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Frogs from ponds near noisy highways have altered stress and immune profiles compared to frogs from more quiet ponds — changes that reduce the negative effects of traffic noise on the amphibians.
Global Entrepreneurship Week at Penn State has come to an end, but it was another great year for students and community members to engage with experienced entrepreneurs, business owners and executives from around the world.
Penn State senior biology major and Schreyer Honors Scholar Neha Gupta presented the 2018 International Children’s Peace Prize award during a ceremony in Cape Town, South Africa, on Tuesday, Nov. 20.
Alicia Carriquiry, distinguished professor of statistics and director of the Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence at Iowa State University, will present the inaugural Science Achievement Graduate Fellows Lecture — titled “Statistics and the Fair Administration of Justice” — at 4 p.m. on Nov. 29, in Berg Auditorium (100 Huck Life Sciences Building) on the Penn State University Park campus.
DNA sequences with the potential to form unusual conformations, which are frequently associated with cancer and neurological diseases, can in fact slow down or speed up the DNA synthesis process and cause more or fewer sequencing errors.
Destructive wildfires in California cause the loss of homes, businesses and human life each year. A Penn State statistics professor is working to help mitigate the effects of these natural disasters by applying complex statistical models to better understand the likeliness that extreme forest fires will develop.
A research team in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences has received a Grand Challenges Explorations grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Led by David Hughes, associate professor of entomology and biology, the group will study the potential role of satellites in diagnosing crop pest and disease problems on African smallholder farms.
The Penn State Alumni Association has selected five recent graduates as 2018 Young Alumni Ambassadors who will share a yearlong experience aimed at developing their skills to become Penn State’s future volunteer leaders.
An inaugural University-wide undergraduate research symposium will showcase work being conducted by women, minorities and first-year students in STEM fields. The event features research from more than 30 participants through Penn State’s WISER/MURE/FURP program. The symposium will be held from 5:15 to 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 14 in the atrium of the Steidle Building on the University Park campus.
