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Forty-three undergraduates receive Erickson Discovery Grants

May 14, 2024

Ceramic sculpture, shaped like half of a circle with multiple holes in the structure.

'Research Art Collection' showcase in Old Main

May 14, 2024

A small standing group of people listens to a presenter in front of lab equipment.

Penn State research center offers industry practicum on additive manufacturing

May 13, 2024

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Nine Penn Staters earn Fulbright U.S. Student Awards

May 13, 2024

Nikki Crowley named director of Neuroscience Institute at University Park

May 13, 2024

Penn State Climate Consortium adds two associate directors to leadership team

May 09, 2024

Engineering alumnus building opportunities for student leadership, research

May 09, 2024

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industryXchange to connect researchers, government, industry at Pittsburgh event

May 09, 2024

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Competition highlights believable fake news created with generative AI tools

May 08, 2024

Daguan Nong adjusts the SCATTIRSTORM microscope

Why is breaking down plant material for biofuels so slow?

May 07, 2024

Engineering researcher awarded IEE 'Person of the Year' for 2023

May 07, 2024

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Q&A: How can advanced chip packaging help redesign the future of semiconductors?

May 07, 2024

Particles of wood and rice husks seen in plastic container.

Q&A: Decarbonizing steel manufacturing

May 07, 2024

A bust of Penn State's first president Evan Pugh located in the main lobby of Old Main.

Five faculty members honored with Evan Pugh University Professorships

May 03, 2024

Three people posing in a science lab, two men and one woman

‘Better than graphene’ material development may improve implantable technology

May 03, 2024

Comprehensive scholarship program graduates first class of engineering leaders

May 02, 2024

'Growing Impact' podcast explores a thawing Arctic and its impacts

May 02, 2024

An individual in a lab wearing protective glasses and gloves handles a sample of a coin cell battery.

Cold sintering may rescue plastic, ceramics, battery components from landfills

May 02, 2024

New Kensington engineering student earns scholarship

May 01, 2024

Computer science researcher Debarati Das receives NSF CAREER Award

April 30, 2024

Students using AI for good win $17,000 in Nittany AI Challenge

April 30, 2024

Designing and assessing market designs to improve electrical grid reliability

April 30, 2024

A group of students sits in the foreground talking, and a second group of students stands in the background, also collaborating.

How to build a robot in three days

April 29, 2024

Tak Sing Wong poses for a photo outside in front of green foliage. He is wearing a white shirt, black blazer, and glasses.

Engineering professor elected fellow of two professional societies

April 29, 2024

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Twinning: Kaylie and Kylie Barber named mechanical engineering student marshals

April 25, 2024

Winners announced for 16th annual Materials Visualization Competition

April 23, 2024

Patrick Drew stands for a photo in front of a glass entrance to a building. Drew is wearing glasses and a white button-up shirt.

Engineering professor named AIMBE fellow

April 23, 2024

Britta and Evan stand in front of a sign that says Steller Floors

Tyrone wood floor manufacturer utilizes OriginLabs prototyping facility

April 23, 2024

Close up of the nittany lion shrine at Penn State University Park Campus.

College of Engineering names student marshals for spring 2024 commencement

April 22, 2024

$1 million gift to create scholarships and upgrade engineering facilities

April 22, 2024

Six Penn State faculty elected to 2023 cohort of AAAS Fellows

April 18, 2024

Project to improve cropping named 2024 Ag Springboard pitch contest winner

April 18, 2024

Penn State Climate Consortium awards 11 climate action workshops

April 18, 2024

Gloved hands hold a sensor; a pile of small plastic pieces; a gloved hand holds a microchip.

Engineering science major pilots new undergraduate concentrations

April 17, 2024

A person wearing glasses and business casual clothing smiles for a photo outside in front of a pink and white-flowered bush.

Q&A: Exploring brain-inspired engineered systems with Abhronil Sengupta

April 17, 2024

College of Engineering offers information session on new microcredential program

April 17, 2024

Electrical engineering professor selected as 2024-25 Fulbright Scholar for Peru

April 17, 2024

A person in a white coat stands in front of a table holding a needle and an ultrasound wand

Novel robotic training program reduces physician errors placing central lines

April 17, 2024

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Penn State, Morgan Advanced Materials partner to improve semiconductor materials

April 17, 2024

12 students pose standing for photo in front of Invent Penn State signage

Summer Founders Program awards six student startups each with $15,000

April 16, 2024

Penn State, Indian Institute of Science announce seed grant program

April 16, 2024

Dino Ravnic, Scott Medina and Lingzhou Xue

Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences selects Leadership Fellows for 2024-25

April 15, 2024

Triniti Freeman, Vancie Peacock and Jenna Seigworth

Rock Ethics Institute recognizes three outstanding students as Stand Up awardees

April 15, 2024

A person wearing glasses and a blue button-up shirt poses cross-armed for a photo in front of a building.

