Penn State, AgroParisTech deepen global partnership through internship program
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Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences and AgroParisTech in France have reaffirmed their long-standing partnership with the virtual signing of a new agreement, expanding opportunities for student research and global engagement in agricultural innovation.
Meet Pip, Northern hawk owl chick and Shaver’s Creek’s newest animal ambassador
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A tiny owl with a big mission has landed at Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center. Pip, a Northern hawk owl chick, is helping the center break new ground as one of the first in the country to raise this rare species in a conservation education environment.
Q&A: Discarded ancient 'trash' now protecting Georgia barrier islands
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Penn State Assistant Professor of Anthropology Jacob Holland-Lulewicz and colleagues recently published research on how oyster shells discarded over thousands of years by Indigenous people have helped protect and preserve the barrier islands off the coast of Georgia.
$2M DARPA grant funds technology development for force-detecting sensors
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The next generation of high-performance sensors for detecting force that can perform under extreme conditions may soon be a reality thanks to a new project underway at Penn State. The work, led by principal investigator and Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering Mingyo “Leen” Park, is funded by a recently awarded two-year, $2 million Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) grant through the Higher-Order Composite Resonators for Extra Resilience (HORCREX) program.
University Libraries to host August speakers on AI, the Data Rescue Project
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Penn State University Libraries will sponsor two speakers on open scholarship topics in conjunction with the second Penn State Open Scholarship Boot Camp, set for Aug. 13-15 on the University Park campus. Both presentations are free and open to the public.
Pasto Agricultural Museum to offer interactive exhibit at Ag Progress Days
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The Pasto Agricultural Museum will introduce its first interactive exhibit, focused on the history of the Russell E. Larson Agricultural Research Center — including the site of Penn State’s Ag Progress Days — during the event Aug. 12-14.
Penn State professor explains how climate change affects weather
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The recent heat wave in Pittsburgh and severe floods in Texas are just two examples of recent weather events intensified by climate change. This article features an interview with Christopher Scott, associate director & thematic area lead of water sustainability, Penn State’s Institute of Energy and the Environment (IEE).
Eighteen graduate students awarded inaugural Fox scholarships
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The J. Jeffrey and Ann Marie Fox Graduate School at Penn State has awarded its first round of Fox Endowment scholarships to 18 graduate students in 15 graduate programs. More than 600 graduate students applied for a Fox scholarships. The scholarships, made possible through the $20 million commitment from Jeff and Ann Marie Fox, are designed to help students pursue excellence in their research and other academic endeavors.
Seasonal flu immunity protects against severe illness from bird flu in ferrets
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New research, led by scientists at Penn State and the University of Pittsburgh and published in the journal Science Translational Medicine, indicates that immunity to a seasonal influenza virus known as pandemic H1N1 that began circulating in 2009 provides protection from severe illness from H5N1 — the strain causing the current bird flu outbreak — in a laboratory animal model.
Remembering biochemist Wesley Hymer, pioneer of health research in space
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The Eberly College of Science mourns the loss of Wesley Hymer, professor emeritus of biochemistry, who passed away on May 4 at the age of 89. Over his 35 years on the faculty at Penn State, he made important contributions to the understanding of pituitary hormones and was internationally recognized for his pioneering research of living cells in space.
Next-gen tech can detect disease biomarker in period blood
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The blood and tissue shed from the uterus each month is often overlooked — and even stigmatized by some — as medical waste, but Penn State Professor Dipanjan Pan and his team have found that menstrual effluent could enable earlier, more accessible detection of biological markers to help diagnose endometriosis in just 10 minutes. The debilitating uterine disease impacts more than 200 million people worldwide yet no commercially available point-of care diagnostic test exists.
$2.6M NIH grant to fund new microbiome sciences training program at Penn State
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The Penn State One Health Microbiome Center received a grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop a training program to provide early career professional development and research support to graduate students in the microbiome sciences.