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Three peaches ripening in a tree

Peaches spread across North America through Indigenous networks

November 22, 2024

National humanities group awards grants to four Liberal Arts-affiliated projects

November 21, 2024

Center for Human Evolution and Diversity now accepting grant applications

November 08, 2024

Martu women cooking bush tomatoes in a campfire, waiting to roast the pile of monitor lizards to the right

Landscape effects of hunter-gatherer practices reshape idea of agriculture

October 10, 2024

Photo of Matson Museum Director James Doyle wearing a hardhat and construction vest

Matson Museum receives grants to enhance experience in new Welch Building home

September 26, 2024

Two children filling water at an outdoor spigot

Secure access to food and water decreasing for US children

June 07, 2024

Older person sitting in a kitchen drinking water

Dehydration in middle-aged and older adults may lead to attention challenges

May 22, 2024

Head of Nittany Lion Shrine

Forty-three undergraduates receive Erickson Discovery Grants

May 14, 2024

Amara Solari awarded Guggenheim Fellowship to study 17th-century Puebloan art

May 09, 2024

Headshots of the 34 Liberal Arts major marshals selected to represent the College of the Liberal Arts at spring 2024 commencement

College of the Liberal Arts announces spring 2024 student marshals

April 14, 2024

Podcast sheds light on the evolution of disease-causing pathogens

April 08, 2024

Low voice pitch increases standing among strangers

February 08, 2024

Two illustrated antibodies labeled “IgA” and “IgM.” They both contain a small purple “U” shape, which represents the Joining chain.

Evolutionary origin of mysterious immune system molecule in humans revealed

January 29, 2024

Podcast reveals the scale and complexity of global water challenges

January 23, 2024

Podcast unpacks legal questions prompted by scientific breakthroughs

December 09, 2023

Study of ancient British oral microbiomes reveals shift following Black Death

November 29, 2023

A group of people pose for a photo

Nina Jablonski named Distinguished Daughter of Pennsylvania

November 07, 2023

Sustainable community concept design

Collaborative landscape design approach may improve resiliency, human well-being

November 06, 2023

Two students smiling at the camera

CommAgency earns recognition for work with the Matson Museum of Anthropology

November 02, 2023

Liberal Arts students and faculty pose for a photo in Ostia–the Roman port city.

Liberal Arts students embark on trip to study ancient Rome

October 24, 2023

Tracking Traits podcast explores impacts of inter-species microbial interactions

October 08, 2023

Gloved hands pointing to liquid contents in a vial

Q&A: Indigenous community-first approach to more ethical microbiome research

September 28, 2023

Tom Harper stands in lab

Penn State's Radiocarbon Lab helps move Ukrainian archaeological project forward

September 06, 2023

Anthropology faculty member Nina Jablonski named Atherton Professor

July 31, 2023

Photo of steel beam being raised by crane over building

'Topping out' ceremony held for Welch Building construction project

July 28, 2023

2023 Liberal Arts Student Award for Research on Sustainability recipients (from top left to bottom right): Alison Axtman, Dani Buffa, Rachel Palkovitz, and Casey Tilley.

Four liberal arts students receive sustainability research awards

July 13, 2023

A chimpanzee howling in a tree

Group size and mating preferences drive deeper male voices

July 10, 2023

Podcast reveals how daily stress may affect our health as we age

July 03, 2023

NASA Pennsylvania Space Grant announces its 2023 fellowship, scholarship winners

June 29, 2023

Participants in the ARISE program gather for photo

ARISE program offers anthropology students intensive learning experience

June 26, 2023

Side-by-side photos of a thermal manikin, connected to a power source, wearing tightly curled (left) and straight (right) human hair wigs.

Life before air conditioning: Curly hair kept early humans cool

June 07, 2023

Collecting the Andes 2 artists

Three-part project probes, celebrates art, culture and history of Andean peoples

May 07, 2023

Old Main bell tower with a leafy branch to the left

Three Penn State faculty elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

May 02, 2023

Rachel Storey stands before the Nittany Lion Shrine.

