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Jul 02, 2019

Sense of smell, pollution and neurological disease connection explored

A consensus is building that air pollution can cause neurological diseases such as Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease, but how fine, sooty particles cause problems in the brain is still an unanswered question. Now a team of Penn State researchers, using mice, have found a possible way, but more research is still needed.

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May 22, 2019

Exercise may help teens sleep longer, more efficiently

Getting more exercise than normal — or being more sedentary than usual — for one day may be enough to affect sleep later that night, according to a new study led by Penn State.

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White-throated sparrows are among the best-studied North American songbirds. With a typical wingspan of 6 to 7 inches, it breeds primarily in northern boreal coniferous and mixed forests and, a short-distance migrant, winters mainly in the southeastern U.S. To make these migrations, the bird's body changes significantly. IMAGE: PAUL BARTELL / PENN STATE

Apr 25, 2019

Songbird-body changes that allow migration may have human health implications

Songbirds that pack on as much as 50 percent of their body weight before migrating and that sleep very little, exhibit altered immune system and tissue-repair function during the journey, which may hold implications for human health, according to Penn State researchers.

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Apr 17, 2019

Bootcamp for Science Entrepreneurs To Run May 13-17

"The Business of Science" is a week-long opportunity for grad students and postdocs considering nontraditional careers. Applicants must register by April 29, 2019.

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Molly Hall, assistant professor of veterinary and biomedical sciences. IMAGE: MOLLY HALL

Apr 10, 2019

Hall, Brent to receive Roy C. Buck awards during annual celebration

Two faculty members in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences have been named the recipients of the 2018 Roy C. Buck Faculty Award, which recognizes exceptional articles accepted or published by refereed scholarly journals in the social and human sciences within the past two years.

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Mar 27, 2019

Physio Student Kelly Ness Publishes Paper in American Journal of Physiology

Ness, who previously served as Graduate Adviser to the Huck Institutes, simulated a seven-day working working week to study recovery of insulin sensitivity.

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From L-R: Connie Rogers, Associate Director; Peter Hudson, Director; Kelly Ness, 2017-18 Graduate Adviser; Jim Marden, Director of Operations; Bruce Chen, 2018-19 Graduate Adviser; Troy Ott, Associate Director for Graduate Education

Aug 29, 2018

New HGSAC Leadership Looks to Build on Recent Success

Experienced HGSAC member Bruce Chen replaces departing Kelly Ness as Graduate Adviser

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Feb 06, 2018

Researcher to study the effect of exercise on breast cancer metastases

Connie Rogers, associate professor of nutrition and physiology in the Department of Nutritional Sciences at Penn State, has been awarded a scientific research grant by the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR).

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Sep 13, 2017

Announcing new chair of the Huck Graduate Student Advisory Committee

Integrative and Biomedical Physiology student, Kelly Ness, has been elected Chair of the Huck Graduate Student Advisory Committee (HGSAC) for the 2017-2018 academic year

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