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Penn State leaders promote ‘connection, authenticity, community’ through new video series

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The series is a way to help faculty, staff, students and the community learn more about Penn State’s deans and what motivates them, what their passions are and what’s shaped them as a leader.

New video series highlights game-changing life sciences researchers

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The Huck institutes of the Life Sciences has launched a new monthly series of short video essays to feature highly innovative Penn State researchers who are pushing boundaries and forging new pathways in their respective fields. “Life From All Angles” tells the stories of these risk-takers in a condensed, easy to digest, 5-minute format.

Ag. Sciences students top all US universities with $1.1M in USDA funding

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Seven students in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences have received predoctoral fellowships from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture. The students received a combined total of nearly $1.1 million — the most received for this year's fellowships among U.S. universities.

Penn State names 21 new distinguished professors for 2022

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Penn State's Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs has named 21 distinguished professors for 2022.

Lehigh Valley gears up for annual Research Symposium with panel discussion

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Resources are available to students looking to participate in Penn State Lehigh Valley's annual Undergraduate Research Symposium. 

WATCH: Danielle M. Conway shares perspective on art and conflict resolution

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In the latest installment of the “Perspective: Leaders at Penn State” video series, Danielle M. Conway, dean and Donald J. Farage Professor of Law at Penn State Dickinson Law, talks about her love for collecting artwork and the opportunity that art offers to reflect on other people’s experiences and identities. 

There's an invisible ecosystem in the air — and climate change is disrupting it

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New research shows warming could push atmospheric pathogens into new areas.

Women in energy and water research seminar series continues Feb. 24

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The spring 2022 Celebrating Women in Energy and Water Research seminar series will launch on Thursday, Feb. 24, with two talks by Laura J. Pyrak-Nolte, distinguished professor of physics and astronomy at Purdue University. The free seminars are open to Penn State faculty, staff, graduate and undergraduate students.

Engineering diversity

| by Paris von Lockette

As a nation, we are not using our population, our personnel resources, broadly in the engineering enterprise. In the current terminology, our engineering workforce is not “diverse and inclusive.”

Proposals being accepted to present at annual Hendricks Conference

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Higher education professionals from across the country who support adult learners are invited to submit proposals for breakout sessions they would like present at Penn State’s annual conference that brings together the advocates of this student population.

The Sustainability Institute launches interactive sustainability Data Dashboard

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The Sustainability Institute recently released its new interactive data dashboards to serve as an informational hub to view and understand Penn State’s sustainability progress. 

Study abroad program offers collaborative sustainability research experiences

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Rachel Brennan, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, and other Penn State researchers coordinated a program to offer international “boots-on-the-ground” training to a yearly cohort of 12 graduate students in STEM fields.