IEE seed grants awarded to 11 interdisciplinary projects
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Eleven interdisciplinary research teams have been awarded funding through Penn State's Institute of Energy and the Environment’s Seed Grant Program for 2024.
Presidential Public Impact Research Award recipients selected
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Penn State has announced the recipients of the inaugural Presidential Public Impact Research Awards, a new program designed to support faculty and students who are working on research projects that directly benefit communities.
Penn State remains strong in 2025 QS World University Rankings
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Penn State tied for No. 89 in the world in the recently released 2025 QS World University Rankings, placing the University in the top 6% worldwide among the 1,503 institutions ranked by QS. Out of 197 ranked U.S. institutions, Penn State tied for No. 8 among public universities nationally and No. 24 among all U.S. universities.
AIMI fellow’s research ‘grounded in what can happen in reality’
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Penn State Center for Applications of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to Industry Fellow Nonna Sorokina's experience in the finance industry and academia aids her work to be "grounded in reality." Sorokina, in her research, is using machine learning and artificial intelligence, to work on social responsibility issues related to the opioid epidemic, green energy and economic outcomes.
Geography doctoral student receives NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
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Lily Houtman, a doctoral student in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences’ Department of Geography at Penn State, has been selected as a 2024 U.S. National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program awardee.
Architecture team receives grant to study 3D-printed sustainable materials
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With the support of a seed grant from the Living Multifunctional Materials Collaborative Seed Grant Program through the Convergence Center for Living Multifunctional Material Systems at Penn State, an interdisciplinary Penn State team is working with researchers at the University of Freiburg in Germany to explore the durability and strength of sustainable 3D-printed building components made with mycelium, the root of fungus.
Exceptional research, teaching, service earn 16 Abington faculty promotions
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Faculty dedication to research, teaching and service demonstrates their commitment to the Penn State Abington campus community.
Five Penn Staters named 2024-25 BTAA Academic Leadership Program Fellows
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The Big Ten Academic Alliance's Academic Leadership Program in 2024-25 will include five new fellows from Penn State. The BTAA is the academic consortium of the Big Ten universities and the United States’ preeminent model for effective collaboration among research universities. The Academic Leadership Program focuses on addressing the challenges of academic administration at major research universities.
Jeffrey Hyde returns to take the reins for Penn State Extension
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Jeffrey Hyde, most recently a professor and administrator at Texas A&M University, has returned to Pennsylvania to become director of Penn State Extension and associate dean in the College of Agricultural Sciences. He started in his new role on April 25.
Five Penn State faculty named 2024 BTAA Department Executive Officer Fellows
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The Big Ten Academic Alliance's Department Executive Officers program has gained five additional fellows from the Penn State ranks. Through the BTAA's Department Executive Officers program, participants who have demonstrated exceptional ability through University administrative assignments or other significant positions in public, private or professional organizations are aided in further developing their leadership and managerial skills.
Penn State professor awarded American Chemical Society grant
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Danielle Reifsnyder Hickey, assistant professor of chemistry and of materials science and engineering at Penn State, has been awarded an American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund Doctoral New Investigator Grant for $110,00 to support her research on catalysis — the acceleration of chemical reactions — at the atomic scale.
Penn State study offers more accurate smoke pollution estimates
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The Penn State team instead put together a measurement system including the more-broad smoke forecasts from NOAA and hourly data from on-the-ground sensors.
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