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Millennium Science Complex awarded prestigious LEED® green building certification
  The Millennium Science Complex has been awarded a prestigious LEED® green building certification. read more
In honor of Lloyd Huck: the Huck Fellowship brings exceptional young scientist-scholars to the Huck Institutes and Penn State
  In honor of Lloyd Huck: the Huck Fellowship brings exceptional young scientist-scholars to the Huck Institutes and Penn State. read more
Scientists make strides toward restoring bighorn sheep in the American West
  An interdisciplinary research team makes strides toward restoring bighorn sheep in the American West. read more
New motor lateralization model verified through virtual reality experiments could revolutionize post-stroke rehabilitation
  A new model of brain lateralization for movement could dramatically improve the future of rehabilitation for stroke patients. read more
WHO grant will fund infectious disease research in Tanzania
  A grant from the World Health Organization will fund infectious disease research in Tanzania's Maasai Steppe. read more

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Oct 15, 2013 Tuesday 4:00 PM
Peter Agre (Johns Hopkins University)
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Dec 10, 2013 Tuesday 4:00 PM
Kendall Smith (Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University)
Toward a Molecular Understanding of Adaptive immunity
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Honey bee colonies are collapsing in record numbers, and Penn State entomologists -- including Huck Institutes affiliate Christina Grozinger -- are leading the pack of researchers scrambling to figure out why. Rescuing honey bee hives - Full article
Koraly Pérez-Edgar, a Huck Institutes affiliate in the Department of Psychology at Penn State, talks about cerebral development in utero and in young children. Huck Institutes researcher featured by Chemical Heritage Foundation's "Distillations" - Full article
Spindle-shaped inclusions in 3 billion-year-old rocks are microfossils of plankton that probably inhabited the oceans around the globe during that time, according to an international team of researchers that includes Huck Institutes affiliate Christopher House. 3 billion-year-old microfossils include plankton - Full article