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Penn State will host the 11th annual Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Disease Conference and Workshop
The event is scheduled to be held May 20-23, 2013.
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Call for Concept Papers: Keck Foundation Science & Engineering and Medical Research programs
As part of our efforts to build a portfolio of high-visibility, high-risk, transformative research projects, we are soliciting one-page concept papers for consideration of submission to the W.M. Keck Foundation; the internal deadline for submission is January 15, 2013.
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Awards announced: Shared Technology Facilities pilot projects
The first round of funded projects will receive up to $10,000 per award.
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Call for proposals: Shared Technology Facilities pilot projects
Principal investigators are eligible for up to $10,000 per proposal; deadline for submissions is October 1, 2012.
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Announcing the John Snow Biomedical Seminars
A lecture and open forum for discussing broader issues in biomedical sciences, to be held on the first Thursday of each month at 5:15pm
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HITS Fund is an initial success, set to make first payouts
Following a flood of outstanding proposals, the Huck Institutes' seed fund for innovative and transformational research is set to launch its inaugural round of projects with additional funding from the Eberly College of Science and the Materials Research Institute.
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Grant proposals to the W.M. Keck Foundation continue
The initiative is ongoing, with a 3-5 year target for successful awards; the next submission cycle begins November 1, 2012.
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U.S. Secretary of Agriculture highlights importance of agricultural education and research
Tom Vilsack traveled to Penn State to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the land-grant university system — highlighting the groundbreaking research, education, and innovation taking place nationwide at universities such as Penn State.
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Penn State joins the 2012 Dow Sustainability Innovation Student Challenge Award program
The program is designed to promote forward thinking in social and environmental responsibility, and acknowledges the energy, commitment and enthusiasm of students and their professors who support their innovations.
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Huck Institutes establish the Huck Innovative & Transformational Seed (HITS) Fund
Through the establishment of the HITS Fund, the Huck Institutes seek to support truly innovative and transformational research within the life sciences arena at Penn State.
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Huck Institutes establish the Huck Innovative & Transformational Seed (HITS) Fund
Through the establishment of the HITS Fund, the Huck Institutes seek to support truly innovative and transformational research within the life sciences arena at Penn State.
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Huck Institutes researchers featured in video "Inspiring Collaboration"
Penn State professors and Huck Institutes faculty members Robert Paulson and Sandeep Prabhu have been recognized for their research yielding a possible leukemia cure.
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Huck Institutes' research collaboration yields possible leukemia cure
Sandeep Prabhu and Robert Paulson discover that an Omega-3-derived compound targets and kills stem cells of chronic myelogenous leukemia
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Huck Institutes, CIDD pushing the data science envelope
Infectious disease specialists marshal computational resources, social media data in pursuit of larger goals
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Vivek Kapur appointed Huck Institutes' first associate director for strategic initiatives
New role intended to drive interdisciplinary innovation, promote excellence in research and education
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Penn State's new Millennium Science Complex is a paradigm without precedent
If you were told it was “state of the art,” you might compare it to past paragons of the phrase; if you experienced it firsthand, you would see that it redefines the phrase entirely.
