Still Life
Commencement across Penn State: Spring 2012
Spring commencement 2012 under way
Penn State, Moroccan students problem-solve together
Finals Week Spring Semester 2012
Children explore career options at University Park
Painting the Lines at Beaver Stadium
Did They Get It Right? - RedTails
Iconic Penn State elm taken down over spring break 2012
We ... are Penn State (December 19, 2011)
Disease stricken matching elm tree slated for removal
Penn State's creamery, from the cow to the cone
Research space at Penn State College of Medicine will increase thanks to the nearly $2.8 million awarded to Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The money is part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Two office suites on the second floor of the college will be converted from administrative office space into open laboratories, lab support rooms and offices for principal investigators in the Penn State Hershey Drug Discovery Program, which helps researchers explore potential drugs to treat disease. The complete project will encompass approximately 9,000 square feet. (more)
A new initiative to improve children's nutrition education and increase the amount of healthy foods available in schools is a collaboration among Penn State researchers; Pennsylvania's Departments of Health, Education, and Agriculture; Pennsylvania food manufacturers and food distributors; and school districts across the state. The project, led by Penn State and supported for two years by an $800,000 grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, seeks to improve children's understanding of nutrition and help them make smarter food choices. (more)
Penn State has been awarded $2.5 million from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for two projects that could change the way the nation uses and produces energy. The money, funded through the DOE's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, is part of a second round of funding of the Recovery Act of 2009, U.S. Sens. Arlen Specter and Bob Casey of Pennsylvania announced Thursday (April 29). (more)
When it comes to chronic diseases, knowledge is power, according to Penn State researchers who will test an education program on patients with high blood pressure to help them manage their disease. The project, spearheaded by William Gerin, professor of biobehavioral health, and Chris Sciamanna, professor, Department of Medicine, Penn State College of Medicine, received $1.5 million from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute as part of the National Institutes of Health's American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding for this study. (more)
A mass spectrometer that will help researchers interpret and understand the history of the Earth system will join other instruments in the Penn State's multi-user Materials Characterization Laboratory, thanks to a $724,000 grant through the National Science Foundation's Major Research Instrumentation Program. (more)
Scientists and education specialists in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences are developing an innovative new educational program aimed at helping young people understand the relationships between environmental quality and human health. (more)
Both genetics and parents who comfort their infants with food are the focus of a study funded for $1 million by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestion and Kidney Disease. The study investigates risk factors for childhood obesity. The grant is part of the National Institutes of Health American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding. (more)
The potential effects of climate change on the spread of infectious diseases, such as malaria and dengue fever, are the focus of a nearly $1.9 million grant from the National Science Foundation intended to further the studies of a Penn State-led group of researchers. The grant is part of federal stimulus funding authorized under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. (more)
A nearly $1.9 million grant from the National Science Foundation is enabling a Penn State-led group of researchers to continue studies on the potential effects of climate change on the spread of infectious diseases, such as malaria and dengue. The grant is part of federal stimulus funding authorized under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. (more)
Cell phones to their ears, a team of research participants will report their interpersonal interactions in real time to provide a better view of human behavior thanks to a $1 million grant from the National Institute of Aging as part of the National Institutes of Health's American Recover and Reinvestment Act funding. (more)
