Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences
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'Research Art Collection' showcase in Old Main
May 14, 2024
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Engineering professor named AIMBE fellow
April 23, 2024
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Three Penn Staters earn national Goldwater Scholarships
April 10, 2024
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Anton Nekrutenko named Huck Chair in Genomics
February 29, 2024
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New role for bacterial enzyme in gut metabolism revealed
February 28, 2024
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Bioethics Program Director Jonathan Marks named a Hastings Center fellow
February 16, 2024
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Penn State biochemist Carsten Krebs named distinguished professor
February 14, 2024
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Lab Bench to Commercialization 2024 grant recipients announced
February 14, 2024
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Heard on campus: Nikki Crowley on 30 years of neuroscience advances
February 13, 2024
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Drought may drive deadly amphibian disease, researchers find
February 09, 2024
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'Research Art Collection' showcase in Old Main
May 14, 2024
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Engineering professor named AIMBE fellow
April 23, 2024
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Three Penn Staters earn national Goldwater Scholarships
April 10, 2024
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Anton Nekrutenko named Huck Chair in Genomics
February 29, 2024
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New role for bacterial enzyme in gut metabolism revealed
February 28, 2024
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Bioethics Program Director Jonathan Marks named a Hastings Center fellow
February 16, 2024
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Penn State biochemist Carsten Krebs named distinguished professor
February 14, 2024
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Lab Bench to Commercialization 2024 grant recipients announced
February 14, 2024
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Heard on campus: Nikki Crowley on 30 years of neuroscience advances
February 13, 2024
![Orange frog on a forest floor](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2024/02/coverphotobuttimer4x3.jpg?h=9930def3&itok=6qaGKp80)
Drought may drive deadly amphibian disease, researchers find
February 09, 2024
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