Arboretum comes aglow with holiday decorations, winter celebration
December 6, 2024 at 12:01 PM | Source: http://news.psu.edu/
The Arboretum’s gardens will be open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. each day during the annual holiday light display, beginning Friday, Dec. 6, and continuing through Sunday, Jan. 19. Admission is free and no ticket is required. The Arboretum also will hold a Winter Celebration after a hiatus of several years from 4 to 8 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 13.
Tracking immune cell brain cancer therapies with ultrasound
December 6, 2024 at 09:39 AM | Source: https://www.psu.edu/news
With a five-year, $3.2 million grant from the National Cancer Institute, a team led by biomedical engineering researchers at Penn State will apply ultrasound imaging technology to monitor the transport of genetically engineered, cancer-fighting macrophages into brain tumors.
Arts history faculty member’s Manet research informs Boston museum exhibit
December 5, 2024 at 01:10 PM | Source: https://www.psu.edu/news
Penn State Professor Nancy Locke’s research centered on the life and artwork of 19th century French modernist Édouard Manet has inspired the first-ever exhibition that explores the artist through the lens of the complex familial relationships between and amongst Manet and his sitters.
Art history faculty member’s Manet research informs Boston museum exhibit
December 5, 2024 at 01:10 PM | Source: https://www.psu.edu/news
Penn State Professor Nancy Locke’s research centered on the life and artwork of 19th-century French modernist Édouard Manet has inspired the first-ever exhibition that explores the artist through the lens of the complex familial relationships between and amongst Manet and his sitters. Locke is a professor of art history and director of graduate studies in the Department of Art History in the College of Arts and Architecture.
Penn State Harrisburg sees significant growth in external research expenditures
December 5, 2024 at 10:32 AM | Source: https://www.psu.edu/news
Over the past five years, external research expenditures at Penn State Harrisburg have grown by more than 200%, underscoring the college's expanding impact as a research institution, both regionally and globally.
$2 million gift will expand disability support services at Penn State Behrend
December 5, 2024 at 10:27 AM | Source: https://www.psu.edu/news
A $2 million estate gift from Risa Glick, a 1986 graduate of Penn State Behrend, will expand and enhance support services for students, faculty and staff. The funding will provide direct assistance for temporary or ongoing needs and will be administered by the college’s Office of Disability Services.
Grants support research collaboration between Harrisburg, College of Medicine
December 5, 2024 at 09:22 AM | Source: https://www.psu.edu/news
The Penn State Inter-Campus Health and Medicine Research Program, a partnership created to support interdisciplinary research in health and medicine, has awarded its inaugural planning and seed grants to four teams of faculty from Penn State Harrisburg and Penn State College of Medicine.
The Medical Minute: Shingles and its shot: What you need to know to stay healthy
December 5, 2024 at 07:52 AM | Source: https://www.psu.edu/news
The same virus that causes chickenpox can also reemerge as shingles, causing a painful string of rashes. A Penn State Health family medicine physician discusses the symptoms and why he recommends the shingles vaccine for adults 50 and older and adults with weakened immune systems.
Straining a material’s atomic arrangement may make for cleaner, smarter devices
December 5, 2024 at 12:37 AM | Source: https://www.psu.edu/news
What’s the best way to precisely manipulate a material’s properties to the desired state? It may be straining the material’s very atoms, according to a team led by researchers at Penn State. The team discovered that “spray painting” atoms of potassium niobate, a material used in advanced electronics, could tune the resulting thin films with exquisite control. The finding, published in Advanced Materials, could drive environmentally friendly advancements in consumer electronics, medical devices and quantum computing, the researchers said.
Things to Do at Penn State: Dec. 5-31
December 4, 2024 at 02:24 PM | Source: https://www.psu.edu/news
Penn State Centre Stage's "A Christmas Carol," Peter Billingsley at Penn State York, and a performance from the Penn State Altoona Ivyside Pride choral group are among the cultural highlights across the University through the end of the year.