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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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Peter Agre (Johns Hopkins University)
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Toward a Molecular Understanding of Adaptive immunity
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Walter Jackson III, a Ph.D. candidate in the Huck Institutes' Immunology and Infectious Diseases (IID) program, is the recipient of the 2013 Robert T. Simpson Graduate Award for Innovative Research. Huck Institutes IID graduate student awarded for innovative research - Full article
The first-ever estimate of how fast frogs, toads and salamanders in the United States are disappearing from their habitats – a study contributed to by Huck Institutes affiliate David Miller – reveals they are vanishing at an alarming and rapid rate. Study confirms U.S. amphibian populations declining at rapid rate - Full article
What appears to be parasite manipulation may simply be part of malaria-carrying mosquitoes' immune response, according to a group of Penn State entomologists including Huck Institutes affiliates Lauren Cator, Simon Blanford, Courtney Murdock, Tom Baker, Andrew Read, and Matt Thomas. Mosquito behavior may be immune response, not parasite manipulation - Full article