Impact

  • Global
  • National
  • Pennsylvania

Latest News

Penn State News RSS Feed
Students in a classroom on laptops.

New grant supports postsecondary outcomes for youth in foster care

July 10, 2025

Headshot of man

Nicholas J. Maiale remembered as distinguished alumnus and Abington supporter

July 09, 2025

Aerial view of Thwaites Glacier

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

July 09, 2025

Outline of the state of Pennsylvania on a blue background

Pennsylvania Center for Latino Research launches statewide survey

July 07, 2025

Estate planning and other legal documents that are often entailed in end-of-life planning. Penn State DuBois Continuing and Community Education is preparing to offer a new seminar series that aims to help individuals and families navigate end-of-life planning.

Penn State DuBois to offer free end-of-life planning seminar series

July 07, 2025

Ag Progress Days commercial

Penn State’s Ag Progress Days features commercial exhibits, field demos

July 07, 2025

Head of Nittany Lion Shrine

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

July 07, 2025

A crowd mills about on a tree-lined street, with colorful flags hanging overhead.

2025 Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts to be held July 9-13

July 03, 2025

Cow to Cone video

Penn State Creamery unveils new 'Cow to Cone' video celebrating 160th anniversary

July 03, 2025

Páramos 2025 Symposium

Science, art and action: Páramos 2025 Symposium ignites global collaboration

July 02, 2025

Penn State DuBois Wildlife Technology graduate Andrea Lecuyer, top left, who graduated from the program in spring 2025, works with students at Juniata Elementary in DuBois to view and study organisms found during the wetlands education program held at the school in May.

Penn State DuBois, Juniata Elementary partner for wetlands education program

July 02, 2025

Nasibeh Zohrabi with Jen Nesbitt

Brandywine engineering professor honored with Open Champions Award

July 01, 2025

Sophia Galasso holding a bat during her internship with the Savannah Bananas.

Bellisario College student’s summer of 'Banana Ball' is a hit

June 30, 2025

Two men wearing Walk With a Doc T-shirts smile as they walk at City Park in Reading. Behind them, three other people walk along the path.

Walk this way: Penn State Health’s prescription for movement and connection

June 30, 2025

Virtual reunion

Ukrainian scholars reconnect during virtual reunion hosted by Penn State

June 30, 2025

Nutifafa Doumon and Nelson Dzade

EMS faculty members earn National Academies US-African Frontiers Fellowships

June 27, 2025

grad students

Penn State's BEST Program trains next generation of Extension professionals

June 27, 2025

Simulated photo of a nurse using telehealth technology to support trauma-informed care for the patient in a clinical setting.

SAFE-T system designated as an American Academy of Nursing 'Edge Runner'

June 26, 2025

Two nurses monitor a baby in a neonatal intensive care unit

Outcomes of very preterm infants may vary across health systems

June 25, 2025

Eric Simring

Math behind bars: Penn State professor teaches at Pennsylvania prisons

June 25, 2025

child on farm

Latest Pennsylvania farm fatality report underscores agricultural hazards

June 25, 2025

goals student program

Penn State students break down global issues through educational immersions

June 25, 2025

Two men standing on either side of a presentation poster

Penn State, Galway partner on empathy and engaged youth citizenship

June 23, 2025

Equine symposium

Equine science faculty, students earn recognition at international meeting

June 22, 2025

Group of people standing and facing the camera

Abington chancellor joins regional task force to stake out higher ed's future

June 20, 2025

Dana Cuomo and Lily Houtman display a city map, part of their Harm Mapping Project to visualize gender-based violence on campus at Lafayette College.

Penn State alumna, graduate student partner on campus safety mapping project

June 20, 2025

World Campus community invited to share how ADA has impacted their lives

June 20, 2025

Old Main on a beautiful sunny day surrounded by green foliage and blue sky

Penn State ranks 24th in US, 82nd globally in 2026 QS World University Rankings 

June 18, 2025

A middle-aged woman hikes in the mountains. She is walking on top of a mountain ridge, holding hiking poles, smiling and looking down.

The Medical Minute: Top 7 tips for safe outdoor exercise

June 18, 2025

An older woman leans mops her brow in the sunshine

Q&A: Who is in the most danger during a heatwave?

June 18, 2025

Teresa Kaveny at the Penn State student farm

Penn State 3rd in US, 64th globally in 2025 Times Higher Education Impact Rankings

June 17, 2025

A man and a woman stand side-by-side talking in a community garden. The woman is holding a container with several potted plants. Both individuals are smiling.

