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Connected habitats help wildlife fight disease, strengthen protective microbes

April 20, 2026

Connected habitats help wildlife fight disease, strengthen protective microbes

April 20, 2026

Sun awarded Robert T. Simpson Graduate Student Award for Innovative Research.

Team CrashAI won first place and $5,500 in the Nittany AI Challenge. The team was also awarded the $3,500 Cocoziello Award and the $3,500 Office of Physical Plant Award. Credit: Cole Handerhan / Penn State. Creative Commons

April 17, 2026

Student teams win cash awards for their AI solutions in the Nittany AI Challenge

Lacy Alexander Credit: Graphic design by Dennis Maney / Penn State. Creative Commons

April 17, 2026

Penn State faculty member named American Physiological Society president-elect

Melanie McReynolds is the Dorothy Foehr Huck and J. Lloyd Huck Early Career Chair in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.

April 16, 2026

Penn State biochemist Melanie McReynolds awarded Hypothesis Fund seed grant

The soft bioelectrodes use a honeycomb-inspired design that allows researchers to stretch them onto the specific geometry of a patient’s brain, without sacrificing structural strength or sensitivity to electrical and physiological signals.

April 16, 2026

3D-printed brain sensors may unlock personalized neural monitoring

The four Huck students recognized among the 42 graduate student award winners. Clockwise, from top left: Robert Witkowski, Chad Brunswick, Ioannis Mouratidis, and Megan von Abo.

April 15, 2026

Four Huck Trainees Among Graduate Student Award Winners

Plant scientists receive $1.96M NIH grant to study plant-bacteria partnerships

April 14, 2026

Plant scientists receive $1.96M NIH grant to study plant-bacteria partnerships

April 14, 2026

WATCH: Science graduate students recap international industry internship

The Communication, Science & Society Initiative, a research partnership between Penn State’s Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences and the Department of Communication Arts and Sciences in the College of the Liberal Arts, has announced the grant recipients from its 2025 request for proposals. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. Creative Commons

April 13, 2026

Communication, Science & Society Initiative awards four interdisciplinary grants

Headshots of Prasad, Taylor, and Verma

April 10, 2026

Prasad, Taylor, Verma among 31 graduate students to receive awards at 2026 Graduate Exhibition

Predictably unpredictable: Building resilient crops for a changing world

April 09, 2026

Predictably unpredictable: Building resilient crops for a changing world

Tanya Berger-Wolf of The Ohio State University, left, and Wah Chiu of Stanford University, right, are featured speakers for the April Huck Distinguished Lecture Series. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

April 09, 2026

Huck Distinguished Lecture Series brings leaders in AI, biodiversity and cryo‑EM

Growing cover crops under vines — with no bare soil present in the vineyard — may be regarded as a radical concept by some traditional growers, but the practice can yield significant benefits.

April 09, 2026

Simple vineyard growing practice impacts soil microbiome deep below surface

Emily Martell Credit: Photo provided. All Rights Reserved.

April 08, 2026

Martell receives Award for Administrative Excellence

Scott Medina, far left, with some of his students. Credit: Photo provided. All Rights Reserved.

April 07, 2026

Medina, Paris receive 2026 Excellence in Advising Award

Jason Kaye Credit: Photo provided. All Rights Reserved.

April 07, 2026

Kaye honored with Graduate Program Chair Leadership Award

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April 07, 2026

Undergrad research featured in American Chemical Society journal

Four Penn State faculty members elected AAAS Fellows

April 06, 2026

Four Penn State faculty members elected AAAS Fellows

Cell spheroids are some of the most realistic models available for drug testing, disease research and regenerative medicine. However, their dense structures limit cell survival and function — halting their production at scale. A new assembly method proposed by researchers from Penn State, detailed in a paper published in Advanced Science, could be the key to large-scale tissue engineering. The team’s spheroids can rapidly self-assemble or “snowball” in size, while still allowing life-supporting oxygen to reach the cells inside. Credit: Provided by Amir Sheikhi.

April 06, 2026

WATCH: Cell ‘snowball’ may be answer to large-scale tissue engineering

Rasgon is the Dorothy Foehr Huck and J. Lloyd Huck Endowed Chair in Disease Epidemiology and Biotechnology at Penn State. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

April 01, 2026

Molecular entomologist Jason Rasgon named AAAS Fellow

Researchers have proposed a new design for sensors that allow for teleoperated control of robotic and prosthetic systems. As seen in the demonstration, a robotic hand powered by the team’s sensors can accurately track the gestures and movements of a human hand. To ensure the robot doesn’t damage held items, the array's design allows the hand to be highly sensitive when grabbing or holding delicate objects. Credit: Provided by Larry Cheng.

March 30, 2026

Q&A: Robots can’t feel; these sensors could change that

Santhosh Girirajan speaking to residents at the Village at Penn State during Brain Awareness Week.

March 26, 2026

Community Q&A: Brain health and neuroscience research

Seth Bordenstein

March 26, 2026

Seth Bordenstein named a Fellow of the AAAS

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