Graduate School event to discuss current and future state of college admissions
Monday, March 18, 2024
The Graduate School’s Office of Graduate Educational Equity Programs is hosting an upcoming day of conversation for members of the Penn State community with an interest in or affiliation to the graduate admissions process. The day will discuss the topic of holistic admissions at the event titled “Holistic Admissions Post-SCOTUS #2024.”
Learn More chevron_rightPenn State community invited to attend Three Minute Thesis, Graduate Exhibition
Monday, March 18, 2024
The Graduate School at Penn State will host the 39th annual Graduate Exhibition from March 18-22 on the University Park campus and online, followed by the final round of the inaugural Three Minute Thesis competition at 10 a.m. March 23 at the Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center and online. Both events are free and open to Penn State students, staff, faculty and community members.
Learn More chevron_rightTwelve alumni recognized with College of Engineering’s highest honor
Monday, March 18, 2024
Twelve Penn State engineering graduates have been selected to receive the Penn State College of Engineering’s Outstanding Engineering Alumni Award.
Learn More chevron_rightVirtual reality better than video for evoking fear, spurring climate action
Monday, March 18, 2024
Experiencing worst-case climate scenarios in virtual reality may better motivate people to support environmental policies, according to a new study led by Penn State researchers.
Learn More chevron_rightImproved life satisfaction may decrease illegal forest use in protected areas
Thursday, March 14, 2024
Improved life satisfaction reduces livelihood-based illegal forest use whereas traditional cultural practices increase illegal forest use for livelihood needs, according to research led by Edwin Sabuhoro, assistant professor of recreation, park and tourism management at Penn State.
Learn More chevron_rightStuckeman architecture graduate students launch new architecture print journal
Thursday, March 14, 2024
Architecture graduate students in the Stuckeman School at Penn State are launching “Hyphen,” a new print journal that is intended to serve as a platform for speculation, experimentation, dialogue and debate within the discipline, at noon March 21 in the Stuckeman Family Building Jury Space.
Learn More chevron_rightForest, stream habitats keep energy exchanges in balance, global team finds
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
Forests and streams are separate but linked ecosystems, existing side by side, with energy and nutrients crossing their porous borders and flowing back and forth between them. For example, leaves fall from trees, enter streams, decay and feed aquatic insects. Those insects emerge from the waters and are eaten by birds and bats. An international team led by Penn State researchers has now found that these ecosystems appear to keep the energy exchanges in balance — a finding that the scientists called surprising.
Learn More chevron_rightProfessional insights, alumni networking highlight SIA career trip to New York
Tuesday, March 12, 2024
Master’s students in the Penn State School of International Affairs recently had the opportunity to meet with employers and staff at the Council on Foreign Relations, Bank of America, CJPA Global Advisors, and the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations as part of the school’s annual career exposure trip to New York City.
Learn More chevron_rightBiology postdoc awarded National Institutes of Health fellowship
Tuesday, March 12, 2024
Laurel Seemiller, a postdoctoral scholar in biology at Penn State, has been awarded a Ruth L. Kirschstein Postdoctoral Individual National Research Service Award from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism of the U.S. National Institutes of Health.
Learn More chevron_rightGPS nanoparticle platform precisely delivers therapeutic payload to cancer cells
Monday, March 11, 2024
A newly developed “GPS nanoparticle” injected intravenously can home in on cancer cells to deliver a genetic punch to the protein implicated in tumor growth and spread, according to researchers from Penn State. They tested their approach in human cell lines and in mice to effectively knock down a cancer-causing gene, reporting that the technique may potentially offer a more precise and effective treatment for notoriously hard-to-treat basal-like breast cancers. They published the work in ACS Nano.
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