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Four graduate students receive the Professional Master’s Excellence Award

4/27/18

Four Penn State graduate students received the 2018 Professional Master’s Excellence Award. The award recognizes outstanding achievement in a professional master’s degree program in any discipline, based upon the student’s academic record in the graduate program and the quality and impact of the student’s culminating experience, including creative works, performance and projects conducted in a professional setting.

Two graduate students receive the Penn State Alumni Association Scholarship

4/27/18

Two graduate students, Kristin Lambert, doctoral student in biomedical sciences pursuing a joint degree in medicine from Penn State College of Medicine, and Christina Webb, doctoral student in psychology, received the Penn State Alumni Association Scholarship for Penn State Alumni in the Graduate School during the annual Graduate Student Awards Luncheon held on April 25 at the Nittany Lion Inn.

Dr. Michael Green poses in a light blue shirt and dark vest against a blue, lightly textured backdrop.

Green gets serious about comics

4/26/18

Dr. Michael Green, professor and interim chair of Penn State College of Medicine’s Department of Humanities, discussed how reading and creating comics helps students with practical doctoring skills during a panel discussion on March 1 at the National Institutes of Health.

Natasha Burse poses for a photo in a pink shirt, against a pink backdrop.

Burse shares story of fight against breast cancer

4/26/18

Natasha Renee Burse, a graduate research assistant and doctoral student in public health sciences at Penn State College of Medicine, discusses her battle against breast cancer on the Pennsylvania Breast Cancer Coalition website.

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Richard Courtney dies after battle with esophageal cancer

4/19/18

Dr. Richard Courtney, former chair of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, distinguished educator and professor emeritus at Penn State College of Medicine, died Wednesday, April 11, following a brief battle with esophageal cancer.

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Obesity linked with higher chance of developing rapid, irregular heart rate

4/18/18

People with obesity are more likely to develop a rapid and irregular heart rate, called atrial fibrillation, which can lead to stroke, heart failure and other complications, according to Penn State researchers. They found that people with obesity had a 40 percent higher chance of developing atrial fibrillation than people without obesity.

Data sharing for research between Hershey and University Park gets easier

4/12/18

Data sharing for research purposes between the Hershey and University Park campuses is now easier. Through support of the Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute executive committee and the Office of the Vice Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, data use agreements are no longer needed in certain circumstances when private health information is transferred from the Hershey campus to University Park.

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Toxins produced by e-cigarettes vary by flavor

4/9/18

Different flavors of e-cigarettes produce different levels of free radicals, toxins often associated with cancer and other diseases, according to Penn State researchers. Many of the chemicals used to flavor e-cigarettes increased the production of free radicals, while a few actually lowered it.

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