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Research

Cell ‘invisibility cloaks’ could offer side-effect-free diabetes treatment

August 14, 2026

2 researchers with plants
Research

Soilless farming system design can determine microbial growth, impact on crops

August 04, 2026

Researcher Saptarshi Das poses in front of the Nanofabrication Lab at Penn State's Materials Research Institute, smiling and holding a silicon wafer used as a foundation in circuit construction
Engineering

$12M grant to build animal-inspired sensing for autonomous drones and robots

August 10, 2026

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A researcher applies the printable RTLR hydrogel to a test participant’s skin.

Printable hydrogel enables wearable health sensors that multitask

August 14, 2026

A researcher figure showing six microscopic images of cell clusters, or islets. The top three images show islets with a relatively smooth texture, while the bottom three images show cells with a rough texture as a result of the team's new research development

Cell ‘invisibility cloaks’ could offer side-effect-free diabetes treatment

August 14, 2026

A student sits at a table watching as a hand (the person is out of the shot) moves bright wooden balls on a peg board

Neuropsychology lab at Beaver offers community service, student learning experience

August 13, 2026

Heidemarie Laurent smiles at the camera while holding her pregnant belly and standing in a kitchen.

Childhood abuse and neglect linked to later life inflammation, premature birth

August 13, 2026

An Illustration showing laboratory data streams feeding a graph and AI network, highlighting how standardization reduces result variability

Variations between labs can misinform scientific AI models, team reports

August 13, 2026

Penn State University Press appoints new editors for Eisenbrauns series

August 13, 2026

Tarkeshwar Singh, associate professor of kinesiology

NSF CAREER Award: Understanding how the brain learns complex skills

August 12, 2026

Woman running pushing child in jogging stroller

Parents who run with a stroller have lower risk of overuse injury

August 12, 2026

large gathering of people dressed in a state-fair like setting

Q&A: Why is the Amish population growing so fast in America?

August 11, 2026

Bumblebee on a blue flower

Bumblebees can learn to associate new smells with their queen

August 11, 2026

Headshot of Andrew Patterson

Andrew Patterson named H. Thomas and Dorothy Willits Hallowell Chair

August 11, 2026

Page Center logo

Page Center seeks research proposals on navigating trust, integrity during crises

August 11, 2026

A photo of Jon MacArthur posing for a portrait.

Q&A with the Inaugural Michael Micci Early Career Professor in Aerospace Engineering

August 10, 2026

Researcher Saptarshi Das poses in front of the Nanofabrication Lab at Penn State's Materials Research Institute, smiling and holding a silicon wafer used as a foundation in circuit construction

$12M grant to build animal-inspired sensing for autonomous drones and robots

August 10, 2026

A female student and male student smiling

Two Great Valley students receive $10,000 Fox Scholarships for academic achievement

August 07, 2026

Side by side headshots of Paige and Ingrid

College of Ag Sciences grad students receive Fox Graduate School scholarships

August 07, 2026

Participants in the 2026 AgSci Launchpand program.

AgSci Launchpad broadens perspectives and pathways in ag sciences

August 07, 2026

Four conference attendees stand indoors in front of a white wall, wearing conference badges. Two individuals in the center hold framed certificates and blue presentation folders, while the individuals on either side stand beside them.

Greater Allegheny IST professor receives Best Work-in-Progress paper award

August 07, 2026

Students from the C-TEQ Summer School gather for a group photo.

Quantum research focus of summer training school for higher education students

August 06, 2026

Bird's eye view of the rural PA landscape

USDA grant to help uncover opportunities and challenges facing rural governments

August 06, 2026

Graduate student Alexander Arnette working in chemistry lab hood.

Creating chemical reactions that run on oxygen, produce only water as waste

August 06, 2026

A view of the New Orleans skyline and Mississippi River

Bellisario College scholars showcase research, win awards at national conference

August 06, 2026

A mother and daughter pose for a photo with their arms around each other.