Penn State Health sets priorities for continued work to advance health equity

June 17, 2025

Dawn Ziegerer stands in front of a LaunchBox banner and a white board that says "When we listen to a story our brain activity aligns with the brain of the teller." - Uri Hasson, Princeton

State College local grows storytelling business with Happy Valley LaunchBox

June 17, 2025

Person packing boxes

‘Forever chemicals’ detected in 65% of sampled private wells in Pennsylvania

June 16, 2025

College of Ag Sciences Dean Troy Ott speaks to attendees at the 2025 Pa. Timber Show

Heard on Campus: College of Agricultural Sciences Dean Troy Ott at Timber 2025

June 12, 2025

A police officer, three colleagues and a dog stand next to tables and collection boxes in front of a medical practice.

Spring Drug Take-Back Day collects more than 600 pounds of medications

June 11, 2025

Daniel Abramov and Lauren Conrad

Penn State Berks students to participate in NSF research experiences

June 11, 2025

Two men holding a piece of paper and smiling

Penn State hosts delegation from, signs MOU with South Korean partner university

June 11, 2025

Feed the People Market Stand

Gift from Smeal graduate supports students via Lion's Pantry, Ross Student Farm

June 10, 2025

A man wearing a white t-shirt, white baseball cap, and face mask sits in a wheelchair and waves while holding a phone in his lap. He is surrounded by smiling hospital staff wearing scrubs and holding blue and green pom-poms.

Milton S. Hershey Medical Center performs 600th heart transplant

June 10, 2025

kelly piccioni

Pennsylvania’s tree farms get boost from new extension educator

June 09, 2025

JASI

Penn State institute launches defensive training for probation and parole officers

June 09, 2025

An aerial view of the University Park campus

Penn State powers Pennsylvania’s economy with $15.8B impact

June 06, 2025

A group of excited children and adults celebrate on stage as blue and yellow balloons fall around them. Two WGAL 8 news anchors, one holding a baby, cheer in front of a large screen displaying a fundraising total of $343,054.00.

2025 Children’s Miracle Network Telethon raises $343,954

June 06, 2025

Person sitting on hallway floor holding head in hands.

The silent struggles of post-9/11 veterans

June 06, 2025

white fringetree

Master Watershed Stewards offer webinar ahead of native trees and shrubs sale

June 05, 2025

Headshots of Sean Griffey and Ryan Willumson

Industry Dive co-founders Sean Griffey, Ryan Willumson on 'Dare to Disrupt'

June 04, 2025

Group of people standing in front of a Penn State Abington banner

Agreeing to disagree: Brandeis fellowship nurtures bold discussions at Abington

June 04, 2025

Individual wearing an SBDC jacket sits at a table at a conference setting

Penn State Small Business Development Center hosts statewide growth conference

June 04, 2025

Portrait of a person

Huck Chair in Nanomedicine plans to take research from bench to bedside

June 04, 2025

A photo of the Penn State Business Building in the summer from Park Avenue.

Penn State tax assistance program helps prepare 821 federal tax returns

June 03, 2025

Baker's Dozen book art montage 2025

Pa. Center for the Book's 'Baker’s Dozen' children's booklist announced for 2025

June 03, 2025

Master Watershed Steward Christine Boyle stands on a dock

Master Watershed Steward Christine Boyle makes a splash in Luzerne County

May 30, 2025

NSF grant funds re-surveying of Mood of the Nation Poll participants

May 29, 2025

A senior woman holding a cane, looking out a window

Link between loneliness, heart disease persists across different cultures

May 29, 2025

Streambank fence and buffer

New certification program expands conservation capacity in Pennsylvania

May 28, 2025

Los Angeles

Course gives students a hands-on experience in alumni’s street medicine program

May 28, 2025

A graphic, made to look like a signpost, with the words: Partnership, Students, Design, Technology, Assessment, Research

EDGE Provost Endorsement program empowers faculty with development, recognition

May 27, 2025

Penn State Mont Alto Community Unites for Annual Day of Service

May 23, 2025

Group of people posing outside of a large brick and glass building

Penn State agricultural technology event aimed at ‘closing the innovation gap’

May 23, 2025

tony mattei speaking on stage

Brandywine hosts youth STEAM event for middle school students

May 22, 2025

Mann Lake Table with Penn State Extension beekeeping resources

Penn State Extension expands beekeeping education offerings

May 22, 2025

Amma Johnson

Amma Johnson named a 2025 'woman of influence' by Central Penn Business Journal

May 21, 2025

Portrait of National Teacher of the Year Ashlie Crosson

College of Education alumna prepares to serve as National Teacher of Year

May 21, 2025

An instructor works in an occupational therapy classroom with students

Berks celebrates STEM by hosting Careers with Math Options Conference

May 20, 2025

Students from the inaugural cohort of the Industry 4.0 Academy display their program certificates received during the certificate presentation ceremony held at Penn State DuBois. Students were joined by faculty and staff members from Penn State DuBois, the NCPA LaunchBox and the DuBois Area School District.

Industry 4.0 Academy pilot program concludes with ceremony at Penn State DuBois

May 20, 2025

Latest News

Penn State News RSS Feed
Students in a classroom on laptops.

