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Apr 11, 2023
Study on how neurons move offers new insight into neurodegenerative diseases
Neurons, which are responsible for producing the signals that ultimately trigger an action like talking or moving a muscle, are built and maintained by classes of motor proteins that transport molecular cargo along elongated tracks called microtubules.
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Apr 07, 2023
CBBC Announces Student Travel Award
The Center for Brain, Behavior, and Cognition (CBBC) at Penn State is pleased to announce a center-specific travel award for a student that will present their own research on integrative mechanisms of behavior or cognition at a national or international scientific conference.
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Apr 07, 2023
Penn State Global announces 2022-23 faculty, staff, student awards
Penn State Global has announced the 2022-23 recipients of its annual awards that recognize the outstanding contributions of individuals and academic programs at Penn State who have helped to advance the University’s global engagement goals.
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Apr 07, 2023
Two ecology doctoral students receive Alumni Association Dissertation Awards
Laura Jones and Caylon Yates, doctoral students in Penn State’s intercollegiate graduate degree program in ecology, were recognized as recipients of 2022-23 Alumni Association Dissertation Awards.
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Apr 06, 2023
Architecture doctoral student honored for urban stormwater runoff research
Rui Wang, an architecture doctoral student in the College of Arts and Architecture’s Stuckeman School, came to Penn State to further pursue research regarding a problem plaguing many Chinese cities, including her hometown of Wuhan: flooding and pollution caused by urban stormwater runoff.
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Apr 06, 2023
Forty graduate students recognized with prestigious University awards
Forty Penn State graduate students were named recipients of Penn State’s most prestigious annual graduate student awards, administered by the Graduate School in collaboration with several Penn State units.
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Apr 06, 2023
Broccoli consumption protects gut lining, reduces disease, in mice
Broccoli is known to be beneficial to our health. For example, research has shown that increased consumption of the cruciferous vegetable decreases incidences of cancer and type 2 diabetes.
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Apr 05, 2023
Digging into the past: Forgotten soil samples are opportunity for new research
While most time capsules found on campus feature pop-culture relics like vintage copies of the Daily Collegian newspaper, the College of Agricultural Sciences has unearthed a different kind of relic: sealed jars of soil samples collected by Penn State researchers in 1915 and 1933.
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Apr 03, 2023
Squash bees flourish in response to agricultural intensification
While pollinator populations of many species have plummeted worldwide, one bee species is blowing up the map with its rapid population expansion.
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Apr 03, 2023
Innovative method predicts the effects of climate change on cold-blooded animals
In the face of a warming climate that is having a profound effect on global biodiversity and will change the distribution and abundance of many animals, a Penn State-led research team has developed a statistical model that improves estimates of habitat suitability and extinction probability for cold-blooded animals as temperatures climb.
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