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Q&A: Does nature have a role in national security?

April 23, 2026

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Agricultural Sciences

New clues for using common fungus to promote crop growth and health

April 22, 2026

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Detailed 3D Smithsonian specimen models enable far-reaching research

April 23, 2026

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2026 Guentter Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis finalists to present work May 7

April 28, 2026

Four Smeal students hold a faux first-place check for $2,500, surrounded by adult judges of the Ives AI Innovation Case Competition

Penn State Smeal AI case competition shows leap from ideas to working prototypes

April 28, 2026

Four people stand together outdoors in front of a brick and glass campus building, with trees overhead. They are casually dressed, facing the camera, and positioned closely in a small group on a sunny day.

Multidisciplinary student team wins intergenerational design competition

April 28, 2026

An older woman's hand with six prunes in her palm

Q&A: What should women do keep their bones healthy?

April 28, 2026

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Overdoses spike for visitors to California addiction treatment centers hub

April 28, 2026

Climate Solutions Symposium May 18-20, 2026

Final call to register for 2026 Penn State Climate Solutions Symposium

April 27, 2026

Headshots of Natalie Ford and Mackenna Yount

One Health Microbiome Center names next doctoral interns for industry program

April 27, 2026

Cross-sectional image of spinal cord and veins

Hydraulic brain: Body motion linked to fluid movement in the brain

April 27, 2026

Outstanding Science Alumni Award winners with Penn State Eberly College of Science Dean Tracy Langkilde.

Eberly College of Science honors three with Outstanding Science Alumni Award

April 24, 2026

A blue, lizard-like robot moves through a pile of beads contained in a wooden box.

The robot Cambrian explosion: Penn State researchers advance biorobotics

April 24, 2026

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Registration open for Open Scholarship Boot Camp on May 11-12

April 24, 2026

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Penn State librarians top research productivity list in latest five-year study

April 24, 2026

A student holds a clear container containing a fish along a stream bank. Classmates are in the background.

Biology students gain hands-on experience helping local farm

April 24, 2026

People in a line, cutting a blue ribbon

Keystone Animal Diagnostic Center at Penn State Beaver celebrates opening

April 24, 2026

Food science students mixing food in the lab.

Food science student lands job with Kraft Heinz after global experience

April 23, 2026

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Penn State launches AI Studio for faculty and staff

April 23, 2026

Text in white reads "AI" over top a collaged background in shades of blue and various patterns

Penn State launches new online ‘AI Essentials’ literacy course for employees

April 23, 2026

Students talk about their research poster at conference

Penn State Berks works with Wyomissing High School for Presidential AI Challenge

April 23, 2026

Emily Shor

Emily Shor named spring 2026 College of Earth and Mineral Sciences marshal

April 23, 2026

Zoomed in digital image of a tiny polychaete worm

Detailed 3D Smithsonian specimen models enable far-reaching research

April 23, 2026

A group of students, faculty, staff and volunteers plant trees on the Harrisburg campus on a slope under a cloudy sky.

Tree planting at Penn State Harrisburg creates living lab for sustainability

April 23, 2026

Desert locusts swarming a field

Q&A: Does nature have a role in national security?

April 23, 2026

Nitin Samarth in front of metal equipment

Physicist Nitin Samarth elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

April 22, 2026

Penn State student earns internship with national research organization

April 22, 2026

Research Support Transformation Project to enter second phase

April 22, 2026

Climate Solutions Symposium May 18-20, 2026

Climate symposium plenaries to discuss extremes, AI and new climate network

April 22, 2026

Group of people in a pit, examining soil

Penn State Soil Judging Team finishes 10th in national competition

April 22, 2026

Auja Bywater and Jashvinu Yeshwanth Raj

Three Penn State students present projects at UN food security system meeting

April 22, 2026

Close up of cherry tomatoes growing on the vine

New clues for using common fungus to promote crop growth and health

April 22, 2026

An artistic representation of Greek letter mu

Particle thought to break physics followed rules all along

April 22, 2026

Chris Uhl in his office, leaning on his desk surrounded by papers, books and photos tacked to the wall.

Sustain Penn State releases guidebook to help faculty integrate sustainability

April 22, 2026

A researcher, waist deep in water, collects water and sediment samples from a river in a glass jar

Mapping microplastic movement in rivers and streams across Pennsylvania

April 22, 2026

father and teenage son playing basketball

Q&A: What do teenagers need from their parents?

