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April 16 seminar to discuss free research recruitment tools

3/27/18

“Recruiting and Retention for Human Subjects Part 2: Free Recruitment Tools” will be presented at the next Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute Bench to Bedside and Beyond Seminar Series from noon to 1 p.m. on April 16. This seminar will be held in 116 Henderson Building at University Park, and it will be teleconferenced to CG623 at the College of Medicine in Hershey.

Randall McEntaffer works on WRX instrument

NASA set to launch Penn State-led experiment

3/26/18

NASA will launch a suborbital sounding rocket carrying a Penn State-led experiment to test a newly developed X-ray spectrograph and study the X-rays from a supernova remnant in the Milky Way galaxy.

Group of students abroad in Curacao

Liberal Arts students spend spring break abroad through embedded courses

3/22/18

Over spring break, Penn State students explored new cultures all around the world. The College of the Liberal Arts sent students to Scotland, Cambodia, Curacao, Greece and Italy through Penn State international embedded courses. From March 3-11, students enrolled in one of the five embedded courses saw the classroom come to life by visiting historical and cultural sites and interacting with local people.

Molecular biology symposium seeks abstracts

3/22/18

The 37th Summer Symposium in Molecular Biology, presented by the biochemistry and molecular biology department, is calling for undergraduate and graduate students, postdocs, research personnel and faculty to submit abstracts for the upcoming June symposium.

Flooding in a Uganda village

Study of climate change could lead to understanding future of infectious disease

3/20/18

Over the past 34 years, rainfall in Uganda has decreased by about 12 percent even though many of the global climate models predict an increase in rainfall for the area, according to an international team of researchers. Rainfall levels in Uganda impact agriculture, food security, wildlife habitats and regional economics as well as the prevalence of certain diseases.

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Former U.S. Census director Robert Groves to present Clogg Lectures

3/19/18

Social statistician Robert M. Groves, executive vice president and provost of Georgetown University and former director of the U.S. Census Bureau, will present two free, public lectures on March 26 and 27 as part of the 2018 Clifford C. Clogg Memorial Lectures.

Ramamoorthy Ramesh

Ferroelectrics expert keynote speaker at Taylor lecture

3/15/18

University of California, Berkeley, Professor Ramamoorthy Ramesh, an expert in complex oxides, multiferroics and ferroelectrics, will discuss “Electric Field Control of Magnetism” during the 2018 Nelson W. Taylor Lecture Series in Materials Science and Engineering, on April 5.

zombie ant on branch

Infected 'zombie ants' face no discrimination from nest mates

3/13/18

Carpenter ants infected with a specialized parasitic fungus are not subjected to aggression or isolation from their nest mates, and they continue to share in the colony's food resources until they leave the nest for the last time to die, according to a study led by Penn State researchers.

digital image simulating a human skull with facial structure as front view

Blausen donates medical images, digital animations to University Libraries

3/9/18

Penn State University Libraries’ recent gift from 2014 Penn State Alumni Fellow Bruce E. Blausen provides three years’ access to an extensive collection of digital images and video animations depicting human health and medical scenarios. The gift increases students’ online access to study detailed renderings and animated simulations, but the future student impact of the collection may offer even greater, immersive potential.

Asif ud-Doula

For Penn State Professor Asif ud-Doula, studying stars is a massive undertaking

3/8/18

A study Asif ud-Doula co-authored with two close collaborators in 2014, wherein they proposed a theory for how reduction in the colliding winds of large stars could actually make them brighter and emit more X-rays, has recently received some independent observational support and is referenced in two international popular articles.

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