Undergraduate Exhibition featured work of more than 300 students
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Penn State undergraduate researchers made the 2026 Undergraduate Exhibition one of the biggest events in recent years, with more than 330 total presenters.
Reminisce and reconnect at Shaver’s Creek’s 50th Anniversary Celebration
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Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center is celebrating its storied past and bright future with a 50th Anniversary Celebration on May 23. The free, public event is an opportunity for the local and Penn State communities to reminisce, relive and reconnect to all things Shaver’s Creek as it celebrates 50 years of inspiring discovery. To be held from noon to 9 p.m., the celebration includes nature walks, ice cream, a campfire and more.
Architecture grad student honored for challenging conventional design methods
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Mahtab Khabir who will graduate this weekend from the professional master of architecture program in the College of Arts and Architecture’s Stuckeman School, was named the winner of the Department of Architecture’s 2026 Jawaid Haider Award for Design Excellence in Graduate Studies for her thesis project that reimagines architecture through sound, movement and human perception rather than solely through form and function.
AI and the Economy Initiative to host second workshop
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Experts from across the nation will gather for a May 18-19 workshop on artificial intelligence's transformative impact on the economy and society. The workshop is the second in a series hosted by the "AI and the Economy Initiative" at Penn State.
Faculty expertise: Eastern blazes
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Wildfire preparedness is of utmost importance for many East Coast communities, says geography professor Erica Smithwick, who’s leading a new research effort to that end.
Ultrahigh-energy cosmic messengers may carry ultraheavy secrets
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New research led by Penn State scientists suggests that some of the highest-energy cosmic rays may consist of atomic nuclei heavier than iron and could help narrow down the cosmic sources capable of accelerating these particles.
Dipanjan Pan named Huck director for innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystems
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Penn State’s Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences has named Dipanjan Pan, Dorothy Foehr Huck & J. Lloyd Huck Chair Professor in Nanomedicine and professor of material science and engineering and of nuclear engineering, to serve as the Huck’s first director for innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystems.
Undergraduate research helps launch geography senior’s next chapter
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Penn State senior Isabel Rivera found her passion through undergraduate geography research that took her from classroom learning and data analysis to fieldwork in South Africa.
College of Health and Human Development ranked first in NIH-funding category
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According to The Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research, the Penn State College of Health and Human Development received more funding from the National Institutes of Health in 2025 than any other school of allied health in the nation.
Native garden at high school blooms thanks to work of Master Watershed Steward
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As a lifelong nature enthusiast, Erin Crump, of Montgomery County, has spent the past few years volunteering with Penn State Extension’s Master Watershed Steward program, working to establish a native garden at Wissahickon High School in Montgomery County, winning an award in the process.
Housing affordability in rural communities the focus of May 20 webinar
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Individuals interested in understanding forces impacting housing affordability and how it shapes rural communities in Pennsylvania can attend an upcoming webinar from Penn State Extension.
Materials science and engineering professor Joshua Robinson named MRI director
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Joshua A. Robinson, professor of materials science and engineering at Penn State, has been named director of the University’s Materials Research Institute, effective July 1.