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Jul 02, 2025
What a bumble bee chooses to eat may not match ideal diet
A new study led by researchers at Penn State suggests that what bumble bees choose to eat may not line up with their ideal nutritional needs.
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Jul 02, 2025
Eight graduate students receive U.S. National Science Foundation fellowships
Eight Penn State graduate students received U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowships for the 2025-26 academic year.
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Jul 01, 2025
ARISE program provides hands-on training to aspiring anthropologists
A talented group of aspiring anthropologists recently traveled to Penn State to take part in the Department of Anthropology’s annual ARISE program.
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Jun 30, 2025
Lab Bench to Commercialization program broadens its scope
Eberly College of Science seed grant program to shift emphasis to earlier development of research, focusing on societal impact and career readiness.
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Jun 30, 2025
Huck Chair builds regenerative medicine bridge from lab to surgical suite
With support from the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, Dino Ravnic advances translational research through cross-campus partnerships.
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Jun 25, 2025
Q&A: The quest to halt neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer’s disease
June is Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month, and in this Q&A, Selleck talked about how he’s working to stop the progression of neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s.
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Jun 24, 2025
Nutritional sciences faculty receive national recognition for research
Three Penn State Department of Nutritional Sciences faculty members were recently recognized for their research contributions to the field with prestigious awards by the American Society for Nutrition (ASN).
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Jun 24, 2025
Warmer spots within fields have more blooms and more bees
Climate can vary across large areas of land, but it also can vary within much smaller areas such as farms. A new study by researchers at Penn State examined whether these microclimates — the climate of a very small or restricted area — affect pollination by both wild and managed bees and resulting wild blueberry yields.
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Jun 24, 2025
Q&A: How does computer science advance biology?
In this Q&A, Shao and Koslicki, who are affiliated with the Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics and the Intercollege Graduate Degree Program in Bioinformatics and Genomics in the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, spoke about how computational tools are advancing molecular biology.
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Jun 24, 2025
Huck announces 2025-26 Leadership Fellows
Three faculty members, representing three different Penn State colleges, have been named Huck Leadership Fellows for the 2025-26 academic year.
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