<p>Architecture doctoral candidate Özgüç Bertuğ Çapunaman's research centers on helping robots become more aware of their physical environment so designers can enable new materialization techniques that have not been possible up to this point, such as 3D printing on uneven surfaces. </p>

Architecture doctoral candidate works to make robots more intelligent, adaptive

<p>Children who reported being more empathetic were more likely to show signs of poorer health if they lived in a household where the parents fought more, researchers found in a new study led by Hannah Schreier, associate professor of biobehavioral health at Penn State.</p>

Empathetic children may have poorer health in the face of interparental conflict

<p>Frogs have maintained a surprising number of nonvisual light-sensing proteins over evolutionary time, according to a new study led by a Penn State biologist. These proteins, called opsins, play a role in a variety of biological functions including calibration of circadian rhythm.</p>

Unexpected diversity of light-sensing proteins goes beyond vision in frogs

<p>If liquid water exists today on Mars, it may be too deep underground to detect with traditional methods used on Earth. But listening to earthquakes that occur on Mars — or marsquakes — could offer a new tool in the search, according to a team led by Penn State scientists.</p>

Marsquakes may help reveal whether liquid water exists underground on red planet

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Music graduate student wins University’s Professional Master’s Excellence Award

Chowdhury Imam at left and Arjun Kizhakkemarakkattil Janardhanan at right.

Two Stuckeman architecture graduate students recognized for research theses

Graduate School convenes task force to assess graduate student funding model

Mayura Dhamdhere and Mason Breitzig

Two College of Medicine graduate students receive prestigious Penn State awards

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Four alumni recognized with 2024 Graduate School Alumni Society Awards

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Penn State Graduate School Alumni Joins LSU Administration

Julie A. Cerrito, Ph.D

Professor Selected to National Academy

A poster for the Echoes & Edges exhibition.

Graphic design graduate students to host project exhibition on human well-being

Nicolas Bueno, Hanif Yoga, Turgay Ertekin, Nijat Gasimli, Ianna Gomez and Baran Yucel standing in front of Hosler Building

Penn State team wins national competition on use of AI in the energy industry

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American studies students receive Graduate School awards

Erin Stanek

Theatre student wins Professional Master’s Excellence Award

Award winners

Forty graduate students honored with prestigious University awards

Dima Abu-Aridah in a white head scarf stands on the mezzanine level of the Stuckeman Family Building,

Stuckeman architecture doctoral candidate recognized for refugee camp research

Maggie Liao standing outside Carnegie Building next to the sign for the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications.

Bellisario College doctoral student earns Alumni Association Dissertation Award

Kimberly Cunningham

Stuckeman architecture student recognized for excellence in research, academics

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Vigeant-Haas recognized with Palmer Faculty Mentoring Award

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Graham-Engeland honored with Graduate Program Chair Leadership Award

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Henward named recipient of Graduate Faculty Teaching Award

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Graduate School event to discuss current and future state of college admissions

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Penn State community invited to attend Three Minute Thesis, Graduate Exhibition

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2024 University-wide student awards announced for Penn State

Portraits of 11 Penn State graduate student Three Minute Thesis finalists.

Finalists announced for Graduate School Three Minute Thesis competition March 23

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Graduate School, Penn State Global announce spring grad student travel grants

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Four alumni honored with Graduate School awards

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Gregory Miller receives Lifetime Achievement Award

Wakhungu receives 2022 Graduate School Humanitarian Award

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Ding recognized for early career achievements