Student finds fulfillment as peer adviser, research and teaching assistant

May 01, 2023

Casey Sennett at the Pyramids of Giza for embedded course ARAB 99/499: Youth Life in Egypt (December 2022)

Liberal Arts student fulfills dream to study and see the world

April 28, 2023

Headshots of the 36 Liberal Arts major marshals selected to represent the College of the Liberal Arts at spring 2023 commencement

College of the Liberal Arts announces spring 2023 student marshals

April 20, 2023

Jan Reimann and Mary Shenk

Graduate Council elects new leadership

April 20, 2023

Podcast explores the roots of narcissism and its effects on U.S. politics

April 14, 2023

Professor’s latest book examines religion's role in Ukrainian society

April 10, 2023

Group photo with Michelle Kengkart (center) and, left to right, Grace Pilch, Owen Perry, Mihir Kulkarni, Leila Filien and De'jah Coates, posing in front of the Parthenon in Athens, Greece.

Liberal Arts students learn about wonders of the ancient world in Greece

April 10, 2023

Students at Grodzka Gate – NN Theater in Lublin, Poland

Liberal Arts students travel to Poland to learn about the Holocaust

April 05, 2023

A researcher in full PPE prepares a jar of soil to be opened

Digging into the past: Forgotten soil samples are opportunity for new research

April 05, 2023

Laurel Pearson, associate teaching professor of anthropology, gives the Liberal Arts First-Year Lecture from behind a podium on September 19, 2022.

Liberal Arts to host event examining sustainability throughout human history

April 03, 2023

NIH grant allows grad student to study Cuban, Cuban-American health disparities

February 21, 2023

Podcast explores the genetics of personality through the lens of adoption

February 20, 2023

Maggie Davis sealing a quartz tube in the Radiocarbon Prep Laboratory

Radiocarbon lab equips scientists, students with key knowledge, techniques

February 01, 2023

The students in front of the Sphinx of Memphis

Liberal Arts students travel to Egypt through embedded program

January 30, 2023

Multi-colored corn

Agriculture linked to changes in age-independent mortality in North America

January 20, 2023

A damaged fence, downed trees and palm branches

Archaeologists awarded NSF grant to survey hurricane-damaged heritage sites

January 19, 2023

Jose Capriles shows artifacts to group

Graphic novel inspired by professor’s archaeological research in Bolivia

January 18, 2023

Center for Human Evolution and Diversity extends grant application deadline

January 17, 2023

Illustration of tongue with microbes

Indigenous Australians’ unique oral microbiomes may add to chronic disease load

December 06, 2022

A dolomite throne with two lords in the eyes of a mountain

'Lives of the Gods' brings Maya art, religion to the Met

November 18, 2022

Jordan Chapman graduated from Penn State in 2016 and is currently a Ph.D. candidate at Baylor University.

Alumnus encourages underrepresented communities to pursue STEM careers

November 16, 2022

Center for Human Evolution and Diversity accepting grant applications

November 07, 2022

Ira J. Allen (left) and Nathan Crick (right)

Paterno Fellows to host panel on 'the future of democracy' Nov. 1

October 27, 2022

Energy and Environmental Laboratories Webinar Series

Process for radiocarbon dating leather will be focus of webinar on Nov. 16

October 26, 2022

Podcast examines possible evolutionary drivers of human hair variation

October 24, 2022

Professor's film explores environmental challenges faced by Mexican community

September 13, 2022

Podcast explores the tension of teaching evolutionary science in public schools

September 08, 2022

Lassa virus budding off an infected cell

Penn State research team will study Lassa virus spread in Nigeria

August 16, 2022

A group of students stands at Piazzale Michelangelo in Florence, Italy

Liberal Arts students learn about Roman history firsthand on trip abroad

August 01, 2022

Growing Impact Podcast graphic with trees in the background

A vanishing tree species in Madagascar discussed on 'Growing Impact' podcast

July 01, 2022

NASA PA Space Grant

Graduate students awarded 2022 NASA Space Grant Fellowships

June 30, 2022

wide shot of fire consuming grasslands

High rates of landscape degradation not product of landscape fires

May 18, 2022

36 student headshots

College of the Liberal Arts announces spring 2022 student marshals

April 13, 2022

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Three peaches ripening in a tree