College of Education’s SCOPE sees its first second-generation student

August 05, 2026

Penn State student Declan Goldhawk is surrounded by other interns at the Alaska Center for Energy and Power in Fairbanks

Earth science and policy student spends summer exploring Arctic geothermal options

August 05, 2026

Students working at Toftrees Penn State

SAFES in College of Ag Sciences names student learning program grant recipients

August 04, 2026

2 researchers with plants

Soilless farming system design can determine microbial growth, impact on crops

August 04, 2026

A pleased teenage boy discussing something on his telephone with his smiling mother, who rests her hand on his shoulder.

Social bonds, recognition linked to reduced suicidal thoughts in teens

August 04, 2026

A picture of the Nittany Lion shrine through green leaves

Institute funds five faculty fellows to support foster youth outcomes

August 04, 2026

Penn State Behrend alumnus Remington Orange scans the Liberty Bell during a two-day research trip in June.

Behrend alumnus helps team create digital twin of the Liberty Bell

August 04, 2026

man and woman working in a physics lab

NSF funding supports Two-Dimensional Crystal Consortium's next chapter

August 03, 2026

White, brown, and black chickens walking through folliage.

How does a deadly chicken virus escape vaccines designed to slow it?

August 03, 2026

Photo of the Ag Progress Days fairgrounds taken from above

Penn State’s Ag Progress Days returns with activities, demos and exhibits

August 03, 2026

LionGlass going into furnace with John Mauro and Julian Wang

From seed funding to commercial momentum: The rise of LionGlass

July 31, 2026

Book cover with title, editor name and sepia-toned photograph from circa 1920 showing a young man in a suit and dress shoes balancing precariously on a wooden chair that is atop another chair on a small table approximately 20 stories up on the rooftop of a building. In the background are other buildings in a city.

University Libraries publishes ‘The Book of Jobs: Poems About Work’

July 31, 2026

Adriana Simmons and Casey Sheehan

Cultivating the next generation of translational scientists in biobehavioral health

July 31, 2026

Project ECHO at Penn State report cover featuring a nurse in blue scrubs holding a tablet, with the title “Learning Without Limits” and Penn State College of Medicine and Project ECHO logos.

Bridging the gap: Project ECHO releases seven-year report on rural health impact

July 31, 2026

Amir Sheikhi holding an award plaque

Chemical engineering professor honored for work on plant-based tissue scaffolds

July 31, 2026

Guha Manogharan accepting an award from two individuals.  

Mechanical engineering professor receives early career manufacturing award

July 30, 2026

doctor checks young adult patient's heart with a stethoscope

Q&A: Why does an irregular heart beat show up 40 years early for some people?

July 30, 2026

A conference presenter stands beside a projection screen displaying a slide about climate resilience, adaptation and engineering education during a conference session. Audience members are seated facing the screen, and the slide includes references to Penn State, the Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence and the Climate READi initiative.

New Kensington faculty member presents research at national conference

July 30, 2026

Headshot of Liza Behrens

Behrens honored with national innovation award for dementia care program

July 30, 2026

An up-close photo of the Nittany Lion shrine on a sunny day

Three Penn State Beaver professors receive research seed grants

July 30, 2026

Bees on a honey comb

Honey from continental US may be as pesticide-free as imported organic honey

July 29, 2026

Person in arid surroundings

Drone cameras can measure pigments indicating surface health of drylands soils

July 29, 2026

Graduate student shoveling soil.

Doctoral student leads grain processing project for Team Pennsylvania

July 29, 2026

The Lion statue at Penn State Harrisburg viewed through leaves and trees

State grant funds Harrisburg program to train teachers for air quality research

July 29, 2026

wasted wood

Penn State researchers evaluating biomass-to-gasoline startup in northern Pa.

July 28, 2026

Person standing in a field with mountains visible in the background

College of Ag Sciences student gains global research experience in Germany

July 28, 2026

A bird approaches a nesting box

Industrial noise may alter bluebird behavior but not cognitive ability

July 28, 2026

a gloved hand holds a beaker of water above a body of water

Q&A: Are environmental chemicals and endometrial cancer linked?