April 22, 2026

Hands typing on a laptop with computing graphics

Penn State Harrisburg advances regional artificial intelligence leadership

April 22, 2026

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David Baker receives Mercator Fellowship from German Research Foundation

April 22, 2026

Student winners pose for a group photo holding their award certificates and ribbons

Undergraduate Research Fair puts innovation and creativity on full display

April 21, 2026

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April 29 talk: How California drought affects fresh fruit and vegetable prices

April 21, 2026

hands of an older woman peeling an orange

Postmenopausal white women with genetic risk regain weight two times faster

April 21, 2026

A woman stands in front of a screen with the words “BINGO Against Cancer” on it and a bingo card. She puts two fingers in the air. A woman, out of focus on the right, watches her.

Cancer education made simple — and fun

April 20, 2026

A man wearing glasses and a windbreaker pictured atop the remains of a castle

Penn State poet Andrew Bode-Lang awarded 2026 Rattle Chapbook Prize

April 20, 2026

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Folger Shakespeare Library’s conservation, preservation head is 2026 Minter Lecturer

April 20, 2026

Green tree frog on rocks at the edge of a stream

Connected habitats help wildlife fight disease, strengthen protective microbes

April 20, 2026

Cocoziello Built Environment Showcase to highlight impact of recent research

April 20, 2026

Students walk the coastline of San Salvador island

Marine biogeochemistry students visit island as their 'lab' during spring break

April 20, 2026

Photo of the J. Jeffrey and Ann Marie Fox Graduate School sign in front of Kern Building

Nominations open for second round of Fox Graduate School student scholarships

April 20, 2026

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Penn State Schuylkill undergraduate students present original research at ECA

April 20, 2026

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Abington student researcher explores the disappearing American Dream

April 20, 2026

Student presenter talking to half-circle of people in front of research poster

Annual Undergraduate Exhibition open to public at HUB-Robeson Center

April 20, 2026

Kayla DeHolton in front of IceCube Observatory

Q&A: IceCube Observatory upgrades improve search for elusive cosmic messenger

April 20, 2026

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Penn State Harrisburg to host Research and Discovery Day on April 22

April 17, 2026

Two paired portraits, one of Andy Huynh (left) and one of Trevor Barrett (right).

Two electrical engineering students awarded Department of Defense scholarships

April 17, 2026

Gallery visitors talk with artists about their work

Graduate student artwork featured in annual Visual Arts Exhibition at Penn State

April 17, 2026

Maya Nehme

College of Ag Sciences alumna’s legacy: Research and growing global impact

April 17, 2026

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New Page Center grants focus on activism and advocacy in public communication

April 17, 2026

Former Ag Sciences dean creates student experience funds

April 16, 2026

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Penn State Wilkes-Barre students earn top honors at COMM Day

April 16, 2026

Four women standing together, holding a framed certificate

Nese College of Nursing honors student, alumni, faculty, and staff award winners

April 16, 2026

A picture of the team's bioelectrode design sitting on a 3D printed model of a patient's brain

3D-printed brain sensors may unlock personalized neural monitoring

April 16, 2026

Melanie McReynolds

Penn State biochemist Melanie McReynolds awarded Hypothesis Fund seed grant

April 16, 2026

Mary Zaborskis

Harrisburg faculty member builds bridges through gender studies

April 16, 2026

Daniela Martin, Kendall Taylor and Andrea Randolph standing in front of poster presenting findings

Yoga may enhance traditional recovery programs, Brandywine researchers find

April 16, 2026

A high school student climbing a ladder.

Registration open for mining summer camp at Penn State University Park campus

April 16, 2026

An AI-generated image of a radiant Black woman, with people in the blurred background

Prompt coaching tool raises user awareness of bias in generative AI systems

April 16, 2026

A smiling person gives another smiling person an award at a ceremony

Penn State Scranton nursing student earns first place at research symposium

April 16, 2026

A man and a woman sit behind a table with microphones on it as part of a panel.

How AI is changing sports: Data analysts discussed game-changing tech

April 16, 2026

April 21 panel to examine barriers in faculty tenure, promotion

April 16, 2026

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2026 Guentter Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis finalists to present work May 7

April 28, 2026

Four Smeal students hold a faux first-place check for $2,500, surrounded by adult judges of the Ives AI Innovation Case Competition

Penn State Smeal AI case competition shows leap from ideas to working prototypes

April 28, 2026

Four people stand together outdoors in front of a brick and glass campus building, with trees overhead. They are casually dressed, facing the camera, and positioned closely in a small group on a sunny day.

