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September 17, 2024

Chickadees Show How Species Boundaries Can Shift and Blur
Sport-related stress may contribute to some NCAA Division One swimmers and runners failing to consume enough calories to fuel their bodies, according to a new study from researchers in the Penn State Department of Kinesiology. Credit: Photos by pixdeluxe/Getty Images and PeopleImages; collage by Dennis Maney . All Rights Reserved.

September 16, 2024

Sport-related stress may affect whether college athletes eat enough calories
The 2024-25 Teaching and Learning Technologies Faculty Advisory Committee members are, from top left, Alison Borkowska, Chris Gamrat, Dawn Pfeifer Reitz, Dylan Paré; Emily Rimland, Kevin Haworth, John Haubrick, Kimberley Hemmings-Jarrett; Mary Ann Smith, Melanie Miller Foster, Stuart Selber and Tiffany Petricini. Not pictured is Seth Powless. Credit: Teaching and Learning with Technology. All Rights Reserved.. All Rights Reserved.

September 15, 2024

2024-25 Teaching and Learning Technologies Faculty Advisory Committee members named

September 15, 2024

Study Reveals One Way to Limit Your Caloric Intake While Snacking

September 13, 2024

How this one climate fix means a school nurse sees fewer students sick from the heat
KJ Vinoy, Professor, and prior Chair of Electrical Communication Engineering (ECE) and an alumnus of Penn State, presented his research during Penn State – IISc joint research workshop in December 2023 at IISc in Bangaluru, India. Credit: Anna Marshall / Penn State.

September 12, 2024

Penn State, Indian Institute of Science award joint research seed grants
Nine faculty members were named the 2024 IEE Fellows. In the front row, from left, are Heather Preisendanz, Nilanjan Ray Chaudhuri, Li Li and Miriam Freedman. In the back row, from left, are Adri van Duin, Charles Anderson, Armen Kemanian, Siela Maximova, Enrique Gomez (Not pictured: Karen Fisher-Vanden) Credit: Kevin Sliman. All Rights Reserved.

September 12, 2024

Nine researchers named Institute of Energy and the Environment Fellows
Alan Taylor, a recently retired and now professor emeritus of geography, spent decades researching West Coast landscape and fire ecology. He used ecological signals and human history to paint a picture of how forests changed over time. Credit: Photo provided / Penn State. Creative Commons

September 12, 2024

Taylor’s research legacy shines light on California wildfires, forest ecology

September 12, 2024

Penn State leaders outline priorities, including research

September 12, 2024

How heat in seas off West Africa is making the Atlantic's hurricane season a nightmare

September 12, 2024

Classic snack combo can increase your caloric intake by 77%: ‘Striking’

September 12, 2024

Penn State professor part of team finding potential new way to treat Alzheimer's
Credit: Brennan Dincher / Penn State.

September 11, 2024

Three projects receive Huck Innovative and Transformational Seed Fund grants

September 11, 2024

Reversing Alzheimer’s Early Defects? Scientists Discover Key Treatment Target

September 11, 2024

Ditch popular snack duo that sees you eat almost twice the 'mindless' calories, scientists warn
New experimental technique developed by Penn State researchers helps uncover how certain proteins cooperate to bind to otherwise closed regions of the genome to facilitate cell differentiation and development. Illustration shows expanded view of chromosome from a cell at the upper left. The “pioneer factor” FOXA1 co-binds with AP-1, allowing FOXA1 to locate target sites in the genome with high specificity. Credit: Holly Godin/Bai Laboratory / Penn State.

September 10, 2024

Genomic pioneers collaborate to access the inaccessible

September 10, 2024

Best Solar Panels for Your Home in 2024
Vishal Singh, left, conducted this study in his lab, the Nutrition and Microbiome—Singh Lab, as part of a team that consisted of graduate research assistants, postdoctoral scholars, undergraduate students and collaborations with researchers from other departments in the University and outside of Penn State. Credit: Provided by Vishal Singh. All Rights Reserved.

September 09, 2024

Refined dietary fiber may increase risk for inflammatory bowel disease
The Student Health Center on Penn State's University Park campus. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. Creative Commons

September 09, 2024

Penn State community reminded to take COVID-19 precautions

September 08, 2024

Foliage forecasts are bullish, despite summer’s heat. Here’s what leaf peepers in Philly and elsewhere can expect.

September 06, 2024

Do flies vomit on our food and make us sick?
Promotional poster for “Caretelling: Stories to Sustain Ourselves,” an interdisciplinary group exhibition on display through December that explores the intersection of storytelling and caregiving through collaborative art-making, video installations and graphic narratives. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

September 05, 2024

Woskob Gallery to host workshop for exhibit exploring storytelling, caregiving
Study authors Olivia Leach, at the computer terminal, and Rachel Cottle, holding the breathing tube, pose in the environmental chamber used to study vulnerability to temperature and humidity. Credit: Provided by W. Larry Kenney . All Rights Reserved.

September 03, 2024

Older women more vulnerable to heat than their male peers, researchers find
Five new research collaborations between Penn State and minority-serving institutions selected to receive seed funding via the Inter-Institutional Partnerships for Diversifying Research program

August 29, 2024

Call for Submissions: Faculty course buyouts for large grant writing