July 28, 2026

Life Sciences Building

Huck Institutes announces recipients of nine interdisciplinary seed grants

July 28, 2026

IIF Three Recipients

One Health Microbiome Center awards Interdisciplinary Innovation Fellowships

July 28, 2026

Many honey bees on honey comb

Diets high in a particular type of fat help protect bees against pesticides

July 28, 2026

Andrew Read, senior vice president for research, speaking at a podium in front of a slide that reads "navigating global research"

Town hall discusses research security, global collaboration in a shifting world

July 27, 2026

Grandfather, daughter and granddaughter in a bedroom. The granddaughter, who is around 6 years old, holds an orange crocheted heart.

Benefits of middle school program trickle down to next generation

July 27, 2026

Lori Francis presents Melody Goodman with a gift while standing next to Sanjana Murthy.

Community-engaged research group hosts summer institute for faculty, students

July 27, 2026

A group of people pose in front of a projector screen for a photo

Penn State wraps first listening tour for K-12 leaders to shape AI in education

July 27, 2026

Grace Tiwari receiving the scholarship award

College of Ag Sciences student receives Future Leaders Fellow Scholarship

July 24, 2026

A high school student sits at a laptop in a classroom while looking thoughtfully into the distance, with classmates working in the background. The image illustrates new Penn State research examining how adolescents' career expectations develop and how family socioeconomic background influences the occupations they aspire to pursue.

Q&A: What influences teens' career expectations?

July 24, 2026

Close up of a person's chest, wearing a olive green sleeveless shirt, with a sensor attached to it.

Stretchable antenna keeps wearable health sensors in tune with human health

July 24, 2026

Zika grant Jason Rasgone

NIH grants $2.8M to develop tools for study of mosquito-microbe interactions

July 24, 2026

Old main with trees in shadows

Penn State awarded $20M to lead an NSF ‘programmable cloud laboratory’

July 23, 2026

Lion Shrine head on

Penn State scientists to lead three Genesis Mission projects

July 23, 2026

A student walks around a small forest patch in front of a high school

Project provides perennial forest patches

July 23, 2026

Device with green laser light shining on red liquid in beaker

Chocolate syrup-like fluid stores multiple interacting memories

July 23, 2026

Headshot of Gabrielle Foreman

Q&A: Colored Conventions and the Supreme Court’s birthright citizenship ruling

July 23, 2026

Latest News

Penn State News RSS Feed
A researcher applies the printable RTLR hydrogel to a test participant’s skin.

Printable hydrogel enables wearable health sensors that multitask

August 14, 2026

A researcher figure showing six microscopic images of cell clusters, or islets. The top three images show islets with a relatively smooth texture, while the bottom three images show cells with a rough texture as a result of the team's new research development

Cell ‘invisibility cloaks’ could offer side-effect-free diabetes treatment

August 14, 2026

A student sits at a table watching as a hand (the person is out of the shot) moves bright wooden balls on a peg board

Neuropsychology lab at Beaver offers community service, student learning experience

August 13, 2026

Heidemarie Laurent smiles at the camera while holding her pregnant belly and standing in a kitchen.

Childhood abuse and neglect linked to later life inflammation, premature birth

August 13, 2026

An Illustration showing laboratory data streams feeding a graph and AI network, highlighting how standardization reduces result variability

Variations between labs can misinform scientific AI models, team reports

August 13, 2026

Penn State University Press appoints new editors for Eisenbrauns series

August 13, 2026

Tarkeshwar Singh, associate professor of kinesiology

NSF CAREER Award: Understanding how the brain learns complex skills

August 12, 2026

Woman running pushing child in jogging stroller

Parents who run with a stroller have lower risk of overuse injury

August 12, 2026

large gathering of people dressed in a state-fair like setting

Q&A: Why is the Amish population growing so fast in America?

August 11, 2026

Bumblebee on a blue flower

Bumblebees can learn to associate new smells with their queen

August 11, 2026

Headshot of Andrew Patterson

Andrew Patterson named H. Thomas and Dorothy Willits Hallowell Chair

August 11, 2026

Page Center logo

Page Center seeks research proposals on navigating trust, integrity during crises

August 11, 2026

A photo of Jon MacArthur posing for a portrait.

