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Sep 23, 2020
Huck Institutes Seeks Director of Graduate Training Initiatives
The Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences is searching for a Penn State faculty member interested in overseeing a number of training programs for master's and doctoral students.
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Sep 22, 2020
Two Powerful Groups Engage for Student Growth
The Society of Industrial Biotechnology continues adapting to its current climate, virtually networking with professionals and Penn State alumni from Bristol Myers Squibb, one of the world's leaders in innovative medicine.
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Sep 20, 2020
Wastewater sampling may give advanced warning of potential COVID-19 outbreaks
Wastewater sampling for coronavirus on campus and in the surrounding community could alert University decision makers to a potential outbreak several days before individuals exhibit symptoms of an infection. The initiative — part of Penn State’s multilayered approach to test, monitor and mitigate for COVID-19 — could enable leaders to take swift actions to minimize the virus’s spread with the goal of helping to protect the health and safety of the community.
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Sep 18, 2020
Penn State's research expenditures top $1 billion mark
Penn State’s research expenditures exceeded the $1 billion mark in fiscal year 2019-20. The total figure, $1.01 billion, places Penn State among a select group of research universities nationally, and reflects the interdisciplinary strength built over three decades.
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Sep 16, 2020
Liana Burghardt awarded Tansley Medal for excellence in plant science
Assistant Professor of Plant Science recognized for outstanding research contributions early in her career.
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Sep 11, 2020
NSF funding to bolster research communication strategies project
Penn State’s Research-to-Policy Collaboration (RPC) is expanding a project to better respond to legislators’ needs for social and behavioral research related to the coronavirus pandemic with new funding from the National Science Foundation.
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Sep 09, 2020
Penn State researchers to study novel coronavirus potential to infect livestock
A grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture will enable Penn State researchers to study the potential for SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19, to infect and spread among livestock.
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Sep 08, 2020
Insect Biodiversity Center to promote insect conservation, healthy ecosystems
Penn State's new Insect Biodiversity Center brings together faculty researchers and educators from 8 colleges to study and celebrate insect diversity in science and practice in an effort to conserve insects and the ecosystems in which they live.
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Sep 07, 2020
Pollinator project supports biodiversity at Penn State Orchard Road solar array
An innovative project is creating a buzz around Penn State’s University Park campus, especially among the many species of pollinators that call Centre County home.
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Sep 01, 2020
School of Hospitality Management develops profit planning tool for restaurants
During the easiest of times, restaurant operators are extremely busy. Now, as the COVID-19 pandemic and related governmental restrictions disrupt the restaurant industry, operating a restaurant is even more challenging, fraught, and time-consuming. To help restaurant operators weather this period of extreme instability, researchers in Penn State’s School of Hospitality Management developed an easy-to-use, profit planning tool.
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