New grant supports postsecondary outcomes for youth in foster care

July 10, 2025

Headshot of man

Nicholas J. Maiale remembered as distinguished alumnus and Abington supporter

July 09, 2025

Aerial view of Thwaites Glacier

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

July 09, 2025

Outline of the state of Pennsylvania on a blue background

Pennsylvania Center for Latino Research launches statewide survey

July 07, 2025

Estate planning and other legal documents that are often entailed in end-of-life planning. Penn State DuBois Continuing and Community Education is preparing to offer a new seminar series that aims to help individuals and families navigate end-of-life planning.

Penn State DuBois to offer free end-of-life planning seminar series

July 07, 2025

Ag Progress Days commercial

Penn State’s Ag Progress Days features commercial exhibits, field demos

July 07, 2025

Head of Nittany Lion Shrine

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

July 07, 2025

A crowd mills about on a tree-lined street, with colorful flags hanging overhead.

2025 Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts to be held July 9-13

July 03, 2025

Cow to Cone video

Penn State Creamery unveils new 'Cow to Cone' video celebrating 160th anniversary

July 03, 2025

Páramos 2025 Symposium

Science, art and action: Páramos 2025 Symposium ignites global collaboration

July 02, 2025

Penn State DuBois Wildlife Technology graduate Andrea Lecuyer, top left, who graduated from the program in spring 2025, works with students at Juniata Elementary in DuBois to view and study organisms found during the wetlands education program held at the school in May.

Penn State DuBois, Juniata Elementary partner for wetlands education program

July 02, 2025

Nasibeh Zohrabi with Jen Nesbitt

Brandywine engineering professor honored with Open Champions Award

July 01, 2025

Sophia Galasso holding a bat during her internship with the Savannah Bananas.

Bellisario College student’s summer of 'Banana Ball' is a hit

June 30, 2025

Two men wearing Walk With a Doc T-shirts smile as they walk at City Park in Reading. Behind them, three other people walk along the path.

Walk this way: Penn State Health’s prescription for movement and connection

June 30, 2025

Virtual reunion

Ukrainian scholars reconnect during virtual reunion hosted by Penn State

June 30, 2025

Nutifafa Doumon and Nelson Dzade

EMS faculty members earn National Academies US-African Frontiers Fellowships

June 27, 2025

grad students

Penn State's BEST Program trains next generation of Extension professionals

June 27, 2025

Simulated photo of a nurse using telehealth technology to support trauma-informed care for the patient in a clinical setting.

SAFE-T system designated as an American Academy of Nursing 'Edge Runner'

June 26, 2025

Two nurses monitor a baby in a neonatal intensive care unit

Outcomes of very preterm infants may vary across health systems

June 25, 2025

Eric Simring

Math behind bars: Penn State professor teaches at Pennsylvania prisons

June 25, 2025

child on farm

Latest Pennsylvania farm fatality report underscores agricultural hazards

June 25, 2025

goals student program

Penn State students break down global issues through educational immersions

June 25, 2025

Two men standing on either side of a presentation poster

Penn State, Galway partner on empathy and engaged youth citizenship

June 23, 2025

Equine symposium

Equine science faculty, students earn recognition at international meeting

June 22, 2025

Group of people standing and facing the camera

Abington chancellor joins regional task force to stake out higher ed's future

June 20, 2025

Dana Cuomo and Lily Houtman display a city map, part of their Harm Mapping Project to visualize gender-based violence on campus at Lafayette College.

Penn State alumna, graduate student partner on campus safety mapping project

June 20, 2025

World Campus community invited to share how ADA has impacted their lives

June 20, 2025

Old Main on a beautiful sunny day surrounded by green foliage and blue sky

Penn State ranks 24th in US, 82nd globally in 2026 QS World University Rankings 

June 18, 2025

A middle-aged woman hikes in the mountains. She is walking on top of a mountain ridge, holding hiking poles, smiling and looking down.

The Medical Minute: Top 7 tips for safe outdoor exercise

June 18, 2025

An older woman leans mops her brow in the sunshine

Q&A: Who is in the most danger during a heatwave?

June 18, 2025

Teresa Kaveny at the Penn State student farm

Penn State 3rd in US, 64th globally in 2025 Times Higher Education Impact Rankings

June 17, 2025

A man and a woman stand side-by-side talking in a community garden. The woman is holding a container with several potted plants. Both individuals are smiling.

