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Katriona Shea, alumni professor of biology in the Eberly College of Science at Penn State. IMAGE: PENN STATE

Apr 02, 2019

Shea recognized with 2019 Palmer Faculty Mentoring Award

Katriona Shea, alumni professor of biology in the Eberly College of Science, is the recipient of Penn State's 2019 Howard B. Palmer Faculty Mentoring Award. The award honors and recognizes outstanding achievement by a faculty member with at least five years of service who effectively guides junior faculty.

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Apr 02, 2019

Michael Axtell Among Five Receiving Faculty Scholar Medals

Five Penn State faculty members have received 2019 Faculty Scholar Medals for Outstanding Achievement for excellence in scholarship, research and the arts.

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Apr 02, 2019

Guiltinan, Maximova receive the 2019 Kopp International Achievement Award

Mark Guiltinan, professor of plant molecular biology, and Siela Maximova, research professor of plant biotechnology, both in the College of Agricultural Sciences, are the recipients of Penn State's 2019 W. LaMarr Kopp International Achievement Award.

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This month's Institute for CyberScience seminar will feature a panel discussion at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 11, in 233B HUB-Robeson Center, will feature a panel of Penn State experts who will discuss the benefits — and the risks — of using AI in the healthcare industry. IMAGE: PIXABAY

Apr 02, 2019

'AI will see you now': Panel to discuss the AI revolution in health and medicine

This month’s CyberScience Seminar, organized by the Institute for CyberScience (ICS), will be held from 1:30–3 p.m. on Thursday, April 11, in 233B HUB-Robeson Center and will feature a panel of Penn State experts who will discuss the benefits — and the risks — of using AI in the healthcare industry.

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Apr 02, 2019

Scientists discover hundreds more genes with potential link to addictions

Many human diseases, such as tobacco and alcohol addictions, are heritable. Until now, little has been known about what genetic factors contribute to these addictions, and if they put people at risk of inheriting other medical conditions. A recent study, published in Nature Genetics, reveals that these addictions may result from a complex blend of genes and environmental influences, and are genetically correlated to other health issues and diseases.

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"Finding Your Roots: The Seedlings" followed campers at a new genetics and genealogy camp.IMAGE: KRISTIAN BERG / WPSU / PENN STATE

Apr 01, 2019

New Penn State curriculum to be featured nationally on PBS show

A new genetics and genealogy curriculum co-developed by Nina Jablonski, Evan Pugh University Professor of Anthropology and director of the Center for Human Evolution and Diversity in the College of the Liberal Arts, will be featured on PBS' "Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr." on April 9.

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Apr 01, 2019

Huck Institutes Seeks Assistant Director of Graduate Education, Training, and Diversity

The Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences is seeking an energetic Penn State tenured graduate faculty member with a proven background in teaching and mentoring graduate students to serve as the Assistant Director of Graduate Education, Training and Diversity.

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Increased human activities around the boundaries of the Serengeti National Park and Maasai Mara National Reserve in East Africa have damaged habitat and constrained the area available for the migration of wildebeest, zebra and gazelles. IMAGE: ANNA ESTES, PENN STATE

Apr 01, 2019

The Serengeti-Mara squeeze: One of the world's iconic ecosystems under pressure

Study finds increased human activity around East African reserves disrupting wildlife, damaging habitat

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Beescape.org provides a tool for beekeepers, gardeners, growers and land managers to assess the quality of their landscapes for supporting managed honey bees and wild bees. IMAGE: PIXABAY

Apr 01, 2019

Introducing Beescape: A new online tool and community to support bees 1

A new online tool and community, called Beescape, enables beekeepers, or anyone interested in bees, to understand the specific stressors to which the bees in their managed hives, home gardens or farms are exposed, according to researchers at Penn State.

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From left to right: Glen Gifford, Charge de Mission (OIE); Harsh Vardhan, honorable minister, Ministries of Science and Technology; Earth Science; Environment, Forest and Climate Change; Renu Swarup, secretary, Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology; Purvi Mehta, head, Asia, Agriculture (Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation); S.R. Rao, senior adviser, Department of Biotechnology; and Shri Tarun Shridhar, secretary, Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, at the One Health India Conference 2019. IMAGE: IMAGE PROVIDED

Mar 28, 2019

India launches One Health Initiative with help from Penn State's ABRL

Penn State’s Applied Biological and Biosecurity Research Laboratory (ABRL), together with support from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the United States Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s Biological Threat Reduction Program, recently worked with India’s Department of Biotechnology within the Ministry of Science and Technology to help the Indian government launch its complex and ambitious One Health Initiative at the One Health India Conference 2019.

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