Q&A: New technology may help identify neuromotor disease symptoms in infants

April 10, 2024

Forty graduate students honored with prestigious University awards

April 04, 2024

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Learning Factory to host engineering showcase in person and virtually

April 03, 2024

A photo taken by NASA from above the Middle East captures the Moon peeking over Earth’s atmosphere.

Q&A: Space research at Penn State highlighted with international workshop

April 03, 2024

‘Gamechangers’ series highlights two women making a difference with Penn State

April 03, 2024

NSF grant awarded to manage salt contamination of tidal river water supplies

April 03, 2024

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‘Surprising’ hidden activity of semiconductor material spotted by researchers

April 03, 2024

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Silicon Carbide Innovation Alliance to drive industrial-scale semiconductor work

April 03, 2024

Aerospace engineering researcher Daning Huang awarded NSF CAREER

April 02, 2024

Two blue and orange glowing butterflies with circuit wings

Butterfly-inspired AI technology takes flight

April 01, 2024

Three graduate students honored at inaugural Three Minute Thesis competition

March 27, 2024

Illustration of a stomach. A magnifying glass is placed over a portion of it, revealing microorganisms.

Synthetic material could improve ease and cut cost of gut microbiome research

March 27, 2024

Q&A: Greener power solutions for communities

March 26, 2024

Students place second in Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition regional finals

March 26, 2024

Six Penn State faculty members receive 2024 Faculty Scholar Medals

March 26, 2024

Six faculty members receive 2024 Atherton Award for Excellence in Teaching

March 26, 2024

Ünlü recognized with President’s Award for excellence in academic integration

March 26, 2024

Vigeant-Haas recognized with Palmer Faculty Mentoring Award

March 26, 2024

Gil, Molloy, O’Connor named 2024 Penn State Teaching Fellows

March 26, 2024

A posed portrait of a person wearing glasses in a lab setting

Listen to your gut: Using microbiota analysis for precision health care

March 25, 2024

Orange tube-like structures spread across a brown background.

Two keys needed to crack three locks for better engineered blood vessels

March 21, 2024

Engineering science and mechanics researcher Christian Peco awarded NSF CAREER

March 20, 2024

Penn State alum builds on history in Graduate Program in Acoustics

March 20, 2024

Making healthy food accessible: Student leads pay-what-you-can farmer’s market

February 05, 2024

Resiliency in recovery: Exploring structural strength in devastated communities

April 26, 2023

Greening the grey: Engineering natural solutions for stormwater management

March 19, 2023

Designed to Adapt: Living materials are the future of sustainable building

September 13, 2022

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Forty-three undergraduates receive Erickson Discovery Grants

May 14, 2024

'Research Art Collection' showcase in Old Main

May 14, 2024

Penn State research center offers industry practicum on additive manufacturing

May 13, 2024

Nine Penn Staters earn Fulbright U.S. Student Awards

May 13, 2024

Nikki Crowley named director of Neuroscience Institute at University Park

May 13, 2024

Penn State Climate Consortium adds two associate directors to leadership team

May 09, 2024

Engineering alumnus building opportunities for student leadership, research

May 09, 2024

industryXchange to connect researchers, government, industry at Pittsburgh event

May 09, 2024

Competition highlights believable fake news created with generative AI tools

May 08, 2024

Why is breaking down plant material for biofuels so slow?

May 07, 2024

Engineering researcher awarded IEE 'Person of the Year' for 2023

May 07, 2024

Q&A: How can advanced chip packaging help redesign the future of semiconductors?

