Federal science cuts threaten our natural resources
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What if I told you the friendships you’ve built on the lake, river or trail could help protect Pennsylvania fisheries — would you believe me? How does science funding matter for our stewardship of our natural resources? This opinion column was written by Anne Pisor, assistant professor of anthropology.
Strange radio pulses detected coming from ice in Antarctica
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A cosmic particle detector in Antarctica has emitted a series of bizarre signals that defy the current understanding of particle physics, according to an international research group that includes scientists from Penn State.
Annual substance use conference examines psychiatric and opioid use disorders
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The Social Science Research Institute’s (SSRI) Consortium on Substance Use and Addiction (CSUA) recently hosted the sixth annual conference in the Eric J. Barron Innovation Hub at Penn State University Park.
Human microbiome pioneer to deliver World Microbiome Day lecture
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Curtis Huttenhower, professor of computational biology and bioinformatics at the Harvard School of Public Health, will deliver a lecture to the Penn State community in honor of World Microbiome Day. The lecture is open to all and will be held virtually over Zoom at 10 a.m. on June 27. Advanced registration is required.
Heard on Campus: College of Agricultural Sciences Dean Troy Ott at Timber 2025
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Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences and the Pennsylvania Forest Products Association co-hosted the 2025 Forest Products Equipment and Technology Exposition, June 6-7 at Penn State's Ag Progress Days site at Rock Springs. The college's dean, Troy Ott, was on hand to support the partnership among Penn State, the state's forest products industry, forest landowners and government agencies.
Q&A: Has nature always been strange? The ‘eco-weird’ unmakes the familiar
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The eco-weird, an emerging genre pioneered by Penn State philosopher Brian Onishi, focuses on the strange feelings familiar places in nature can cause. In this Q&A, Onishi discussed the concept, which is detailed in his recently published book on the topic.
Bellisario College Dean Marie Hardin named Scripps Howard Administrator of the Year
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Dean Marie Hardin of the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications at Penn State was named as the 2024 Scripps Howard Administrator of the Year.
Eight Penn State research commercialization projects awarded GAP funding
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Eight research projects have been selected for support from the Penn State Commercialization GAP Fund. The GAP Fund is a competitive internal program designed to help promising technologies bridge the gap between academic research and industry adoption. Funded by the Penn State Research Foundation and administered by the Office of Technology Transfer, the GAP Fund is the University’s only institution-wide initiative focused on identifying and accelerating high-potential technologies while they are still within the academic environment.
Penn State Ag Sciences doctoral student awarded competitive national fellowship
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Hazel Velasco Palacios, a doctoral candidate in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences, has been awarded a writing fellowship to help support her research on health care access for Pennsylvania farmworkers in the mushroom and dairy industries.
World’s first 2D, non-silicon computer developed
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In a world first, a team led by researchers at Penn State used two-dimensional materials, which are only an atom thick and retain their properties at that scale, unlike silicon, to develop a computer capable of simple operations. The advancement, published in Nature, represents a major leap toward the realization of thinner, faster and more energy-efficient electronics, the researchers said.
‘Fingerprinting’ plant compounds helps explain food, drink tastes
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For the first time, a team led by researchers at Penn State has developed a method of “fingerprinting” plant compounds called procyanidins, introducing a more sophisticated and accurate way to analyze the perceptual variation in many foods and drinks, including wine and chocolate.
Teresa Diehl to retire after nearly 30 years of service at Penn State
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Teresa Diehl, associate dean of administration in the Eberly College of Science, will retire at the end of June 2025 after nearly 30 years of service to Penn State.