April 29 talk: How California drought affects fresh fruit and vegetable prices
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Metin Çakır, the Austin A. Dowell Professor of Applied Economics at the University of Minnesota, will give the talk, “California Drought, Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Prices, and Consumer Welfare,” at noon on Wednesday, April 29, in 157 Hosler Building at Penn State University Park.
Undergraduate Research Fair puts innovation and creativity on full display
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Undergraduate students showcased original research and creative scholarship during Penn State Scranton's annual Undergraduate Research Fair and Exhibition, which highlights student work across various academic disciplines and creative fields.
Q&A: IceCube Observatory upgrades improve search for elusive cosmic messenger
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The IceCube Neutrino Observatory detects tiny particles called neutrinos and provides insight into the extreme cosmic events that created them as well as phenomena that challenge traditional physics. In this Q&A, Penn State astrophysicists Kayla DeHolton and Doug Cowen discussed Penn State’s role in the IceCube collaboration and how the upgrades will support their research into extreme physics and astrophysical events.
Marine biogeochemistry students visit tropical island as their 'lab' during spring break
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Penn State undergraduates and graduate students taking a marine biogeochemistry course that explores the ways life influences and is influenced by chemical, physical and geological processes in the ocean, spent spring break visiting San Salvador Island in the Bahamas.
Connected habitats help wildlife fight disease, strengthen protective microbes
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In a new study of tropical amphibians, a team led by Penn State biologists found that amphibians in connected natural forests and aquatic habitats were more likely to host beneficial skin microbes that inhibit a deadly fungal pathogen.
College of Ag Sciences alumna’s legacy: research and growing global impact
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Long before she led reforestation efforts in her native Lebanon, Maya Nehme was a graduate student in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences, researching ways to combat invasive species threatening forests. Even then, her vision extended beyond the lab — helping to inspire what would become the college’s international agriculture and development graduate dual-title degree program, known as INTAD.
Penn State Harrisburg to host Research and Discovery Day on April 22
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The Office of Research and Outreach at Penn State Harrisburg will host the annual Research and Discovery Day on Wednesday, April 22.
Penn State Engineering climbs to No. 28 in US News rankings of best grad schools
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Penn State's College of Engineering ranked No. 28 — rising three places from last year — for overall national engineering graduate programs in U.S. News & World Report's recently released 2026 "Best Graduate Schools" ranking. The college ranks No. 14 in the nation among public university programs, and it remains the No. 1 public university program in Pennsylvania.
Penn State biochemist Melanie McReynolds awarded Hypothesis Fund seed grant
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Melanie McReynolds, Dorothy Foehr Huck and J. Lloyd Huck Early Career Chair in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, has been selected to receive a seed grant from the Hypothesis Fund. The Hypothesis Fund advances scientific knowledge by supporting early stage, innovative research that increases adaptability against systemic risks to the health of people and the planet.
Former Ag Sciences dean creates student experience funds
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Bruce McPheron and his wife, Marilyn, have made both a future pledge and an outright gift to support student experience opportunities in the College of Agricultural Sciences Department of Entomology and at the Frost Entomological Museum.
Treetops glowing during storms captured on film for first time
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Penn State experts in meteorology and atmospheric science made their way down the nation’s eastern coast in June 2024 in search of corona discharges, a long-hypothesized atmospheric weather phenomenon where miniscule pulses of electricity dance at the tips of tree leaves, causing the canopy to glow in the ultraviolet (UV). They found them and captured the phenomenon on film for the first time.
Geography undergraduate researches satellite estimates of Antarctic meltwater
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A Penn State geography student is using satellite data to study uncertainty in Antarctic surface hydrology through undergraduate research in the Cryosphere and Climate Lab.