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Aerial view of flooded New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina

Penn State to host flood risk management forum Sept. 9 and 10

September 08, 2025

Three images connected by arrows: a person doing yoga, the same person walking two dogs on a boardwalk, the same person sitting on a couch looking at his phone.

Innovative methods of studying brain health, cognition topic of upcoming lecture

September 04, 2025

equipment in Osmond Lab lobby

Exhibition, tours celebrate decades of long-term physics, materials strength

September 04, 2025

Dale Whittington of UNC-Chapel Hill

Sept. 10 seminar: Policy mix can promote transition to 'circular' water systems

September 03, 2025

Faculty Scholar Medal recipient to present research during Virtual Speaker Session

August 18, 2025

Ag Progress Days 2024 - College of Ag Sciences Exhibits Building entrance

Ag Progress Days displays showcase advanced technology, animal health, invasives

July 30, 2025

Head shot photos of Sarah Rajtmajer and Lynda Kellam

University Libraries to host August speakers on AI, the Data Rescue Project

July 23, 2025

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Three open access experts converge for Penn State Open Access Week 2025 panel

July 18, 2025

Visitors board bus after Ag Progress Days tour

Explore organic crops, ‘slash walls’ and more on Ag Progress Days tours

July 14, 2025

Ag Progress Days commercial

Penn State’s Ag Progress Days features commercial exhibits, field demos

July 07, 2025

Vera Rubin Observatory underneath streaks of stars in night sky

Tune in to unveiling of first images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory and LSST

June 17, 2025

The CSUA annual conference poster winners pose for a photo.

Annual substance use conference examines psychiatric and opioid use disorders

June 12, 2025

A person with long hair pulled back in glasses and a purple shirt with a plaid blazer smiles at the camera.

Human microbiome pioneer to deliver World Microbiome Day lecture

June 12, 2025

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Penn State agricultural technology event aimed at ‘closing the innovation gap’

May 23, 2025

Penn State University Park campus building in spring

IST faculty discuss future of AI on WPSU's 'Conversations Live'

May 19, 2025

Penn State students and faculty stand in a line for a photo surrounded by their research posters during poster session.

AI Week spotlights student, faculty research on artificial intelligence

May 13, 2025

People in a classroom

Bridging the communication gap between police and the community

May 09, 2025

Rao Prize Conference set for May 20

May 05, 2025

Climate Solutions Symposium registration open until May 12

May 05, 2025

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2025 Guentter Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis finalists to present work May 8

May 01, 2025

Students presenting research in poster session

Penn State Berks students present and celebrate research

May 01, 2025

Sekhar Bhattacharyya, Ashish Kumar and Shimin Liu standing in front of a large blue fan in the mine ventilation lab.

Penn State to host the 20th North American Mine Ventilation Symposium

April 29, 2025

Person standing in front of a physics experiment during the Ashtekar Frontiers of Science lecture

Ashtekar Frontiers of Science lecture series celebrates ‘Year of Quantum’

April 29, 2025

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Competition shows not all exam questions can be correctly answered using AI

April 25, 2025

Public support matters for sustainable energy investments, researchers find

April 24, 2025

Attendees of the Symposium on Community-Based Participatory Research: Food Security and Access for Healthy Futures

Penn State Berks hosts symposium on food security and access for healthy futures

April 23, 2025

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University Libraries, UPUA collaborate for spring 2025 extended hours

April 23, 2025

black and white historical images of railroad tracks with coal cars, workers in mining uniforms, miners' home and social life

Coal and Coke Heritage Center in Special Collections online spotlight May 6

April 21, 2025

Sahrawi visiting artist to share his experiences throughout April

April 14, 2025

A woman with curly hair parts a beaded sculpture hanging from the ceiling.

Dance professor to serve as School of Theatre’s first artist-in-residence

April 14, 2025

Undergraduate exhibition presenter explaining research poster

Penn State community, public invited to Undergraduate Exhibition, April 14-16

April 11, 2025

Patricia Ehrkamp

Patricia Ehrkamp to deliver annual Miller Lecture on geopolitics and disability

April 09, 2025

EEEPI seminar: Estimating the health care cost of sugar-sweetened beverages

April 09, 2025

EarthTalks: Support for deploying new technologies for clean energy systems

April 08, 2025

Audience members in a conference room clap and smile.

