Embrace Not Knowing!
As Huck Director, I have the privilege of saying the first words of welcome to our incoming cohort of graduate students (this year, 61). If there is ever a time for soaring Churchillian rhetoric, this is it. Our students are embarking on a major journey, one that will change their lives forever. And, if they work it well, their journey will make the world better too.
So, I stepped up to the plate and…
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HITS Fund
The Huck Innovative & Transformational Seed (HITS) Fund fosters projects that are bold, have potential for high impact, and would transform our understanding or provide a solution to a pressing issue, if successful.
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Benkovic Research Initiative
The Patricia and Stephen Benkovic Research Initiative is designed to support boldly innovative, high-risk proposals at the interface of chemistry and the life sciences that are too risky to attract traditional funding opportunities.
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Huck Leadership Fellows Program Launched
Professor of Statistics Nicole Lazar and Associate Professor of Anthropology Laura Weyrich have been selected as the first cohort of a new program that provides practical leadership experience to interested faculty members.
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HGSAC Elects New Co-Chairs
The Huck Graduate Student Advisory Committee (HGSAC) has elected two new co-chairs for the 2022-23 academic year - Plant Biology student Alenka Hafner and Bioinformatics and Genomics student Corrine Smolen.
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New Metabolomics Facility Personnel and Equipment
New director Ashley Shay and assistant research professor Sergei Koshkin have joined scientific director of metabolomics Andrew Patterson, along with two new state-of-the-art LC-MS instruments.
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Penn State Team Wins Global Biodiversity Competition
A group of Penn Staters placed first in the Global Frog Discovery Challenge, a competition that attracted over 9,000 participants across more than 100 countries.
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Applied Evolution Symposium
This Sept. 22 gathering will bring together researchers at Penn State interested in the topic of applied evolution to share ideas, build networks, and generate new conversations.
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Regenerative Engineering Symposium
On Oct. 7, academic pioneers, clinicians, and industrial leaders will discuss how trans-disciplinary convergence will transform regenerative engineering research, workforce training, and patient care.
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LIVESTREAMED PODCAST EPISODE
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Changing the Game in Stem Cell Engineering
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering Lance Lian will join the Symbiotic podcast live at 12:00 noon on Wednesday, September 28. The latest subject of our "Risk-Takers and Game-Changers" series, Lian is on the forefront of stem cell engineering. Bookmark this page now!
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