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September 10, 2026

NSF STAIR curriculum expands Penn State’s ACES research administration program

September 10, 2026

‘Ex-Utero’ project uses art, science to explore regenerative medicine

September 09, 2026

Peer-led computing camps engage children, study finds

September 09, 2026

Could plant scientists breed heavy metal contamination out of cacao?

Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics News

August 03, 2026

How does a deadly chicken virus escape vaccines designed to slow it?

July 24, 2026

NIH grants $2.8M to develop tools for study of mosquito-microbe interactions

July 20, 2026

Ganda, Kovac and Hao named Huck chairs

July 20, 2026

Community-engaged research unit awards seed grants

July 10, 2026

Penn State Master Gardeners to share gardening expertise at Ag Progress Days

June 10, 2026

Huck names Leadership Fellows for 2026-27

May 22, 2026

Q&A: Ebola outbreak and public health emergency

May 11, 2026

Q&A: Is AI democratizing global health or reinforcing old inequities?

May 11, 2026

Q&A: Tips to protect against ticks

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

March 20, 2026

Penn State Global announces 2025-26 awards recipients

Colorized transmission electron micrograph showing H1N1 influenza virus particles. Surface proteins on the virus particles are shown in black. A study led by Penn State scientists demonstrates a way to stop the influenza virus from leaping from one host to the next while continuing to keep the virus from replicating inside the host. Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). All Rights Reserved.

March 13, 2026

Targeting two flu proteins sharply reduces airborne spread

March 10, 2026

Q&A: What factors influence likelihood and severity of Ebola outbreaks?

Two people on the floor of a rainforest in Belize

January 22, 2026

College of Ag Sciences awards bridge funding for global research collaborations

Researchers used advanced imaging techniques, conducted at Penn State’s publicly funded Core Facilities, to study the architecture of the Turnip Crinkle Virus (TCV). This plant pathogen has an icosahedral — or 20-sided — shell that is the same structure as many human pathogens, such as enteroviruses, noroviruses, poliovirus, hepatitis B virus and the virus that causes chickenpox. Pictured are Varun Venkatakrishnan, left, a Penn State doctoral student, and Ganesh Anand, associate professor of chemistry, biochemistry and molecular biology at Penn State. Credit: Michelle Bixby / Penn State. Creative Commons

December 12, 2025

Unique bond identified as key to viral infection speed

Vaccine-induced false positives are a major roadblock in the development and approval of an HIV vaccine, according to a research team at Penn State. The researchers developed a test that can differentiate between false positives and active HIV infections. Credit: MicroStockHub/Getty Images. All Rights Reserved.

December 03, 2025