Search underway for first senior vice provost and chief of staff at Penn State
July 11, 2025 at 03:02 AM | Source: https://www.psu.edu/news
Penn State has opened a national search for the inaugural candidate for the position of senior vice provost and chief of staff. Working with Fotis Sotiropoulos, incoming executive vice president and provost, the position will provide high-level leadership and serve as an adviser and integrative leader across academic and administrative units.
Skin-like sensor monitors internal, external body movement, electrical signals
July 9, 2025 at 03:05 PM | Source: https://www.psu.edu/news
A new skin-like sensor developed by an international team led by researchers at Penn State could help doctors monitor vital signs more accurately, track healing after surgery and even help patients with bladder control issues.
Penn State student-athletes shine in the classroom in spring semester 2025
July 9, 2025 at 02:03 PM | Source: https://www.psu.edu/news
Penn State student-athletes registered a stellar semester in the classroom with a 3.28 term grade-point average in spring 2025. The Nittany Lions had spring records with 578 students (73%) with a 3.0 semester GPA and 291 dean’s list honorees (12+ credits & 3.5 semester GPA). In addition, 62 full-time students tallied a 4.0 semester with 16 carrying a 4.0 cumulative GPA.
Structure of tick-borne virus revealed at atomic resolution for the first time
July 9, 2025 at 02:03 PM | Source: https://www.psu.edu/news
Rates of the Powassan virus infections — which can cause seizures and paralysis — are increasing across North America. Researchers from Penn State, the University of Minnesota and the U.S. Department of Agriculture have built a high resolution, 3D structure of the virus for the first time, a key step for developing strategies to prevent and treat infection.
Measuring how – and where – Antarctic ice is cracking with new data tool
July 9, 2025 at 01:38 PM | Source: https://www.psu.edu/news
To better understand processes driving change in Antarctic ice shelves, a team led by researchers at Penn State developed a new method to evaluate cracks that destabilize the shelves and accelerate ice losses.
Private tutoring linked to student disengagement, researchers find
July 8, 2025 at 12:12 PM | Source: https://www.psu.edu/news
Researchers led by Soo-yong Byun, a College of Education professor, found that South Korean elementary students who consistently attend private tutoring are more likely to become behaviorally disengaged in their regular classrooms. The results raise concerns about the unintended consequences of supplemental learning, Byun said.
Fungicides intended to suppress turfgrass diseases may damage fairways
July 8, 2025 at 09:55 AM | Source: https://www.psu.edu/news
Golf course managers have much more insight into which fungicides to use to suppress turfgrass diseases, such as the common and costly dollar spot disease, without damaging the grass on their fairways, thanks to a new study by researchers at Penn State.
Sending a 'We Are!' to these Penn Staters — July 7
July 7, 2025 at 02:30 PM | Source: https://www.psu.edu/news
As part of our regular “We Are!” feature, we recognize 20 Penn Staters who have gone above and beyond what’s asked of them in their work at the University.
Art history doctoral student awarded Smithsonian fellowship
July 7, 2025 at 02:08 PM | Source: https://www.psu.edu/news
Han Chen, a doctoral student in the College of Arts and Architecture’s Department of Art History, has been awarded a Smithsonian Institution Predoctoral Fellowship at the National Museum of Asian Art in Washington, D.C., where she will work on her dissertation titled “Chinese Art en route: (Re)constructing Global Knowledge of China in the Art Markets, 1900-1950.”
‘Scialog’ grant to study how rising ocean temperatures affect fish behavior
July 7, 2025 at 01:31 PM | Source: https://www.psu.edu/news
A wildlife behavioral ecologist at Penn State is part of a multi-institution team that received funding from Scialog: Neurobiology and Changing Ecosystems, a international three-year initiative that aims to spark new science exploring neurobiological responses to rapidly changing environments.