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Public invited to visit Chalsty Planetarium with astronomy department on April 5

March 14, 2025

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CAPS launches new 'Nurture in Nature' trail at the Arboretum

March 14, 2025

Dahlia Lithwick

Dahlia Lithwick lecture postponed

March 14, 2025

3D structure of the protein with entanglement on the right and without on the left

Protein accidentally lassos itself, helping explain unusual refolding behavior

March 14, 2025

School of Music

Penn State Symphonic Band selected to perform at 2025 PMEA Conference

March 14, 2025

Dance instructor and children dancing on a stage at festival

WPSU, SCASD to co-host fourth annual Multicultural Children’s Festival, March 22

March 14, 2025

Human cells connected by tiny tube

Tunnel-building virus: How Zika transmits from mother to fetus

March 14, 2025

C. Edward Watson

Dreamery Speaker Series sessions focus on teaching with AI

March 13, 2025

Windmills and solar panels provide green energy

Reusing old oil and gas wells may offer green energy storage solution

March 13, 2025

SPP simulation participants and judges pose in front of the Susan Welch Liberal Arts Building

Penn State School of Public Policy hosts inaugural Policy Simulation Competition

March 13, 2025

Studio portrait of Roxanne Brown, vice president of United Steel Workers

Roxanne Brown to deliver 2025 Philip Murray Memorial Labor Lecture

March 13, 2025

Four individuals stand in front of conference poster, all wearing conference lanyards

AI-powered cooling startup aims to boost data center efficiency

March 13, 2025

Andrew Mowen and Bing Pan

Recreation, park and tourism management faculty receive national awards

March 13, 2025

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2025 Osaze Osagie Memorial Lecture brings Kevin Richardson to Penn State

March 13, 2025

March 19 seminar to discuss hedging economic risks related to climate change

March 13, 2025

Geography Coffee Hour lecture to feature Sophie Webber on climate finance

March 13, 2025

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Graduate students to present their journeys in science

March 13, 2025

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Penn State professor earns national Deutschmann Award for Excellence in Research

March 13, 2025

Threatened by warming waters, brook trout may be able to adapt to hotter weather

March 13, 2025

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Poet Adrienne Su to offer reading at Penn State on March 20

March 12, 2025

A three dimensional artwork shaped like a blue cat with yellow eyes and covered in vines

New textile-based sculpture exhibition, 'nosegay,' to begin at HUB Galleries

March 12, 2025

A head and shoulders photo of a smiling Jeff Montgomery

Penn State Smeal Tarriff Center adds Montgomery to advisory board

March 12, 2025

2025 Pa. Rural Community and Public Health Conference to be held April 15

March 12, 2025

Old Main on a beautiful sunny day surrounded by green foliage and blue sky

Penn State programs competitive in 2025 QS World University Rankings by Subject

March 12, 2025

A diverse cast of actors dressed in dark, gothic, and monstrous costumes pose for a family portrait.

Broadway tour of ‘The Addams Family’ comes to Penn State for two shows April 1–2

March 11, 2025

A Black man with dreadlocks wears sunglasses.

Grammy Award-winning artist Leon Thomas to perform March 25 at Eisenhower

March 11, 2025

Sheridan Miyamoto, associate professor in the Penn State Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing

Nese College of Nursing SAFE-T System receives 2025 ANA Innovation Award

March 11, 2025

Jay Paterno, Smeal faculty member Brett Christenson to talk NIL and NCAA on WPSU

March 11, 2025

Reggie Aggarwal

Hospitality Management event to honor Cvent CEO and founder Reggie Aggarwal

March 11, 2025

Image of Kevin Luhman holding a U.S. stamp with his image from the James Webb Space Telescope

Q&A: The story behind the cosmic image on a new US stamp

March 11, 2025

Jainendra Jain named 2025 Wolf Prize laureate in physics

March 10, 2025

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Plant biologist awarded the Masatoshi Nei Innovation Prize in Biology

March 10, 2025

A bumble bee on a lavender flower

Analyzing genetic ‘signatures’ may give insight into what stresses wild bees

March 10, 2025

Wrestling Roar Tour

Alumni Association to host wrestling 'Roar Tour' in Philadelphia on March 22

March 10, 2025

Aftermath of extensive flooding along the New Jersey shore following Hurricane Sandy.