Penn State Smeal's CSCR hosts symposium on supply chain innovation and talent

April 07, 2025

Photo of Ivan Oransky

Ivan Oransky, co-founder of Retraction Watch, to speak at University Libraries

April 04, 2025

Michael Schweinberger, professor of statistics at Penn State, will present “Causal Learning in the Interconnected and Interdependent World of the Twenty-First Century” from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 17, in 201 Thomas Building on the Penn State University Park campus.

Statistics department to host free public lecture April 17

April 04, 2025

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Libraries' 2025 Minter Lectureship in Conservation honors preservation expert

April 04, 2025

A photo of four people sitting behind a table during a presentation on a stage

Harrisburg to showcase research with events April 9

April 04, 2025

Katie Travenner head shot

Postponed: Penn State Berks to host global forum on careers in international research April 7

April 03, 2025

Conversation on embodied carbon in the built environment on April 10

April 03, 2025

'Stories from the Field' returns with spring 2025 session on housing inequality

April 02, 2025

Graphic advertising datafest

Registration open for American Statistical Association DataFest 2025

April 02, 2025

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Nanoscience pioneer, Penn State alumnus to present spring 2025 Kohn Lecture

April 02, 2025

A woman experiments with VR while wearing a headset and holding two controllers.

Behrend research team to attempt world record for time spent in virtual reality

April 01, 2025

Geography Coffee Hour to feature Richard Alley on sea-level rise and ice sheets

March 31, 2025

Penn State DuBois to host guest lecturer Inga Kadisha on April 4

March 31, 2025

Students, faculty, and guests interact at the annual Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities Fair

Altoona to host Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities Fair April 12

March 28, 2025

A photo of the Business Building, highlighting the front curve and its windowed exterior.

Q&A: How to take a local business to global markets

March 25, 2025

A bell is pictured on a sunny day.

Faculty workshop on leveraging intellectual property to be held April 2

March 24, 2025

The Nittany Lion standing behind a table of trophies.

Penn State Wilkes-Barre hosts Northeast Regional Science Olympiad

March 20, 2025

Graphic of a power grid

Penn State Harrisburg to host 2025 Symposium on Signal and Power Integrity

March 20, 2025

student painting a map for the geographics lab

Penn State GeoGraphics Lab to host inaugural Community Mapping Day

March 20, 2025

Three trail marker signs for a wooded preserve tell visitors how long and how difficult each trail is

'Sustainable Narratives: Visualizing Data, Design and Community' exhibit to open

March 20, 2025

closeup portraits of four smiling adults

Three deans co-host research scholarship and land-grant impacts event March 24

March 19, 2025

Student explaining research project to faculty judge

Shape the next generation: Volunteer judges needed for Undergraduate Exhibition

March 18, 2025

Virtual Speaker Session

Virtual lecture to explore the importance of maintaining healthy ecosystems

March 14, 2025

Photos of Nazifa and Katie

Graduate students to present their journeys in science

March 13, 2025

The Social Science Research Institute's Consortium on Substance Use and Addiction 6th Annual Conference."

Annual substance use and addiction conference to be held on May 5

February 27, 2025

Franklin M. Orr, Jr. wearing a grey suit and blue tie.

2025 Shoemaker Lecture: Transforming energy systems to mitigate climate change

February 27, 2025

EarthTalks: Widga to discuss museums as partners in broader impact activities

February 25, 2025

EEEPI Seminar: Lucy Page to discuss large-scale carbon labeling on Feb. 26

February 18, 2025

Feb. 24 EarthTalks: Cross-disciplinary collaboration employing stakeholder input

February 18, 2025

Retired Abington professor’s lecture on Hemingway 'treasures' set for Feb. 19

February 14, 2025

A person rowing a boat on a river among houses on stilts.

Stuckeman School exhibition to showcase urban floodplain communities in Peru

February 11, 2025

Coffee Hour lecture to examine COVID-19’s impact on Black women on probation

February 11, 2025

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