Penn State Health sets priorities for continued work to advance health equity

June 17, 2025

Dawn Ziegerer stands in front of a LaunchBox banner and a white board that says "When we listen to a story our brain activity aligns with the brain of the teller." - Uri Hasson, Princeton

State College local grows storytelling business with Happy Valley LaunchBox

June 17, 2025

Person packing boxes

‘Forever chemicals’ detected in 65% of sampled private wells in Pennsylvania

June 16, 2025

College of Ag Sciences Dean Troy Ott speaks to attendees at the 2025 Pa. Timber Show

Heard on Campus: College of Agricultural Sciences Dean Troy Ott at Timber 2025

June 12, 2025

A police officer, three colleagues and a dog stand next to tables and collection boxes in front of a medical practice.

Spring Drug Take-Back Day collects more than 600 pounds of medications

June 11, 2025

Daniel Abramov and Lauren Conrad

Penn State Berks students to participate in NSF research experiences

June 11, 2025

Two men holding a piece of paper and smiling

Penn State hosts delegation from, signs MOU with South Korean partner university

June 11, 2025

Feed the People Market Stand

Gift from Smeal graduate supports students via Lion's Pantry, Ross Student Farm

June 10, 2025

A man wearing a white t-shirt, white baseball cap, and face mask sits in a wheelchair and waves while holding a phone in his lap. He is surrounded by smiling hospital staff wearing scrubs and holding blue and green pom-poms.

Milton S. Hershey Medical Center performs 600th heart transplant

June 10, 2025

kelly piccioni

Pennsylvania’s tree farms get boost from new extension educator

June 09, 2025

JASI

Penn State institute launches defensive training for probation and parole officers

June 09, 2025

An aerial view of the University Park campus

Penn State powers Pennsylvania’s economy with $15.8B impact

June 06, 2025

A group of excited children and adults celebrate on stage as blue and yellow balloons fall around them. Two WGAL 8 news anchors, one holding a baby, cheer in front of a large screen displaying a fundraising total of $343,054.00.

2025 Children’s Miracle Network Telethon raises $343,954

June 06, 2025

Person sitting on hallway floor holding head in hands.

The silent struggles of post-9/11 veterans

June 06, 2025

white fringetree

Master Watershed Stewards offer webinar ahead of native trees and shrubs sale

June 05, 2025

Headshots of Sean Griffey and Ryan Willumson

Industry Dive co-founders Sean Griffey, Ryan Willumson on 'Dare to Disrupt'

June 04, 2025

Group of people standing in front of a Penn State Abington banner

Agreeing to disagree: Brandeis fellowship nurtures bold discussions at Abington

June 04, 2025

Individual wearing an SBDC jacket sits at a table at a conference setting

Penn State Small Business Development Center hosts statewide growth conference

June 04, 2025

Portrait of a person

Huck Chair in Nanomedicine plans to take research from bench to bedside

June 04, 2025

A photo of the Penn State Business Building in the summer from Park Avenue.

Penn State tax assistance program helps prepare 821 federal tax returns

June 03, 2025

Baker's Dozen book art montage 2025

Pa. Center for the Book's 'Baker’s Dozen' children's booklist announced for 2025

June 03, 2025

Master Watershed Steward Christine Boyle stands on a dock

Master Watershed Steward Christine Boyle makes a splash in Luzerne County

May 30, 2025

NSF grant funds re-surveying of Mood of the Nation Poll participants

May 29, 2025

A senior woman holding a cane, looking out a window

Link between loneliness, heart disease persists across different cultures

May 29, 2025

Streambank fence and buffer

New certification program expands conservation capacity in Pennsylvania

May 28, 2025

Los Angeles

Course gives students a hands-on experience in alumni’s street medicine program

May 28, 2025

A graphic, made to look like a signpost, with the words: Partnership, Students, Design, Technology, Assessment, Research

EDGE Provost Endorsement program empowers faculty with development, recognition

May 27, 2025

Penn State Mont Alto Community Unites for Annual Day of Service

May 23, 2025

Group of people posing outside of a large brick and glass building

Penn State agricultural technology event aimed at ‘closing the innovation gap’

May 23, 2025

tony mattei speaking on stage

Brandywine hosts youth STEAM event for middle school students

May 22, 2025

Mann Lake Table with Penn State Extension beekeeping resources

Penn State Extension expands beekeeping education offerings

May 22, 2025

Amma Johnson

Amma Johnson named a 2025 'woman of influence' by Central Penn Business Journal

May 21, 2025

Portrait of National Teacher of the Year Ashlie Crosson

College of Education alumna prepares to serve as National Teacher of Year

May 21, 2025

An instructor works in an occupational therapy classroom with students

Berks celebrates STEM by hosting Careers with Math Options Conference

May 20, 2025

Students from the inaugural cohort of the Industry 4.0 Academy display their program certificates received during the certificate presentation ceremony held at Penn State DuBois. Students were joined by faculty and staff members from Penn State DuBois, the NCPA LaunchBox and the DuBois Area School District.

Industry 4.0 Academy pilot program concludes with ceremony at Penn State DuBois

May 20, 2025

Receive the news by email

Subscribe