Peaches spread across North America through Indigenous networks

November 22, 2024

National humanities group awards grants to four Liberal Arts-affiliated projects

November 21, 2024

Center for Human Evolution and Diversity now accepting grant applications

November 08, 2024

Martu women cooking bush tomatoes in a campfire, waiting to roast the pile of monitor lizards to the right

Landscape effects of hunter-gatherer practices reshape idea of agriculture

October 10, 2024

Photo of Matson Museum Director James Doyle wearing a hardhat and construction vest

Matson Museum receives grants to enhance experience in new Welch Building home

September 26, 2024

Two children filling water at an outdoor spigot

Secure access to food and water decreasing for US children

June 07, 2024

Older person sitting in a kitchen drinking water

Dehydration in middle-aged and older adults may lead to attention challenges

May 22, 2024

Head of Nittany Lion Shrine

Forty-three undergraduates receive Erickson Discovery Grants

May 14, 2024

Amara Solari awarded Guggenheim Fellowship to study 17th-century Puebloan art

May 09, 2024

Headshots of the 34 Liberal Arts major marshals selected to represent the College of the Liberal Arts at spring 2024 commencement

College of the Liberal Arts announces spring 2024 student marshals

April 14, 2024

Podcast sheds light on the evolution of disease-causing pathogens

April 08, 2024

Low voice pitch increases standing among strangers

February 08, 2024

Two illustrated antibodies labeled “IgA” and “IgM.” They both contain a small purple “U” shape, which represents the Joining chain.

Evolutionary origin of mysterious immune system molecule in humans revealed

January 29, 2024

Podcast reveals the scale and complexity of global water challenges

January 23, 2024

Podcast unpacks legal questions prompted by scientific breakthroughs

December 09, 2023

Study of ancient British oral microbiomes reveals shift following Black Death

November 29, 2023

A group of people pose for a photo

Nina Jablonski named Distinguished Daughter of Pennsylvania

November 07, 2023

Sustainable community concept design

Collaborative landscape design approach may improve resiliency, human well-being

November 06, 2023

Two students smiling at the camera

CommAgency earns recognition for work with the Matson Museum of Anthropology

November 02, 2023

Liberal Arts students and faculty pose for a photo in Ostia–the Roman port city.

Liberal Arts students embark on trip to study ancient Rome

October 24, 2023

Tracking Traits podcast explores impacts of inter-species microbial interactions

October 08, 2023

Gloved hands pointing to liquid contents in a vial

Q&A: Indigenous community-first approach to more ethical microbiome research

September 28, 2023

Tom Harper stands in lab

Penn State's Radiocarbon Lab helps move Ukrainian archaeological project forward

September 06, 2023

Anthropology faculty member Nina Jablonski named Atherton Professor

July 31, 2023

Photo of steel beam being raised by crane over building

'Topping out' ceremony held for Welch Building construction project

July 28, 2023

2023 Liberal Arts Student Award for Research on Sustainability recipients (from top left to bottom right): Alison Axtman, Dani Buffa, Rachel Palkovitz, and Casey Tilley.

Four liberal arts students receive sustainability research awards

July 13, 2023

A chimpanzee howling in a tree

Group size and mating preferences drive deeper male voices

July 10, 2023

Podcast reveals how daily stress may affect our health as we age

July 03, 2023

NASA Pennsylvania Space Grant announces its 2023 fellowship, scholarship winners

June 29, 2023

Participants in the ARISE program gather for photo

ARISE program offers anthropology students intensive learning experience

June 26, 2023

Side-by-side photos of a thermal manikin, connected to a power source, wearing tightly curled (left) and straight (right) human hair wigs.

Life before air conditioning: Curly hair kept early humans cool

June 07, 2023

Collecting the Andes 2 artists

Three-part project probes, celebrates art, culture and history of Andean peoples

May 07, 2023

Old Main bell tower with a leafy branch to the left

Three Penn State faculty elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

May 02, 2023

Rachel Storey stands before the Nittany Lion Shrine.

