Summit brings together World Campus D.Ed. students in more ways than one

Summit brings together World Campus D.Ed. students in more ways than one

Rates announced for 2025-26 Student Health Insurance Plan

Rates announced for 2025-26 Student Health Insurance Plan

Imperfect underground processes help filter wastewater in Florida Keys

Imperfect underground processes help filter wastewater in Florida Keys

Penn State, Taipei Tech announce 2026 research scholarships

Penn State, Taipei Tech announce 2026 research scholarships

Institute for Computational and Data Sciences awards 56 research projects

Institute for Computational and Data Sciences awards 56 research projects

New scholarship endowed for Penn State Great Valley information science students

New scholarship endowed for Penn State Great Valley information science students

Turning gestures into speech for people with limited communication

Turning gestures into speech for people with limited communication

Penn State, Indian Institute of Science announce 2026 doctoral scholarship

Penn State, Indian Institute of Science announce 2026 doctoral scholarship

Q&A: How are researchers optimizing AI systems for science?

Q&A: How are researchers optimizing AI systems for science?

Q&A: How are researchers optimizing AI systems for science?

Q&A: How are researchers optimizing AI systems for science?

IST student earns first place in national cybersecurity competition

IST student earns first place in national cybersecurity competition

GPSA accepting applications for executive board positions until Aug. 15

Predicting vaccination levels without accurate or timely vaccination data

Predicting vaccination levels without accurate or timely vaccination data

Mutual benefits of hotels hiring individuals with intellectual disabilities

Mutual benefits of hotels hiring individuals with intellectual disabilities

Eighteen graduate students awarded inaugural Fox scholarships

Eighteen graduate students awarded inaugural Fox scholarships

Seasonal flu immunity protects against severe illness from bird flu in ferrets

Seasonal flu immunity protects against severe illness from bird flu in ferrets

Next-gen tech can detect disease biomarker in period blood

Next-gen tech can detect disease biomarker in period blood

New play in the chemical-reaction playbook uncovered

New play in the chemical-reaction playbook uncovered

Gold clusters show promise as scalable options for quantum computers, sensors

Gold clusters show promise as scalable options for quantum computers, sensors

$2.6M NIH grant to fund new microbiome sciences training program at Penn State

$2.6M NIH grant to fund new microbiome sciences training program at Penn State

National foundation grant to support study on amphibian health at Penn State

National foundation grant to support study on amphibian health at Penn State

Wine chemistry can be accurately judged from fermenting tiny batches of wine

Wine chemistry can be accurately judged from fermenting tiny batches of wine

Master of AI grad begins ‘dream job’ in space industry as AI research engineer

Master of AI grad begins ‘dream job’ in space industry as AI research engineer

Travelers may recall less safety info if in-flight safety video promotes tourism

Travelers may recall less safety info if in-flight safety video promotes tourism

Q&A: Does centering experience improve teacher education?

Q&A: Does centering experience improve teacher education?

Q&A: Professor emeritus reflects on his research, teaching career in geosciences

Q&A: Professor emeritus reflects on his research, teaching career in geosciences

Fox Graduate School announces parental leave policy for graduate students

<p>In this Q&amp;A, Penn State alumnus John Panitz discusses his work, his path toward becoming a physicist, and his time working with renowned physicist Erwin Müller.</p>

The luck of the draw: Q&A with Penn State alumnus, physicist John Andrew Panitz

<p>Jessica Wellington, a doctoral candidate at the Penn State Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing, received the National Institutes of Health Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award to fund a project focused on parental caregivers of adults with profound autism. </p>

Nursing grad student earns NIH grant to study wellbeing of caregivers

<p>Valerie Smykalov, a Penn State doctoral student, received a U.S. National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship to support her research on carbon movement through freshwater systems using deep learning and process-based modeling. Her work aims to uncover overlooked aspects of the carbon cycle and better constrain global carbon budgets.</p>

Graduate student earns NSF fellowship to study carbon in river systems

<p>The Penn State Alumni Association will recognize this year's Volunteer Award recipients during a ceremony July 27 on the University Park campus. All Penn Staters can register for the livestream, during which the Alumni Association will present six individual awards, made possible by endowments from alumni, and nine group awards, two of which are endowed by alumni. </p>

