J. Jeffrey and Ann Marie Fox Graduate School at Penn State

Celebrating Graduate Student Excellence

Graduate students receive awards for their impact in research, scholarship, and teaching, and at the 2025 Graduate Exhibition and Three Minute Thesis competition

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Graduate student success and graduate program excellence are at the core of the J. Jeffrey and Ann Marie Fox Graduate School at Penn State. We are a central administrative unit that supports more than 300 graduate degree programs throughout the University, including both research and professional master's and doctoral degrees, and more than 200 graduate major fields of study. Additionally, the Fox Graduate School offers a multitude of postbaccalaureate and graduate credit certificates. Our student support includes professional development, wellness, and graduate equity opportunities and programs, in addition to working with campus partners to coordinate offerings specifically for graduate students.

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Community members interested in staying up-to-date with the graduate assistant unionization effort can visit Penn State's graduate student unionization website.

Research or Regress

At Penn State, researchers are solving real problems that impact the health, safety, and quality of life of people across the Commonwealth, the nation, and around the world.

For decades, federal support for research has fueled innovation that makes our country safer, our industries more competitive, and our economy stronger. Recent federal funding cuts threaten this progress.

Learn more about the implications of federal funding cuts to your future.

See What's at Stake

Foxes Name Graduate School with $20 Million Commitment

Endowment to offer student support, with a focus on military members and families, and fund innovative programming

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<p>A faculty member and a graduate student in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences received recognition at the 71st annual North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture conference in Alberta, Canada.</p>

July 11, 2025

College of Ag Sciences faculty, student recognized at annual NACTA conference

<p>Penn State Smeal College of Business Director of Alumni Relations Jennifer Crispell has announced that five new members of the college’s Alumni Society Board began their terms on July 1, as well as a new president and a new president-elect.</p>

July 10, 2025

Five new members elected to Penn State Smeal Alumni Society Board

<p>As an IST student, Charlie Watson, class of 2024, was actively involved with the Nittany AI Alliance. Now, as an alumnus, he's returned to Nittany AI as its first AI solutions architect.</p>