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Nominate a Penn State Assessment Champion today

March 17, 2025

Agar face sculpture growing microbes.

BioArtist Mellissa Monsoon to present 'Collaborating with Microbes'

March 17, 2025

Jen Parrish walking on the Penn State Altoona campus holding her mobility cane.

A new vision: Despite health diagnosis, Altoona student charts path forward

March 17, 2025

A researcher manipulates a dummy in a lab.

‘Audible enclaves’ could enable private listening without headphones

March 17, 2025

Penn State Fayette students explored Washington, D.C. over spring break, tackling an escape room challenge (top left), volunteering at the Capital Area Food Bank (top right), visiting a local zoo (bottom left), and enjoying a group dinner (bottom right).

Photos: Fayette students enjoy therapy dogs and Washington D.C. adventure

March 17, 2025

Dasilas Jones defends against an opponent during a home game.

Southwestern Pennsylvania student-athletes earn PSUAC men’s basketball honors

March 17, 2025

The Nittany Lion mascot stands on the court with a basketbal at their waist.

Southwestern Pennsylvania student-athletes earn PSUAC women’s basketball honors

March 17, 2025

Three dresses and a men's suit displayed on mannequins as part of an exhibition.

Arts and Architecture’s Golumbic Scholarship exhibition opens March 18

March 17, 2025

Man in a black shirt and pants speaks in front of a group of students gathered around him in a circle

STAGES festival connects School of Theatre students to industry professionals

March 17, 2025

2024 Graduate Exhibition

Community invited to judge 2025 Graduate Exhibition

March 17, 2025

Flavor Madness bracket

Voting for Berkey Creamery favorites tees off in this year’s ‘Flavor Madness’

March 17, 2025

A computer screen showing templates for documents

New Penn State-branded templates now available for use by University community

March 17, 2025

Three Minute Thesis Finalist from 2024

Stage set for final round of Three Minute Thesis competition on March 29

March 17, 2025

A head and shoulders photo of a smiling Luke Wagner

Wagner first recipient of Penn State Smeal’s Bisbee Award

March 17, 2025

Native American woman dancing in colorful attire

Pre-Powwow Celebration scheduled March 27 inside Bellisario Media Center

March 17, 2025

Natural insect predators may serve as allies in spotted lanternfly battle

March 17, 2025

three panels of hypothetical planetary system

Combination of cosmic processes shapes the size and location of sub-Neptunes

March 17, 2025

shelled pecans in a bowl on a cutting board

Replacing other snacks with pecans may improve cholesterol, diet quality

March 17, 2025

Audience watching speaker and host on stage

Register now for the March 27 First-Gen Student Support Summit

March 16, 2025

One student stands behind a table selling jewelry on display, another student stands in front of the table looking at the displayed jewelry.

Explore innovation and entrepreneurship opportunities at Penn State this March

March 16, 2025

Ag Sciences research institute SAFES funds projects addressing critical issues

March 15, 2025

Virtual Speaker Session

Virtual lecture to explore the importance of maintaining healthy ecosystems

March 14, 2025

Image of the Northern Lights over University Park campus

Public invited to visit Chalsty Planetarium with astronomy department on April 5

March 14, 2025

bridge over pond at Arboertum

CAPS launches new 'Nurture in Nature' trail at the Arboretum

March 14, 2025

Large group of people standing arm in arm

Abington events: Free Cuban music concert, human trafficking prevention workshop

March 14, 2025

3D structure of the protein with entanglement on the right and without on the left

Protein accidentally lassos itself, helping explain unusual refolding behavior

March 14, 2025

Student reflects on her journey, opportunities at Penn State Schuylkill

March 14, 2025

School of Music

Penn State Symphonic Band selected to perform at 2025 PMEA Conference

March 14, 2025

Dance instructor and children dancing on a stage at festival

WPSU, SCASD to co-host fourth annual Multicultural Children’s Festival, March 22

March 14, 2025

Human cells connected by tiny tube

Tunnel-building virus: How Zika transmits from mother to fetus

March 14, 2025

C. Edward Watson

Dreamery Speaker Series sessions focus on teaching with AI

March 13, 2025

Windmills and solar panels provide green energy

Reusing old oil and gas wells may offer green energy storage solution

March 13, 2025

SPP simulation participants and judges pose in front of the Susan Welch Liberal Arts Building

Penn State School of Public Policy hosts inaugural Policy Simulation Competition

March 13, 2025

The Teaching and Learning Technologies Faculty Advisory Committee annually has 2-3 members serve on the selection committee to determine what sessions are part of the TLT Symposium.

