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Global Health Film Festival logo, Feb. 23, Foster Auditorium

'Global Health Film Festival' to be held at University Libraries on Feb. 23

2/14/18

University Libraries will host a Global Health Film Festival between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 23, in an event aimed to communicate stories, inspire, and encourage action to redress inequities in health. The festival will feature four films shown throughout the day in Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library on the University Park campus.

Image of Katie Schieffer with microscope in white lab coat

Graduate credits translational science training program for career momentum

2/14/18

Katie Schieffer received her undergraduate degree in medical technology because she wanted to make a difference in patients’ lives. When it came time to choose a graduate program, the Bear, Delaware, native looked for a way to continue to fulfill that desire. Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute’s TL1 Translational Research Training Program was just what she was looking for.

Two musicians, playing a hammer dulcimer and harp, perform as three people sitting nearby listen.

Center Stage Arts in Health program awarded NEA grant

2/7/18

The Center Stage Arts in Health program at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and Penn State College of Medicine has received a National Endowment for the Arts award of $10,000 to build partnerships with two local performing groups.

Looking up into ribcage

Fixing Ribs

2/6/18

Because of how much it impairs the ability to breathe, a seemingly simple injury--a broken rib--is the second leading cause of trauma deaths. A team of Penn State surgeons and a biomedical engineer have invented a better way to help broken ribs heal.

A mosquito feeds on a human host and is engorged with blood

Have RNA, will travel

1/10/18

The parasite that causes malaria has not one, but two, specialized proteins that protect its genetic material until the parasite takes up residence in a new host.

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