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Feb 02, 2023
'Growing Impact' podcast discusses making fuels from waste
The latest episode of the Growing Impact podcast features a project focused on turning agricultural and municipal wastes into bioproducts, primarily low-carbon biofuels.
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Feb 01, 2023
Improving heart health by diversifying genetic data
On the first Friday of February, many Americans wear red to kick off American Heart Month and bring attention to the prevalence of heart disease — the leading cause of death in the United States.
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Feb 01, 2023
'Burn' author Herman Pontzer to deliver 2023 Darwin Day Lecture
Penn State alumnus Herman Pontzer, associate professor of evolutionary anthropology at Duke University, will deliver a lecture titled “Healthy as a Hunter-Gatherer: Evolutionary Perspectives on Exercise, Diet, and Metabolism” as part of this year’s annual Darwin Day celebration.
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Feb 01, 2023
Rashonda Harris to become the next assistant vice president for Research
Rashonda Harris has been announced as the new assistant vice president for Research, post-award contractual compliance.
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Jan 31, 2023
EMS professors honor ‘Hall of Fame’ educators who inspired them
For Haley Sankey, assistant teaching professor of energy and sustainability policy, it was a teacher’s humor, patience and ability to empower that inspired her to become an educator.
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Jan 31, 2023
Eissenstat retires from College of Ag Sciences after three decades at Penn State
David Eissenstat, professor of woody plant physiology, retired recently after a distinguished 28-year career on the Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences faculty, including a two-year stint as interim head of the Department of Ecosystem Science and Management.
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Jan 31, 2023
Five Penn State faculty elected to 2022 cohort of AAAS Fellows
Five Penn State faculty members in areas ranging from the geosciences and atmospheric science to plant ecology and genome editing have been elected to the 2022 cohort of fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society.
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Jan 31, 2023
Federal funding for Invent Penn State empowers Pennsylvania workforce
Invent Penn State recently received $300,000 in federal funding for Industry 4.0 technical training as well as an entrepreneurship digital training program.
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Jan 30, 2023
Honey bee colony loss in the U.S. linked to mites, extreme weather, pesticides
About one-third of the food eaten by Americans comes from crops pollinated by honey bees, yet the insect is dying off at alarming rates.
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Jan 30, 2023
Aquatic organisms respond to flooding and drought disturbance in different ways
Populations of various species of aquatic insects and other invertebrates respond to flooding and waterway drying due to drought in different ways that can be anticipated, according to a new Penn State-led study that employed a novel method to assess the stability of stream ecosystems.
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