Multidisciplinary student team wins intergenerational design competition

April 28, 2026

An older woman's hand with six prunes in her palm

Q&A: What should women do keep their bones healthy?

April 28, 2026

scenic image of California coast with Pacific Ocean and palm trees

Overdoses spike for visitors to California addiction treatment centers hub

April 28, 2026

Climate Solutions Symposium May 18-20, 2026

Final call to register for 2026 Penn State Climate Solutions Symposium

April 27, 2026

Headshots of Natalie Ford and Mackenna Yount

One Health Microbiome Center names next doctoral interns for industry program

April 27, 2026

Cross-sectional image of spinal cord and veins

Hydraulic brain: Body motion linked to fluid movement in the brain

April 27, 2026

Outstanding Science Alumni Award winners with Penn State Eberly College of Science Dean Tracy Langkilde.

Eberly College of Science honors three with Outstanding Science Alumni Award

April 24, 2026

A blue, lizard-like robot moves through a pile of beads contained in a wooden box.

The robot Cambrian explosion: Penn State researchers advance biorobotics

April 24, 2026

technology-feel graphic with cloud icon and words open scholarship bootcamp May 11-12

Registration open for Open Scholarship Boot Camp on May 11-12

April 24, 2026

group photo of 17 people 14 standing 3 sitting behind library bookshelves and near large study tables

Penn State librarians top research productivity list in latest five-year study

April 24, 2026

A student holds a clear container containing a fish along a stream bank. Classmates are in the background.

Biology students gain hands-on experience helping local farm

April 24, 2026

People in a line, cutting a blue ribbon

Keystone Animal Diagnostic Center at Penn State Beaver celebrates opening

April 24, 2026

Food science students mixing food in the lab.

Food science student lands job with Kraft Heinz after global experience

April 23, 2026

AI Studio log in screen that says Penn State and AI Studio

Penn State launches AI Studio for faculty and staff

April 23, 2026

Text in white reads "AI" over top a collaged background in shades of blue and various patterns

Penn State launches new online ‘AI Essentials’ literacy course for employees

April 23, 2026

Students talk about their research poster at conference

Penn State Berks works with Wyomissing High School for Presidential AI Challenge

April 23, 2026

Emily Shor

Emily Shor named spring 2026 College of Earth and Mineral Sciences marshal

April 23, 2026

Zoomed in digital image of a tiny polychaete worm

Detailed 3D Smithsonian specimen models enable far-reaching research

April 23, 2026

A group of students, faculty, staff and volunteers plant trees on the Harrisburg campus on a slope under a cloudy sky.

Tree planting at Penn State Harrisburg creates living lab for sustainability

April 23, 2026

Desert locusts swarming a field

Q&A: Does nature have a role in national security?

April 23, 2026

Nitin Samarth in front of metal equipment

Physicist Nitin Samarth elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

April 22, 2026

Penn State student earns internship with national research organization

April 22, 2026

Research Support Transformation Project to enter second phase

April 22, 2026

Climate Solutions Symposium May 18-20, 2026

Climate symposium plenaries to discuss extremes, AI and new climate network

April 22, 2026

Group of people in a pit, examining soil

Penn State Soil Judging Team finishes 10th in national competition

April 22, 2026

Auja Bywater and Jashvinu Yeshwanth Raj

Three Penn State students present projects at UN food security system meeting

April 22, 2026

Close up of cherry tomatoes growing on the vine

New clues for using common fungus to promote crop growth and health

April 22, 2026

An artistic representation of Greek letter mu

Particle thought to break physics followed rules all along

April 22, 2026

Chris Uhl in his office, leaning on his desk surrounded by papers, books and photos tacked to the wall.

Sustain Penn State releases guidebook to help faculty integrate sustainability

April 22, 2026

A researcher, waist deep in water, collects water and sediment samples from a river in a glass jar

Mapping microplastic movement in rivers and streams across Pennsylvania

April 22, 2026

father and teenage son playing basketball

Q&A: What do teenagers need from their parents?