May 07, 2024

Q&A: Decarbonizing steel manufacturing

May 07, 2024

Five faculty members honored with Evan Pugh University Professorships

May 03, 2024

‘Better than graphene’ material development may improve implantable technology

May 03, 2024

Comprehensive scholarship program graduates first class of engineering leaders

May 02, 2024

'Growing Impact' podcast explores a thawing Arctic and its impacts

May 02, 2024

Cold sintering may rescue plastic, ceramics, battery components from landfills

May 02, 2024

New Kensington engineering student earns scholarship

May 01, 2024

Computer science researcher Debarati Das receives NSF CAREER Award

April 30, 2024

Students using AI for good win $17,000 in Nittany AI Challenge

April 30, 2024

Designing and assessing market designs to improve electrical grid reliability

April 30, 2024

How to build a robot in three days

April 29, 2024

Engineering professor elected fellow of two professional societies

April 29, 2024

Twinning: Kaylie and Kylie Barber named mechanical engineering student marshals

April 25, 2024

Winners announced for 16th annual Materials Visualization Competition

April 23, 2024

Engineering professor named AIMBE fellow

April 23, 2024

Tyrone wood floor manufacturer utilizes OriginLabs prototyping facility

April 23, 2024

College of Engineering names student marshals for spring 2024 commencement

April 22, 2024

$1 million gift to create scholarships and upgrade engineering facilities

April 22, 2024

Six Penn State faculty elected to 2023 cohort of AAAS Fellows

April 18, 2024

Project to improve cropping named 2024 Ag Springboard pitch contest winner

April 18, 2024

Penn State Climate Consortium awards 11 climate action workshops

April 18, 2024

Engineering science major pilots new undergraduate concentrations

April 17, 2024

Q&A: Exploring brain-inspired engineered systems with Abhronil Sengupta

April 17, 2024

College of Engineering offers information session on new microcredential program

April 17, 2024

Electrical engineering professor selected as 2024-25 Fulbright Scholar for Peru

April 17, 2024

Novel robotic training program reduces physician errors placing central lines

April 17, 2024

Penn State, Morgan Advanced Materials partner to improve semiconductor materials

April 17, 2024

Summer Founders Program awards six student startups each with $15,000

April 16, 2024

Penn State, Indian Institute of Science announce seed grant program

April 16, 2024

Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences selects Leadership Fellows for 2024-25

April 15, 2024

Rock Ethics Institute recognizes three outstanding students as Stand Up awardees

April 15, 2024

Q&A: New technology may help identify neuromotor disease symptoms in infants

April 10, 2024

Forty graduate students honored with prestigious University awards

April 04, 2024

Learning Factory to host engineering showcase in person and virtually

April 03, 2024

Q&A: Space research at Penn State highlighted with international workshop

April 03, 2024

‘Gamechangers’ series highlights two women making a difference with Penn State

April 03, 2024

NSF grant awarded to manage salt contamination of tidal river water supplies

April 03, 2024

‘Surprising’ hidden activity of semiconductor material spotted by researchers

April 03, 2024

Silicon Carbide Innovation Alliance to drive industrial-scale semiconductor work

April 03, 2024

Aerospace engineering researcher Daning Huang awarded NSF CAREER

April 02, 2024

Butterfly-inspired AI technology takes flight

April 01, 2024

Three graduate students honored at inaugural Three Minute Thesis competition

March 27, 2024

Synthetic material could improve ease and cut cost of gut microbiome research

March 27, 2024

Q&A: Greener power solutions for communities

March 26, 2024

Students place second in Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition regional finals

March 26, 2024

Six Penn State faculty members receive 2024 Faculty Scholar Medals

March 26, 2024

Six faculty members receive 2024 Atherton Award for Excellence in Teaching

March 26, 2024

Ünlü recognized with President’s Award for excellence in academic integration

March 26, 2024

Vigeant-Haas recognized with Palmer Faculty Mentoring Award

March 26, 2024

Gil, Molloy, O’Connor named 2024 Penn State Teaching Fellows

March 26, 2024

Listen to your gut: Using microbiota analysis for precision health care

March 25, 2024

Two keys needed to crack three locks for better engineered blood vessels

March 21, 2024

Engineering science and mechanics researcher Christian Peco awarded NSF CAREER

March 20, 2024

Penn State alum builds on history in Graduate Program in Acoustics

March 20, 2024

Making healthy food accessible: Student leads pay-what-you-can farmer’s market

February 05, 2024

Resiliency in recovery: Exploring structural strength in devastated communities

April 26, 2023

Greening the grey: Engineering natural solutions for stormwater management

March 19, 2023

Designed to Adapt: Living materials are the future of sustainable building

September 13, 2022

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