Q&A with the Inaugural Michael Micci Early Career Professor in Aerospace Engineering

August 10, 2026

Researcher Saptarshi Das poses in front of the Nanofabrication Lab at Penn State's Materials Research Institute, smiling and holding a silicon wafer used as a foundation in circuit construction

$12M grant to build animal-inspired sensing for autonomous drones and robots

August 10, 2026

A female student and male student smiling

Two Great Valley students receive $10,000 Fox Scholarships for academic achievement

August 07, 2026

Side by side headshots of Paige and Ingrid

College of Ag Sciences grad students receive Fox Graduate School scholarships

August 07, 2026

Participants in the 2026 AgSci Launchpand program.

AgSci Launchpad broadens perspectives and pathways in ag sciences

August 07, 2026

Four conference attendees stand indoors in front of a white wall, wearing conference badges. Two individuals in the center hold framed certificates and blue presentation folders, while the individuals on either side stand beside them.

Greater Allegheny IST professor receives Best Work-in-Progress paper award

August 07, 2026

Students from the C-TEQ Summer School gather for a group photo.

Quantum research focus of summer training school for higher education students

August 06, 2026

Bird's eye view of the rural PA landscape

USDA grant to help uncover opportunities and challenges facing rural governments

August 06, 2026

Graduate student Alexander Arnette working in chemistry lab hood.

Creating chemical reactions that run on oxygen, produce only water as waste

August 06, 2026

A view of the New Orleans skyline and Mississippi River

Bellisario College scholars showcase research, win awards at national conference

August 06, 2026

A mother and daughter pose for a photo with their arms around each other.

College of Education’s SCOPE sees its first second-generation student

August 05, 2026

Penn State student Declan Goldhawk is surrounded by other interns at the Alaska Center for Energy and Power in Fairbanks

Earth science and policy student spends summer exploring Arctic geothermal options

August 05, 2026

Students working at Toftrees Penn State

SAFES in College of Ag Sciences names student learning program grant recipients

August 04, 2026

2 researchers with plants

Soilless farming system design can determine microbial growth, impact on crops

August 04, 2026

A pleased teenage boy discussing something on his telephone with his smiling mother, who rests her hand on his shoulder.

Social bonds, recognition linked to reduced suicidal thoughts in teens

August 04, 2026

A picture of the Nittany Lion shrine through green leaves

Institute funds five faculty fellows to support foster youth outcomes

August 04, 2026

Penn State Behrend alumnus Remington Orange scans the Liberty Bell during a two-day research trip in June.

Behrend alumnus helps team create digital twin of the Liberty Bell

August 04, 2026

man and woman working in a physics lab

NSF funding supports Two-Dimensional Crystal Consortium's next chapter

August 03, 2026

White, brown, and black chickens walking through folliage.

How does a deadly chicken virus escape vaccines designed to slow it?

August 03, 2026

Photo of the Ag Progress Days fairgrounds taken from above

Penn State’s Ag Progress Days returns with activities, demos and exhibits

August 03, 2026

LionGlass going into furnace with John Mauro and Julian Wang

From seed funding to commercial momentum: The rise of LionGlass

July 31, 2026

Book cover with title, editor name and sepia-toned photograph from circa 1920 showing a young man in a suit and dress shoes balancing precariously on a wooden chair that is atop another chair on a small table approximately 20 stories up on the rooftop of a building. In the background are other buildings in a city.

University Libraries publishes ‘The Book of Jobs: Poems About Work’

July 31, 2026

Adriana Simmons and Casey Sheehan

Cultivating the next generation of translational scientists in biobehavioral health

July 31, 2026

Project ECHO at Penn State report cover featuring a nurse in blue scrubs holding a tablet, with the title “Learning Without Limits” and Penn State College of Medicine and Project ECHO logos.

Bridging the gap: Project ECHO releases seven-year report on rural health impact

July 31, 2026

Amir Sheikhi holding an award plaque

Chemical engineering professor honored for work on plant-based tissue scaffolds

July 31, 2026

Guha Manogharan accepting an award from two individuals.  