Call for 2025-27 Teaching and Learning Technologies faculty advisory committee

March 13, 2025

Four individuals stand in front of conference poster, all wearing conference lanyards

AI-powered cooling startup aims to boost data center efficiency

March 13, 2025

Andrew Mowen and Bing Pan

Recreation, park and tourism management faculty receive national awards

March 13, 2025

Image of Kevin Richardson, one of the exonerated Central Park Five

2025 Osaze Osagie Memorial Lecture brings Kevin Richardson to Penn State

March 13, 2025

March 19 seminar to discuss hedging economic risks related to climate change

March 13, 2025

Geography Coffee Hour lecture to feature Sophie Webber on climate finance

March 13, 2025

A man standing at right assists two seated students working on a computer.

Wilkes-Barre faculty member reflects on past student, staff experience

March 13, 2025

Portrait of a person standing in front of a building

Penn State professor earns national Deutschmann Award for Excellence in Research

March 13, 2025

Threatened by warming waters, brook trout may be able to adapt to hotter weather

March 13, 2025

Three students posing cheerfully against the Fayette campus' lion shrine.

Penn State Fayette to host Suicide Prevention Walk on April 25

March 12, 2025

Image of the poet Adrienne Su

Poet Adrienne Su to offer reading at Penn State on March 20

March 12, 2025

A woman sleeps on her laptop with her hand still holding her coffee.

The Medical Minute: Why am I always so tired?

March 12, 2025

Master Watershed Steward Dean Neely at tree planting

Master Watershed Steward Dean Neely takes a hands-on approach to conservation

March 12, 2025

A woman dancing with her hands in the air at the front of a crowd.

Community invited to all-abilities dance workshop at Penn State Wilkes-Barre

March 12, 2025

A three dimensional artwork shaped like a blue cat with yellow eyes and covered in vines

New textile-based sculpture exhibition, 'nosegay,' to begin at HUB Galleries

March 12, 2025

A head and shoulders photo of a smiling Jeff Montgomery

Penn State Smeal Tarriff Center adds Montgomery to advisory board

March 12, 2025

a group of students and teachers smile as a group while touring an old prison

Penn State Lehigh Valley students visit Eastern State Penitentiary

March 12, 2025

2025 Pa. Rural Community and Public Health Conference to be held April 15

March 12, 2025

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

Penn State programs competitive in 2025 QS World University Rankings by Subject

March 12, 2025

Photo of children’s author Kate Messner

Things to Do at Penn State Harrisburg: March 17-23

March 12, 2025

A diverse cast of actors dressed in dark, gothic, and monstrous costumes pose for a family portrait.

Broadway tour of ‘The Addams Family’ comes to Penn State for two shows April 1–2

March 11, 2025

A Black man with dreadlocks wears sunglasses.

Grammy Award-winning artist Leon Thomas to perform March 25 at Eisenhower

March 11, 2025

Sheridan Miyamoto, associate professor in the Penn State Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing

Nese College of Nursing SAFE-T System receives 2025 ANA Innovation Award

March 11, 2025

Joan Trumpauer Mulholland Foundation

Harrisburg's Kulkarni Cultural Series to screen film on civil rights activist

March 11, 2025

Image of Kevin Luhman holding a U.S. stamp with his image from the James Webb Space Telescope

Q&A: The story behind the cosmic image on a new US stamp

March 11, 2025

Professor Longo poses with her students and recent guest speaker

Strategic speaking course empowers Scranton students to master public speaking

March 11, 2025

Schuylkill student accepted to UPenn School of Veterinary Medicine

March 11, 2025

Jainendra Jain named 2025 Wolf Prize laureate in physics

March 10, 2025

Image of Sarah Assman

Plant biologist awarded the Masatoshi Nei Innovation Prize in Biology

March 10, 2025

A bumble bee on a lavender flower

Analyzing genetic ‘signatures’ may give insight into what stresses wild bees

March 10, 2025

a female students works on her engineering marble run project

Penn State Lehigh Valley holds events to celebrate National Engineers’ Week

March 10, 2025

Wrestling Roar Tour

Alumni Association to host wrestling 'Roar Tour' in Philadelphia on March 22

March 10, 2025

Aftermath of extensive flooding along the New Jersey shore following Hurricane Sandy.

Framework to help scientists choose impactful place-based research locations

March 10, 2025

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