Registration open for 2025 Alumni Association Volunteer Awards livestream

<p>Greg Roszyk, who earned a bachelor's degree in computer science in 1989, and his wife, Marnie Salisbury, recently made a $1 million estate commitment to the College of Information Sciences and Technology. </p>

Computer science grad makes $1 million estate commitment to the College of IST

<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>

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>

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>

IST alumnus leverages Nittany AI Alliance experience into full-time career

<p>Rates of the Powassan virus infections — which can cause seizures and paralysis — are increasing across North America. Researchers from Penn State, the University of Minnesota and the U.S. Department of Agriculture have built a high resolution, 3D structure of the virus for the first time, a key step for developing strategies to prevent and treat infection.</p>

Structure of tick-borne virus revealed at atomic resolution for the first time

<p>To better understand processes driving change in Antarctic ice shelves, a team led by researchers at Penn State developed a new method to evaluate cracks that destabilize the shelves and accelerate ice losses.</p>

Measuring how – and where – Antarctic ice is cracking with new data tool

<p>Kathryn Rex, a biomedical engineering graduate student at Penn State, was awarded a U.S. National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship to support her research on improving outcomes for rotator cuff surgery patients through the study of upper limb biomechanics. Her work, inspired in part by her own shoulder injuries as a collegiate softball player, aims to understand how altered movement patterns may contribute to surgical failure.</p>

Grad student earns NSF fellowship to study rotator cuff tears

<p>Researchers led by Soo-yong Byun, a College of Education professor, found that South Korean elementary students who consistently attend private tutoring are more likely to become behaviorally disengaged in their regular classrooms. The results raise concerns about the unintended consequences of supplemental learning, Byun said.</p>

Private tutoring linked to student disengagement, researchers find

<p>Golf course managers have much more insight into which fungicides to use to suppress turfgrass diseases, such as the common and costly dollar spot disease, without damaging the grass on their fairways, thanks to a new study by researchers at Penn State.</p>

Fungicides intended to suppress turfgrass diseases may damage fairways

<p>In this Q&amp;A, Penn State postdoctoral fellow Laurel Seemiller describes her research on the biology and long-term consequences of adolescent alcohol use.</p>

Q&A: Does adolescent alcohol use impact future risk of addiction?

<p>As part of our regular “We Are!” feature, we recognize 20 Penn Staters who have gone above and beyond what’s asked of them in their work at the University.</p>

Sending a 'We Are!' to these Penn Staters — July 7

<p>Han Chen, a doctoral student in the College of Arts and Architecture’s Department of Art History, has been awarded a Smithsonian Institution Predoctoral Fellowship at the National Museum of Asian Art in Washington, D.C., where she will work on her dissertation titled “Chinese Art en route: (Re)constructing Global Knowledge of China in the Art Markets, 1900-1950.”</p>

Art history doctoral student awarded Smithsonian fellowship

<p>Nighttime pistachio consumption affects gut bacteria in adults with prediabetes, according to a new study led by researchers in the Penn State Department of Nutritional Sciences.</p>

Nighttime pistachio snacking may reshape gut microbiome in prediabetic adults

<p>Four emerging leaders in science and innovation have been selected as the inaugural fellows in Penn State’s Next-Gen Innovators Fellowship program, an initiative designed to close critical training gaps in research translation and technology commercialization. </p>

Four selected for inaugural Next-Gen Innovators Fellowship at Penn State

<p>Leading North American forest genetics researchers, professionals and students joined together at Penn State for the 2025 Forest Genetics Conference, where they shared ideas and made connections to enhance research dedicated to preserving forests.</p>

National forest genetics groups meet at Penn State for annual conference

<p>Humans may not be the only species that struggles to eat the right amounts of the ideal foods. A new study led by researchers at Penn State suggests that what bumble bees choose to eat may not line up with their ideal nutritional needs.</p>

What a bumble bee chooses to eat may not match ideal diet

<p>A research group, including several Penn State researchers, developed a computational model to streamline flood prediction in the continental United States. Their model, which they call a differentiable routing model, incorporates physical readings — like temperature and river height — into a system that uses artificial intelligence to simulate and predict water movement.</p>

Improving predictions of flood severity, place and time with AI