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Huck seeks grad students for immersive facility assistantships

Huck seeks grad students for immersive facility assistantships

Q&A: New text to serve as reference for advances in plant development

Q&A: New text to serve as reference for advances in plant development

Q&A: Are plants the key to solving energy and food crises worldwide?

Q&A: Are plants the key to solving energy and food crises worldwide?

Four researchers win data harmonization competition

Four researchers win data harmonization competition

Third Center for RNA Molecular Biology Symposium brings together researchers

Third Center for RNA Molecular Biology Symposium brings together researchers

Penn State student wins international award for sourdough microbiome research

Penn State student wins international award for sourdough microbiome research

STAIR Leadership Summit aims to fill unmet need in research administration

STAIR Leadership Summit aims to fill unmet need in research administration

Common protective soybean seed treatment may not increase profitability

Common protective soybean seed treatment may not increase profitability

Q&A: Ebola outbreak and public health emergency

College of Medicine appoints Indira Mysorekar to vice dean role

College of Medicine appoints Indira Mysorekar to vice dean role

Q&A: What can plant evolution teach people about breeding better crops?

Q&A: What can plant evolution teach people about breeding better crops?

Novel biogel may solve a hairy problem for wearable brain-monitoring systems

Novel biogel may solve a hairy problem for wearable brain-monitoring systems

New Beescape updates include county-level plant recommendations for pollinators

New Beescape updates include county-level plant recommendations for pollinators

Rwenzori Mountains’ first major fire in 12,000 years marked new era for climate

Rwenzori Mountains’ first major fire in 12,000 years marked new era for climate

Worker bumble bees help determine which baby bee will become queen

Worker bumble bees help determine which baby bee will become queen

$3M NIH grant to support research on memory and exaggerated fear responses

$3M NIH grant to support research on memory and exaggerated fear responses

Stretchy implants could stick to arteries to treat high blood pressure

Stretchy implants could stick to arteries to treat high blood pressure

Soil scientist awarded $1.6M NSF grant to study ‘living skin’ of arid ecosystems

Soil scientist awarded $1.6M NSF grant to study ‘living skin’ of arid ecosystems

A delegation from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations recently visited Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

College of Ag Sciences, FAO mark one-year anniversary of Youth Food Lab

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

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

Q&A: Tips to protect against ticks

Q&A: Tips to protect against ticks

Dirty mind? Study suggests gut movement may flush excess material from our brains

Doctor's hand on pregnant belly.

Elevated blood sugar levels during pregnancy may result in poorer birth outcomes

Dipanjan Pan, Huck Chair in Nanomedicine and professor of material science and engineering as well as of nuclear engineering, has been appointed to serve as the Huck Institutes’ first director for innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystems. He brings an extensive track record of entrepreneurship to the role and will help other faculty members explore their options when it comes to commercializing research. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

Dipanjan Pan named Huck director for innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystems