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College of IST announces Data Sciences Research Seminar Series

9/28/18

The College of Information Sciences and Technology will welcome leading data sciences faculty and scholars to share their research through a new research seminar series. Talks will be held on Tuesdays from 12-1 p.m. on the University Park campus, and all events are free and open to the public.

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Microbiome Center to host networking event Oct. 2

9/26/18

Those interested in learning about or participating in microbiome research at Penn State are invited to attend a networking event sponsored by the University's Microbiome Research Center.

Science Coalition webinar to discuss how to tell research stories through events

9/24/18

The Science Coalition, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization of more than 50 research universities — including Penn State — will hold the second installment of its Local Communications Workshop Series from 2 to 3 p.m. on Sept. 27. During the webinar, university communications officers will share best practices for using events to bring scientific research to life and engage with federal delegations and local stakeholders.

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Professor expands scope of data science techniques in new book

9/21/18

John Harlim’s "Data-Driven Computational Methods: Parameter and Operator Estimations" describes data science from the classic mathematical perspective and provides rigorous understanding of many existing new techniques that have been successfully used to analyze data.

Andrew Read

Andrew Read named director of the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences

9/20/18

Andrew Read has been appointed director of the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences at Penn State effective Jan. 1, 2019. Read is an Evan Pugh University Professor of Biology and Entomology, Eberly Professor of Biotechnology and director of the Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics.

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Young children's oral bacteria may predict obesity

9/19/18

Weight gain in early childhood is related to the composition of oral bacteria of two-year-old children, suggesting that this understudied aspect of a child’s microbiota could serve as an early indicator for childhood obesity.

Infrared image of neutron star from Hubble Space Telescope

The surprising environment of an enigmatic neutron star

9/17/18

An unusual infrared emission detected by the Hubble Space Telescope from a nearby neutron star could indicate that the pulsar has features never before seen. The observation could help astronomers better understand the evolution of neutron stars.

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