Student finds fulfillment as peer adviser, research and teaching assistant

May 01, 2023

Casey Sennett at the Pyramids of Giza for embedded course ARAB 99/499: Youth Life in Egypt (December 2022)

Liberal Arts student fulfills dream to study and see the world

April 28, 2023

Headshots of the 36 Liberal Arts major marshals selected to represent the College of the Liberal Arts at spring 2023 commencement

College of the Liberal Arts announces spring 2023 student marshals

April 20, 2023

Jan Reimann and Mary Shenk

Graduate Council elects new leadership

April 20, 2023

Podcast explores the roots of narcissism and its effects on U.S. politics

April 14, 2023

Professor’s latest book examines religion's role in Ukrainian society

April 10, 2023

Group photo with Michelle Kengkart (center) and, left to right, Grace Pilch, Owen Perry, Mihir Kulkarni, Leila Filien and De'jah Coates, posing in front of the Parthenon in Athens, Greece.

Liberal Arts students learn about wonders of the ancient world in Greece

April 10, 2023

Students at Grodzka Gate – NN Theater in Lublin, Poland

Liberal Arts students travel to Poland to learn about the Holocaust

April 05, 2023

A researcher in full PPE prepares a jar of soil to be opened

Digging into the past: Forgotten soil samples are opportunity for new research

April 05, 2023

Laurel Pearson, associate teaching professor of anthropology, gives the Liberal Arts First-Year Lecture from behind a podium on September 19, 2022.

Liberal Arts to host event examining sustainability throughout human history

April 03, 2023

NIH grant allows grad student to study Cuban, Cuban-American health disparities

February 21, 2023

Podcast explores the genetics of personality through the lens of adoption

February 20, 2023

Maggie Davis sealing a quartz tube in the Radiocarbon Prep Laboratory

Radiocarbon lab equips scientists, students with key knowledge, techniques

February 01, 2023

The students in front of the Sphinx of Memphis

Liberal Arts students travel to Egypt through embedded program

January 30, 2023

Multi-colored corn

Agriculture linked to changes in age-independent mortality in North America

January 20, 2023

A damaged fence, downed trees and palm branches

Archaeologists awarded NSF grant to survey hurricane-damaged heritage sites

January 19, 2023

Jose Capriles shows artifacts to group

Graphic novel inspired by professor’s archaeological research in Bolivia

January 18, 2023

Center for Human Evolution and Diversity extends grant application deadline

January 17, 2023

Illustration of tongue with microbes

Indigenous Australians’ unique oral microbiomes may add to chronic disease load

December 06, 2022

A dolomite throne with two lords in the eyes of a mountain

'Lives of the Gods' brings Maya art, religion to the Met

November 18, 2022

Jordan Chapman graduated from Penn State in 2016 and is currently a Ph.D. candidate at Baylor University.

Alumnus encourages underrepresented communities to pursue STEM careers

November 16, 2022

Center for Human Evolution and Diversity accepting grant applications

November 07, 2022

Ira J. Allen (left) and Nathan Crick (right)

Paterno Fellows to host panel on 'the future of democracy' Nov. 1

October 27, 2022

Energy and Environmental Laboratories Webinar Series

Process for radiocarbon dating leather will be focus of webinar on Nov. 16

October 26, 2022

Podcast examines possible evolutionary drivers of human hair variation

October 24, 2022

Professor's film explores environmental challenges faced by Mexican community

September 13, 2022

Podcast explores the tension of teaching evolutionary science in public schools

September 08, 2022

Lassa virus budding off an infected cell

Penn State research team will study Lassa virus spread in Nigeria

August 16, 2022

A group of students stands at Piazzale Michelangelo in Florence, Italy

Liberal Arts students learn about Roman history firsthand on trip abroad

August 01, 2022

Growing Impact Podcast graphic with trees in the background

A vanishing tree species in Madagascar discussed on 'Growing Impact' podcast

July 01, 2022

NASA PA Space Grant

Graduate students awarded 2022 NASA Space Grant Fellowships

June 30, 2022

wide shot of fire consuming grasslands

High rates of landscape degradation not product of landscape fires

May 18, 2022

36 student headshots

College of the Liberal Arts announces spring 2022 student marshals

April 13, 2022

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