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May 31, 2022

Number of deer hunters is in decline, posing serious questions about future of deer management
Principal Investigators Dr. Robert Lennon, associate professor of community and family medicine; Dr. Michael McShane, assistant professor of medicine; and Saeed Abdullah, assistant professor of information sciences and technology, lead interdisciplinary projects with the help of pilot funding from Penn State's Social Science Research Institute. Credit: Penn State. All Rights Reserved.

May 31, 2022

SSRI funding boosts interdisciplinary research

May 27, 2022

Take Note: Penn State infectious disease expert Matthew Ferrari on the COVID-19 pandemic in 2022

May 27, 2022

The real COVID surge is (much) bigger than it looks. But don't panic
Seth Bordenstein’s research focuses on evolutionary and genetic principles that shape symbiotic interactions between animals, microbes and viruses and the major applications of these interactions to human health. Bordenstein will officially join the Penn State community on Aug. 1. Credit: Provided . All Rights Reserved.

May 26, 2022

Seth Bordenstein named director of the Penn State Microbiome Center
Integrative and biomedical physiology graduate student Emily Van Syoc (right), seen here with mentor Erika Ganda, was one of three students in her program to receive a USDA fellowship in recent months. Credit: Brennan Dincher / Penn State. Creative Commons

May 25, 2022

Three Physiology Students Awarded USDA Fellowships

May 25, 2022

Injecting Cockroaches with CRISPR Gene Edits Their Offspring
A new study offers clues as to how herpes simplex virus (HSV) genetic diversity is shared between transmission partners. The authors used viral genome sequencing to follow oral and genital samples of HSV, collected over a year of each partner's infection. Often, the same viral variants were observed in both partners within a transmission pair. Occasionally these variants developed into viral genome differences between partners. This is the first study to compare HSV-1 genomes between adult sexual transmission partners. Image created with BioRender.com. Credit: Moriah Szpara, Penn State / Penn State. All Rights Reserved.

May 24, 2022

Does herpes simplex virus change during transmission?

May 23, 2022

What genetic sequencing can reveal about the secret lives of bees

May 22, 2022

The Michigan Mink Mystery: How Did an Interspecies Outbreak Unfold?

May 21, 2022

Do bees really die if they sting you?
The College of Engineering recently awarded six Multidisciplinary Research Seed Grants to faculty members, including one in partnership with the College of Health and Human Development and another with the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences. Credit: Kelby Hochreither/Penn State College of Engineering. All Rights Reserved.

May 19, 2022

College of Engineering awards six Multidisciplinary Research Seed Grants
The Research Innovator of the Year Award, given by Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences, was awarded to Suresh Kuchipudi, Dorothy Foehr Huck and J. Lloyd Huck Chair in Emerging Infectious Diseases and interim director of the Animal Diagnostic Laboratory at Penn State. Kuchipudi, at right, accepted the award from Blair Siegfried, associate dean for research and graduate education. Credit: Contributed photo. All Rights Reserved.

May 19, 2022

Kuchipudi receives College of Ag Sciences award for research innovation
Representatives from Westinghouse and Penn State met at Westinghouse headquarters in Cranberry to sign a memorandum of understanding and enter a partnership focused on researching and developing micro-reactors for clean, sustainable energy. From left: Jason Beebe, director of the Global Transformation Office at Westinghouse; Michael Valore, senior director of advance reactor commercialization, Westinghouse; Mike Shaqqo, senior vice president of advanced reactors, Westinghouse; Lora Weiss, senior vice president for research at Penn State; Jean Paul Allain, head of the Ken and Mary Alice Lindquist Department of Nuclear Engineering; Geanie Umberger, associate vice president for research and director of industry research collaborations at Penn State; Saya Lee, assistant professor of nuclear engineering; Elia Merzari (back), associate professor of nuclear engineering; and Hilary Ruby, director of transformation for the Americas Operating Plant Services Business Unit at Westinghouse. Credit: Provided by Westinghouse. All Rights Reserved.

May 19, 2022

Westinghouse and Penn State to explore advancing sustainable micro-reactors
View of part of the experimental tomato field at the Penn State Russell E. Larson Agricultural Research Center with the data loggers connected to the soil moisture sensors. Credit: Francesco Di Gioia/Penn State. All Rights Reserved.

May 17, 2022

Internet-based precision irrigation system shows promise for fresh-market tomato
Recreational deer hunting is the primary tool that’s available to state wildlife agencies to manage the resource, and the states have relied on revenues from the sales of hunting licenses largely to pay for wildlife conservation for more than a century. With fewer hunters, the challenge will be to find new tools to achieve management goals, according to a leading deer researcher. Credit: Joe Kosack/Pennsylvania Game Commission. All Rights Reserved.

May 10, 2022

Future of deer management clouded by coming steep decline in hunter numbers

May 05, 2022

People are seeing more black bears in Ferguson and across PA this spring. Here’s why

May 03, 2022

Entrepreneurs compete for better future at Tech Tournament

April 29, 2022

Contagious Bird Flu Presents Low Risk to People After Colorado Case
Penn State Extension will offer a unique webinar series focusing on tick and Lyme disease education as it relates to the interactions people have with their animals, including working and hunting dogs, horses, and household pets. Credit: Joyce Sakamoto. All Rights Reserved.

April 29, 2022

It's tick season: Learn to protect yourself and your animals with free webinars

April 29, 2022

Anthony Fauci said the pandemic was over in U.S., then backpedaled. What do experts say?
Laura Rolon, graduate student in the Department of Food Science, part of the research team studying how microbial biofilms protect Listeria monocytogenes, examines microbiota isolation plates in the lab. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

April 29, 2022

Microbiologists get grant to study biofilms guarding foodborne pathogen Listeria

April 29, 2022

No evidence that brown paper bags will ward off wasps

April 28, 2022

SU to award 4 honorary degrees during 2022 commencement