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Deb Kelly in lab next to electron microscope, computer screen

Pioneering cancer/cryo-electron microscopy researcher to join Penn State faculty

11/8/18

Professor Deborah Kelly, a ground-breaking researcher who developed the new field of structural oncology, will join the University’s Department of Biomedical Engineering as full professor and Lloyd and Dottie Foehr Huck Chair in Molecular Biophysics. Kelly will also hold a joint appointment with the Huck Institutes of Life Sciences and will serve as the director of the new Center for Structural Oncology (CSO) at Penn State. She will begin in January 2019.

An inaugural University-wide undergraduate research symposium will showcase work being conducted by women, minorities and first-year students in STEM fields.

Inaugural research symposium offers chance for undergraduates to showcase skills

11/8/18

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.

Call for applications: Outstanding Service Systems Innovation Award

11/7/18

Are you a member of a business or academic unit that strives to implement effective industrial and systems engineering principles to real process problems facing your organization? If so, apply for the IISE Outstanding Service Systems Innovation Award and compete to have these achievements recognized.

Woman standing in front of a wall with the Penn State athletics symbol and the wording "Penn State Nittany Lions."

End zone engineering

11/6/18

Scarlett Miller, associate professor of engineering design and industrial engineering, served as the guest football coach for the first game of Penn State's 2018 season.

Chemical Engineering Distinguished Lecture to focus on nanoparticle therapeutics

11/2/18

Mark E. Davis, the Warren and Katherine Schlinger Professor of Chemical Engineering at the California Institute of Technology, co-director of the USC-Caltech M.D.-Ph.D. program, and a member of the City of Hope National Medical Center, will serve as the featured speaker for the Department of Chemical Engineering’s fourth annual Distinguished Lectureship on Nov. 16. This lecture is open to the University community.

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Global Entrepreneurship Week Penn State set for Nov. 6-15

10/31/18

Penn State student innovators and community entrepreneurs are invited to explore their potential by connecting with collaborators, mentors and investors during Global Entrepreneurship Week Penn State, presented by the Penn State Small Business Development Center, Nov. 6–15.

panelists from cybersecurity and health data panel

Panel highlights legal, business side of using human health data in research

10/31/18

Data security, intellectual property, health research and technology transfer were key topics discussed by an interdisciplinary panel of experts from Penn State's Institute for CyberScience, Penn State Dickinson Law, Penn State Law, and the College of Engineering. The panel highlighted challenges for researchers working with human health data, as well as free resources available for researchers interested in taking products to market.

Penn State professor Andrew Zydney on a Distinguished Honors Faculty Program trip

Scholars get firsthand look at kidney care

10/29/18

Penn State chemical engineering professor Andrew Zydney led Schreyer Scholars on a tour of a local kidney dialysis center, providing them with an inside look at a vital healthcare process.

University Park students speak with facility managers at State College's compost facility

Student engagement helps earn Bellefonte major grant for sustainability

10/25/18

The Borough of Bellefonte has received a grant of $388,000 from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection to upgrade its municipal compost facility. The grant application was based on Penn State students' work as part of the Sustainability Communities Collaborative, an engaged scholarship program facilitated by Penn State’s Sustainability Institute.

Illustration of data entering a digital mock-up of a human head

Developing digital design data

10/24/18

Researchers at Penn State have received a $424,743 grant from the National Science Foundation to investigate how the size and quality of datasets created by digital models relate to machine learning and how this impacts the support provided to engineering designers.

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