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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
Artwork may help improve patients’ perceptions of their hospital experience
7/25/18
Patients’ perceptions of the hospital they’re being treated in may be improved by the type of artwork hanging in hospital rooms, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers.
Antipsychotics may prove effective in killing drug-resistant cancer cells
7/23/18
Two current drugs used to treat psychosis and depression showed anti-cancer activity in mice by blocking the movement of cholesterol within drug-resistant cancer cells, according to Penn State Cancer Institute researchers.
Hershey Medical Center continues expansion and growth
7/20/18
The Penn State Board of Trustees approved final plans and funds for a new parking deck and loop road at the Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center.
Penn State College of Medicine earns full accreditation
7/17/18
Penn State College of Medicine’s Medical Doctor program has received full accreditation for the next eight years by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education.
New chair of Medicine has big plans for the role
7/17/18
When Dr. Thomas Ma first assumed the role of chair of the Department of Medicine at Penn State College of Medicine and Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, he wasted no time making changes.
Penn State College of Medicine welcomes Class of 2022
7/17/18
Penn State College of Medicine welcomed 152 new medical students from both its Hershey and University Park campuses with orientation from July 10 through 13.
Global Programs announces spring 2018 Travel Grant recipients
7/17/18
Global Programs has announced the spring 2018 Travel Grant recipients. The program supports faculty travel related to developing global awareness, global literacy and global competency among our undergraduate population. Graduate students may apply for the grants for assistance with travel to international conferences with the goal of promoting and supporting global leadership in scholarship and international engagements.
500th heart transplant performed at the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
7/16/18
Surgeons at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center recently performed their 500th heart transplant. For almost 35 years, the Medical Center has been the only heart transplant center in southcentral Pennsylvania.
Global Programs announces Penn State/Split 2018 Fund Awardees
7/10/18
The Global Engagement Network is a group of strategic peer partnerships around the world, developed around the natural links between faculty and research interests. Global Programs supports these collaborative research projects through a development fund and has announced the awardees, whose projects primarily focus on long-term sustainability.
Harbaugh and Sathian assume new roles
7/10/18
Dr. Robert E. Harbaugh, distinguished professor and chair of the Department of Neurosurgery, has been named a senior vice president of Penn State Health Medical Group. Dr. Krish Sathian, chair of the Department of Neurology and professor of neurology, neural and behavioral sciences, and psychology, assumed leadership of the Neuroscience Institute, effective July 1.