Framework to help scientists choose impactful place-based research locations

March 10, 2025

A wide angle shot of the interior of the proposed Beaver Stadium changes

Werzyn family, West Shore Home make significant field naming gift for Beaver Stadium

March 10, 2025

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Trio of staff members provide key first points of contact in Bellisario College

March 10, 2025

Two students look at architectural designs tacked to a wall.

Designers, scholars plan interdisciplinary design institute for high school students

March 10, 2025

Wide shot of Old Main through Armillary Sphere

Search underway for next Penn State ICDS director

March 10, 2025

New grant to expand program helping middle schoolers cope with chronic stress

March 10, 2025

Grant to explore maternal depression’s effect on young children

March 10, 2025

A photo of the exterior sign of the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications.

Alumnus to lead ethics-focused discussion on AI, market research

March 07, 2025

A girl wearing a soccer uniform goes to kick a soccer ball, but the girl has a digital effect that makes her look incomplete.

Energy deficiency's impact on women’s health and sport topic of upcoming lecture

March 07, 2025

Illustration of light emission from a molybdenum diselenide nanodot embedded in tungsten diselenide.

‘Nanodot’ control could fine-tune light for sharper displays, quantum computing

March 07, 2025

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Visit highlights empathy education with University of Galway and Cillian Murphy

March 07, 2025

Pinwheels for Prevention on HUB Lawn

'Pinwheels for Prevention' to raise awareness for National Child Abuse Prevention Month

March 07, 2025

Three teen-age boys dance in unison in a semi-circle.

‘Dear Evan Hansen’ comes to Eisenhower Auditorium on March 27

March 06, 2025

Italian guitarist Alberto La Rocca to present concert, masterclass, March 18-19

March 06, 2025

Friedman Lectures in Astronomy and Astrophysics set for April 15, 16

March 06, 2025

Marker Lectures in Astronomy and Astrophysics and Physics set for March 25, 26

March 06, 2025

Penn State Early Music Ensemble

Early Music Ensemble to present concert on March 31

March 06, 2025

Harriman Recollected: New Views of an 1899 Expedition to Alaska, graphic

Libraries launches digital project highlighting 1899 Alaska expedition materials

March 06, 2025

A head and shoulders photo of a smiling Slava Rubin

Acclaimed entrepreneur, innovator to speak at Penn State Smeal

March 06, 2025

Alumni Achievement Award

Eight Penn Staters honored with 2025 Alumni Achievement Award

March 06, 2025

An illustration of a boy looking at a rabbit.

Mokita Dialogue will discuss ‘Health and Healing Through the Arts’ on March 19

March 06, 2025

An older person holds hands with and comforts a younger woman

AI may help clinicians personalize treatment for generalized anxiety disorder

March 06, 2025

A group of teens stand smiling at the camera against a background of lockers

Penn State Extension webinar series to focus on parenting 10- to 18-year-olds

March 05, 2025

Two toddlers playing together with chalk

Penn State Extension webinar series to focus on parenting 3- to 5-year-olds

March 05, 2025

2025 President's Concert and Reception set for April 3 in Philadelphia

March 05, 2025

Laci Moore wears a gray Liberal Arts Chaiken Center quarter-zip sweatshirt that says “Peer Success Coach” on the sleeve while standing in front of bushes and trees outside Pattee Library and Paterno Library.

Chaiken Scholar paves the way to law school for herself and her peers

March 05, 2025

The words "Invest in Founders" appears overtop of an image of an individual sitting at a table explaining their business to an investor

Registration open for Invent Penn State Venture & IP Conference

March 05, 2025

Roll the Dice header

Roll the dice! Game teaches agribusiness majors principles of entrepreneurship

March 05, 2025

engineering graduates

Fall 2025 commencement at University Park to take place Sunday, Dec. 21

March 05, 2025

brick and glass campus building at dusk

IST announces new major in artificial intelligence, enrolling for fall 2025

March 05, 2025

Penn State Recital Hall

School of Music to host 2025 Penn State New-Music Festival and Symposium

March 05, 2025

Graduate student Nicholas Prince stands next to LiDAR instrument

Earth and Mineral Sciences graduate fellow builds belonging safety net for peers

March 05, 2025

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