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March 18, 2021

Five reasons why COVID herd immunity is probably impossible
honey bee on a flower

March 18, 2021

Master Gardeners to celebrate pollinator-friendly garden program milestone

March 17, 2021

How Much Should We Really Worry About the Coronavirus Variants?
Ottar N. Bjørnstad, Distinguished Professor of Entomology and Biology and J. Lloyd and Dorothy Foehr Huck Chair of Epidemiology at Penn State, has been elected to the Norwegian Academy of Sciences and Letters. In this photo taken in 2017, he was a visiting professor at the Marshall Center for Infectious Disease at the University of Western Australia. IMAGE: PENN STATE

March 17, 2021

Ottar Bjørnstad elected to Norwegian Academy of Sciences and Letters
Researchers have developed a novel Strep zoo diagnostic test that can distinguish between virulent and avirulent strains of the pathogen and provide results in as little as four hours, giving swine producers a better chance to keep a potentially deadly disease outbreak from spreading.IMAGE: ANN TAYLOR-SCHMIDT

March 17, 2021

Tool can provide swine producers with early diagnosis of often-fatal 'Strep zoo'
Matt Ferrari IMAGE: PENN STATE

March 17, 2021

Matt Ferrari named director of Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics
Ganesh Anand, associate professor of chemistry. IMAGE: PROVIDED

March 15, 2021

Lab Bench to Commercialization grant recipients announced
A mantid eating a spotted lanternfly

March 15, 2021

A wing and a prayer: Chickens, praying mantises among likely lanternfly enemies
Shaun Mahony, assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular biology. IMAGE: PENN STATE

March 11, 2021

Biochemistry and molecular biology professor receives NSF CAREER Award
Melanie McReynolds IMAGE: PENN STATE

March 11, 2021

Eberly college welcomes alumna Melanie McReynolds as new faculty member
The 2021 Water Forum will take place virtually on the afternoons of March 24 and 25, and is an opportunity for the Penn State water community to come together to hear from outside speakers and get updates on and contribute to key Penn State water initiatives. IMAGE: PROVIDED

March 10, 2021

2021 Water Forum to take place on March 24, 25
The results of a new model predict that the infection fatality ratio for SARS-CoV-2 may fall below that of seasonal influenza (0.1%) once an endemic steady-state is reached. IMAGE: USMAN YOUSAF, UNSPLASH

March 09, 2021

Another common cold virus?

March 09, 2021

One-Fifth Of Allegheny County Residents Have Been Vaccinated

March 09, 2021

The vaccines are working. That's why we shouldn't panic about variants.
Laura Cabrera joined the Penn State Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics and the Rock Ethics Institute on March 1. She also joined the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, the Center for Neural Engineering and the bioethics program in Penn State’s College of the Liberal Arts. IMAGE: PROVIDED BY LAURA CABRERA

March 08, 2021

Neuroethics researcher and professor joins Penn State
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

March 08, 2021

New Appointments to Build on Excellence in Graduate Training

March 08, 2021

Putting wastewater to use, Penn State researchers track COVID-19 trends
An artistic photograph called "5 Dimensional" which is an image of a red haired woman on a purple background with 5 bee eyes Photoshopped onto her face by Darya Alvarez

March 04, 2021

Undergraduate Research Award Funds Pollinator Photo Project
Millennium Science Complex IMAGE: PENN STATE

March 04, 2021

Materials Research Institute announces seed grant recipients

March 04, 2021

One year since pandemic hit New York, new strain emerges in upper Manhattan
By modeling wolves in Yellowstone National Park, researchers have discovered that how a population is organized into social groups affects the spread of infectious diseases within the population. IMAGE: NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

March 02, 2021

Wolf social group dynamics matter for infectious disease spread, models suggest

March 02, 2021

Should the US start prioritizing first vaccine doses to beat the variants?
Elizabeth McGraw. Credit: Patrick Mansell, Penn State / Penn State. Creative Commons

February 26, 2021

Elizabeth McGraw named head of Department of Biology
Researchers found that that the optimal timeframe for donating convalescent plasma for use in COVID-19 immunotherapy is within 60 days of the onset of symptoms. IMAGE: VIKTORCAP, GETTY IMAGES

February 25, 2021

Study finds short window for donating convalescent plasma to COVID-19 patients