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Feb 15, 2015
Andrew Read named Eberly Professor in Biotechnology
Andrew F. Read, Evan Pugh Professor of Biology and Entomology and the Director of the Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics (CIDD), has been named the Eberly Professor in Biotechnology at Penn State.
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Feb 03, 2015
Call for applications: Huck Graduate Dissertation Research Grants
The Huck Institutes are now soliciting applications for a second round of J. Lloyd Huck Dissertation Research Grants (previously known as Huck Graduate Enrichment Awards) -- giving exceptional Huck graduate students up to $5,000 to spend on their individual research projects.
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Dec 22, 2014
In Mojave Desert tortoise, looking for answers to bigger questions
Huck researchers attempt to guide and improve conservation success through studying the Mojave Desert tortoise.
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Dec 07, 2014
Living African group discovered to be the most populous humans over the last 150,000 years
New genetic research reveals that a small group of hunter-gatherers now living in Southern Africa once was so large that it comprised the majority of living humans during most of the past 150,000 years.
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Nov 12, 2014
Never-before-seen insights into deer movement offered on research website
Two years into a study of factors influencing forest regeneration in Pennsylvania, researchers in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences are offering never-before-seen insights into deer movement.
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Nov 02, 2014
In disease outbreak management, flexibility can save lives and money
A new approach for responding to and managing disease outbreaks is being proposed by a team of epidemiologists led by two Penn State researchers at the Huck Institutes. The team's flexible approach could save many lives and millions of dollars.
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Nov 02, 2014
PlantVillage solves crop problems by democratizing science-based knowledge
David Hughes understands, maybe better than most, the devastating effects a plant disease can have on crops and the people who rely on them for food and income.
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Oct 16, 2014
Climate change not responsible for altering forest tree composition
Change in disturbance regimes -- rather than a change in climate -- is largely responsible for altering the composition of Eastern forests, according to researcher Marc Abrams.
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Oct 14, 2014
Video profile: Matt Ferrari
Ecology faculty member and Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics researcher Dr. Matt Ferrari studies long-term trends in childhood infectious diseases.
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Aug 24, 2014
Zombie ant fungi 'know' brains of their hosts
A parasitic fungus that reproduces by manipulating the behavior of ants emits a cocktail of behavior-controlling chemicals when encountering the brain of its natural target host, but not when infecting other ant species, a new study shows.
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