April 22, 2026

Hands typing on a laptop with computing graphics

Penn State Harrisburg advances regional artificial intelligence leadership

April 22, 2026

Headshot of David Baker

David Baker receives Mercator Fellowship from German Research Foundation

April 22, 2026

Student winners pose for a group photo holding their award certificates and ribbons

Undergraduate Research Fair puts innovation and creativity on full display

April 21, 2026

Customer shopping for apples

April 29 talk: How California drought affects fresh fruit and vegetable prices

April 21, 2026

hands of an older woman peeling an orange

Postmenopausal white women with genetic risk regain weight two times faster

April 21, 2026

A woman stands in front of a screen with the words “BINGO Against Cancer” on it and a bingo card. She puts two fingers in the air. A woman, out of focus on the right, watches her.

Cancer education made simple — and fun

April 20, 2026

A man wearing glasses and a windbreaker pictured atop the remains of a castle

Penn State poet Andrew Bode-Lang awarded 2026 Rattle Chapbook Prize

April 20, 2026

photo portrait of woman standing in lab workspace with hand on surface near large very old exposed bookbinding atop slightly larger wood board

Folger Shakespeare Library’s conservation, preservation head is 2026 Minter Lecturer

April 20, 2026

Green tree frog on rocks at the edge of a stream

Connected habitats help wildlife fight disease, strengthen protective microbes

April 20, 2026

Cocoziello Built Environment Showcase to highlight impact of recent research

April 20, 2026

Students walk the coastline of San Salvador island

Marine biogeochemistry students visit island as their 'lab' during spring break

April 20, 2026

Photo of the J. Jeffrey and Ann Marie Fox Graduate School sign in front of Kern Building

Nominations open for second round of Fox Graduate School student scholarships

April 20, 2026

Penn State Students at the ECA

Penn State Schuylkill undergraduate students present original research at ECA

April 20, 2026

student presenting research and pointing at a poster

Abington student researcher explores the disappearing American Dream

April 20, 2026

Student presenter talking to half-circle of people in front of research poster

Annual Undergraduate Exhibition open to public at HUB-Robeson Center

April 20, 2026

Kayla DeHolton in front of IceCube Observatory

Q&A: IceCube Observatory upgrades improve search for elusive cosmic messenger

April 20, 2026

Image of lion shrine head with shield outline overlaid in blue

Penn State Harrisburg to host Research and Discovery Day on April 22

April 17, 2026

Two paired portraits, one of Andy Huynh (left) and one of Trevor Barrett (right).

Two electrical engineering students awarded Department of Defense scholarships

April 17, 2026

Gallery visitors talk with artists about their work

Graduate student artwork featured in annual Visual Arts Exhibition at Penn State

April 17, 2026

Maya Nehme

College of Ag Sciences alumna’s legacy: Research and growing global impact

April 17, 2026

Page Center logo

New Page Center grants focus on activism and advocacy in public communication

April 17, 2026

Former Ag Sciences dean creates student experience funds

April 16, 2026

Five people stand outside

Penn State Wilkes-Barre students earn top honors at COMM Day

April 16, 2026

Four women standing together, holding a framed certificate

Nese College of Nursing honors student, alumni, faculty, and staff award winners

April 16, 2026

A picture of the team's bioelectrode design sitting on a 3D printed model of a patient's brain

3D-printed brain sensors may unlock personalized neural monitoring

April 16, 2026

Melanie McReynolds

Penn State biochemist Melanie McReynolds awarded Hypothesis Fund seed grant

April 16, 2026

Mary Zaborskis

Harrisburg faculty member builds bridges through gender studies

April 16, 2026

Daniela Martin, Kendall Taylor and Andrea Randolph standing in front of poster presenting findings

Yoga may enhance traditional recovery programs, Brandywine researchers find

April 16, 2026

A high school student climbing a ladder.

Registration open for mining summer camp at Penn State University Park campus

April 16, 2026

An AI-generated image of a radiant Black woman, with people in the blurred background

Prompt coaching tool raises user awareness of bias in generative AI systems

April 16, 2026

A smiling person gives another smiling person an award at a ceremony

Penn State Scranton nursing student earns first place at research symposium

April 16, 2026

A man and a woman sit behind a table with microphones on it as part of a panel.

How AI is changing sports: Data analysts discussed game-changing tech

April 16, 2026

April 21 panel to examine barriers in faculty tenure, promotion

April 16, 2026

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