Mechanical engineering professor receives early career manufacturing award

July 30, 2026

doctor checks young adult patient's heart with a stethoscope

Q&A: Why does an irregular heart beat show up 40 years early for some people?

July 30, 2026

A conference presenter stands beside a projection screen displaying a slide about climate resilience, adaptation and engineering education during a conference session. Audience members are seated facing the screen, and the slide includes references to Penn State, the Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence and the Climate READi initiative.

New Kensington faculty member presents research at national conference

July 30, 2026

Headshot of Liza Behrens

Behrens honored with national innovation award for dementia care program

July 30, 2026

An up-close photo of the Nittany Lion shrine on a sunny day

Three Penn State Beaver professors receive research seed grants

July 30, 2026

Bees on a honey comb

Honey from continental US may be as pesticide-free as imported organic honey

July 29, 2026

Person in arid surroundings

Drone cameras can measure pigments indicating surface health of drylands soils

July 29, 2026

Graduate student shoveling soil.

Doctoral student leads grain processing project for Team Pennsylvania

July 29, 2026

The Lion statue at Penn State Harrisburg viewed through leaves and trees

State grant funds Harrisburg program to train teachers for air quality research

July 29, 2026

wasted wood

Penn State researchers evaluating biomass-to-gasoline startup in northern Pa.

July 28, 2026

Person standing in a field with mountains visible in the background

College of Ag Sciences student gains global research experience in Germany

July 28, 2026

A bird approaches a nesting box

Industrial noise may alter bluebird behavior but not cognitive ability

July 28, 2026

a gloved hand holds a beaker of water above a body of water

Q&A: Are environmental chemicals and endometrial cancer linked?

July 28, 2026

Life Sciences Building

Huck Institutes announces recipients of nine interdisciplinary seed grants

July 28, 2026

IIF Three Recipients

One Health Microbiome Center awards Interdisciplinary Innovation Fellowships

July 28, 2026

Many honey bees on honey comb

Diets high in a particular type of fat help protect bees against pesticides

July 28, 2026

Andrew Read, senior vice president for research, speaking at a podium in front of a slide that reads "navigating global research"

Town hall discusses research security, global collaboration in a shifting world

July 27, 2026

Grandfather, daughter and granddaughter in a bedroom. The granddaughter, who is around 6 years old, holds an orange crocheted heart.

Benefits of middle school program trickle down to next generation

July 27, 2026

Lori Francis presents Melody Goodman with a gift while standing next to Sanjana Murthy.

Community-engaged research group hosts summer institute for faculty, students

July 27, 2026

A group of people pose in front of a projector screen for a photo

Penn State wraps first listening tour for K-12 leaders to shape AI in education

July 27, 2026

Grace Tiwari receiving the scholarship award

College of Ag Sciences student receives Future Leaders Fellow Scholarship

July 24, 2026

A high school student sits at a laptop in a classroom while looking thoughtfully into the distance, with classmates working in the background. The image illustrates new Penn State research examining how adolescents' career expectations develop and how family socioeconomic background influences the occupations they aspire to pursue.

Q&A: What influences teens' career expectations?

July 24, 2026

Close up of a person's chest, wearing a olive green sleeveless shirt, with a sensor attached to it.

Stretchable antenna keeps wearable health sensors in tune with human health

July 24, 2026

Zika grant Jason Rasgone

NIH grants $2.8M to develop tools for study of mosquito-microbe interactions

July 24, 2026

Old main with trees in shadows

Penn State awarded $20M to lead an NSF ‘programmable cloud laboratory’

July 23, 2026

Lion Shrine head on

Penn State scientists to lead three Genesis Mission projects

July 23, 2026

A student walks around a small forest patch in front of a high school

Project provides perennial forest patches

July 23, 2026

Device with green laser light shining on red liquid in beaker

Chocolate syrup-like fluid stores multiple interacting memories

July 23, 2026

Headshot of Gabrielle Foreman

Q&A: Colored Conventions and the Supreme Court’s birthright citizenship ruling

July 23, 2026

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