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New clues into how ‘trash bag of the cell’ traps and seals off waste

8/15/18

New insights have been gained into how an important process within the cell traps and seals off waste -- much like a trash bag -- before carting it off to be recycled, according to a new study.

Three new faculty members at Penn State Law.

New Penn State Law faculty members build bridges across Penn State

8/15/18

Penn State Law is delighted to welcome to the faculty Assistant Professor of Law and Medicine Megan Wright, Assistant Professor of Law Ben Johnson, and Professor of Legal Research Jenny Ham, all of whom will advance the law school’s efforts to collaborate across the University to impact the world.

An aerial view of the Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center campus.

Medical Center again named among best hospitals by U.S. News & World Report

8/14/18

U.S. News & World Report has again recognized Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center as one of the best hospitals in the nation in multiple specialties.

Community-Engaged Research in the Penn State Context

8/14/18

This episode in the “Ask the Experts” series features Dr. Jen Kraschnewski from the Penn State College of Medicine in her role as co-chair of the Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute’s Community-Engaged Research Core. Kraschnewski discusses community-engaged research, why it is important, where it is happening at Penn State, and how to learn more about it.

Responsive parenting intervention results in lower BMIs through age 3

8/7/18

An intervention designed to promote healthy growth, which taught first-time moms how to respond with age-appropriate responses to their babies’ needs, resulted in children having lower body mass indexes (BMIs) when they were 3 years old.

Family and Community Medicine Residency Program welcomes six new doctors

8/1/18

The Penn State Health Family and Community Residency Program at Mount Nittany Medical Center has welcomed its fourth class of resident physicians.

Several medical students stand in a row, holding in front of them their white medical coats.

Penn State College of Medicine hosts 23rd annual White Coat Ceremony

8/1/18

First-year Penn State College of Medicine medical students, including those pursuing their doctorate of medicine and doctorate of medicine/doctorate of philosophy degrees, received their first white medical coats on July 27.

College of Medicine student gains inspiration from Nobel Laureate Meeting

8/1/18

Penn State College of Medicine graduate student Robert Nwokonko had a rare chance to meet with some of the world’s most lauded scientists and researchers.

Headshots of Drs. Patricia Silveyra and Erika Saunders wearing medical coats.

Two College of Medicine professors chosen for leadership programs

8/1/18

Two Penn State College of Medicine professors were selected to join programs for leaders in science and at academic health institutions.

Dr. Elliot Vesell sits in an office, looking up from a book, at the camera.

Vesell, founding pharmacology chair, dies at 84

7/26/18

Dr. Elliot Vesell, founding chair of the Department of Pharmacology at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and assistant dean of graduate studies at Penn State College of Medicine, has passed away.

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Global Health Exchange students get up-close look at worldwide health challenges

7/25/18

Students from the Penn State Global Health Exchange Program met with representatives of the Wolf administration to discuss the importance of public health in Pennsylvania.

Four bicycles are parked in parallel along a sidewalk.

Bike Share expands to downtown Hershey

7/25/18

The popular Hershey Bike Share is now available at a new location in downtown Hershey. A bike station is located on East Chocolate Avenue, in addition to the eight existing locations on or near the Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center campus.

A man lays in a hospital bed. A woman stands at the foot of the bed holding a painting, showing it to him.

The New York Times: January 07, 2019
Managing Teenage Acne
If the face a teenager presents to the world is marred by prominent lesions of acne, the ordinary stresses of adolescence can be that much more difficult to weather.
CNN: November 01, 2018
Superheroes are more violent than villains
"We actually found the protagonists were performing a greater amount of violence per hour than the antagonists," said John Muller, a medical student at Penn State.

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New clues into how ‘trash bag of the cell’ traps and seals off waste

New Penn State Law faculty members build bridges across Penn State

Medical Center again named among best hospitals by U.S. News & World Report

Community-Engaged Research in the Penn State Context

Responsive parenting intervention results in lower BMIs through age 3

Family and Community Medicine Residency Program welcomes six new doctors

Penn State College of Medicine hosts 23rd annual White Coat Ceremony

College of Medicine student gains inspiration from Nobel Laureate Meeting

Two College of Medicine professors chosen for leadership programs

Vesell, founding pharmacology chair, dies at 84

Global Health Exchange students get up-close look at worldwide health challenges

Bike Share expands to downtown Hershey

Artwork may help improve patients’ perceptions of their hospital experience

Antipsychotics may prove effective in killing drug-resistant cancer cells

Hershey Medical Center continues expansion and growth

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