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Feb 06, 2023
2022 Penn State Cancer Research Day: An event for trainees, by trainees
On Oct. 15, the Penn State Cancer Institute’s (PSCI) Cancer Research Day enjoyed its greatest attendance in the event’s five-year history, with 117 attendees including faculty, staff and primarily trainees consisting of undergraduate, graduate and medical students and postdoctoral scholars.
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Feb 06, 2023
New AI tool helps provide better care to pregnant women in Kenya
Kenya has one of the world’s highest maternal mortality rates, and more than one-third of the country’s maternal and neonatal deaths are due to delays in mothers seeking care.
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Feb 02, 2023
New sensor enables 'smart diapers,' range of other health monitors
Waaahhh! While babies have a natural mechanism for alerting their parents that they need a diaper change, a new sensor developed by researchers at Penn State could help workers in daycares, hospitals and other settings provide more immediate care to their charges.
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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
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
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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