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Penn State names Georgia Tech's Lora Weiss senior vice president for research

8/8/19

Lora G. Weiss, interim senior vice president of the Georgia Institute of Technology and interim director of the Georgia Tech Research Institute, has been named senior vice president for research at Penn State. Weiss, who will begin her new role on Sept. 16, is an accomplished scientist and educator with more than 30 years of experience in higher education.

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Penn State’s Institutional Review Board program announces updates to structure

7/15/19

Penn State investigators conducting research with people — whether surveys or clinical trials, secondary data analysis or educational interventions — are required to work through the University's Institutional Review Board (IRB) Program, which has announced several updates to help centralize its initiatives.

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Student's love of research brings him to Penn State

6/13/19

Penn State’s biomedical engineering undergraduate program stresses practical research experience for its students — which is why Penn State was a perfect fit for Atip Lawanprasert, a 2018 Penn State biomedical engineering alumnus and a current Penn State bioengineering graduate student.

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Inaugural Drawdown Scholars class arrives at Penn State

6/6/19

Fifty-five undergraduate students from across the country have arrived at Penn State to take part in the first-ever Drawdown Scholars Research Experience for Undergraduates Program. Dubbed Drawdown Scholars, the students will spend eight weeks embedded in research programs across the University, with the aim of investigating positive solutions-orientated paths to take action on climate change.

VP for Research Neil Sharkey, spring 2019

In Touch With Neil Sharkey

6/3/19

Outgoing Vice President for Research Neil Sharkey reflects on the success of Invent Penn State, the broad and deep excellence of Penn State's research, and the need to sit back and just listen to good ideas from others.

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Biobehavioral health student receives 2019 Alumni Association Dissertation Award

4/18/19

Nichole Sell, a predoctoral graduate student in biobehavioral health, received the Alumni Association Dissertation Award for outstanding professional accomplishment and achievement in scholarly research on April 11 at the Graduate Student Awards Luncheon held at the Nittany Lion Inn. The prestigious award recognizes Sell’s research in the social science category.

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Researcher receives grant to examine student impact of immersive experiences

4/2/19

Melina Czymoniewicz-Klippel, assistant teaching professor of biobehavioral health, is a recipient of a Scholarship of Teaching and Learning grant from the Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence. Her project will involve analysis of online written assignments of students, to examine the impact of immersive experiences on student engagement and learning.

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Researchers recognized for innovative work in aging

3/11/19

Three investigators from the Department of Human Development and Family Studies at Penn State have been recognized by the Mather LifeWays Institute on Aging for their innovative research in aging. Award winners include Nilam Ram, Lesley Ross and Lizbeth Benson.

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NSF I-Corps short course to provide entrepreneurship training for researchers

3/11/19

Academic researchers interested in exploring the commercial potential of their technological innovations are invited to apply for a National Science Foundation Innovation Corps (I-Corps) short course to be held in State College from April 5-19. Applications are due by 5 p.m. EST on Friday, March 29.

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