Still Life
University Park Airport Emergency Response Exercise
Commencement across Penn State: Spring 2012
Spring commencement 2012 under way
Penn State, Moroccan students problem-solve together
Finals Week Spring Semester 2012
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
The 11th Annual Melanoma Mini-Symposium will be held noon to 4:30 p.m. on Monday, May 21, in the Junker Auditorium on the campus of Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and Penn State College of Medicine. This year's theme is Natural and Synthetic Nanoparticle for Treating and Imaging Melanoma. (more)
On Thursday, May 10, Hershey Entertainment & Resorts (HE&R) presented Children's Miracle Network at Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital with the net proceeds from the 2011 Hershey Half Marathon, totaling $135,000. (more)
Reducing the non-FDA-approved use of antipsychotic drugs may be a way to save money while having little effect on patient care, according to a Penn State College of Medicine study. Researchers say that 57.6 percent of patients prescribed antipsychotic medications in data from 2003 did not have schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, the conditions for which the drugs were approved for use. Use of medication for treatments that is not FDA-approved is called off-label use. (more)
Infants, children and young adults admitted as patients to Lancaster General Hospital now have onsite access to care from Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital pediatricians. The service is part of a new pediatric hospitalist partnership between Lancaster General Health and Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. (more)
Injuries are both predictable and preventable and the leading cause of death and disability for all children 1 to 14 years of age. All children and their families need information on keeping their children safe as they grow and wherever they are. (more)
A ribbon-cutting and open house on Thursday, May 10, celebrated the new Penn State Hershey Heart and Vascular Institute-Hanover. The opening marks a significant expansion of Penn State Hershey's heart and vascular services in the Hanover community. (more)
Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center welcomed Robin Roberts of ABC's "Good Morning America" to Seasons of Health 2012. The event at the Hershey Lodge featured an interactive health and wellness fair, panel discussions with Medical Center experts, and a brunch with a keynote speech from Roberts. The popular television host and breast cancer survivor encouraged people to "make your mess your message" by turning it into "a way you can be of service to others." Afterward, Roberts signed books and posed for photographs with attendees. Earlier in the day, she headlined a VIP reception.
To view photos, visit http://live.psu.edu/flickrset/72157629656441124. (more)
The 22nd annual Ballantine Lecture will be held at 4 p.m. on Thursday, May 10, in the Junker Auditorium on the campus of Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and Penn State College of Medicine. The featured speaker will be D. Alex Gillis, former chief of surgery, IWK Hospital for Children and chairman, Department of Surgery, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia. He will present "The Halifax Explosion... Was it the Big Bang for Pediatric Surgery?" (more)
The inaugural Symposium of Penn State Hershey Institute for Personalized Medicine will be held 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday, June 8 at the University Conference Center on the Penn State Hershey campus. (more)
Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center's Christopher Sciamanna, M.D., M.P.H., is seeking volunteers who experience a lot of stress who are interested in decreasing their stress and improving their well-being. (more)
