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Laura Schechter, an economics professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will lead a seminar on Penn State's University Park campus on the availability of clean sanitation technologies in developing countries.

Gale Blackmer, the Pennsylvania state geologist and director of the Bureau of Geological Survey in the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, will deliver a public talk at 4 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 8.

To help communities better respond to smoke-related health risks, researchers at Penn State are examining how people in the Northeast receive, interpret and act on air-quality alerts. 

Dipanjan Pan and his team developed a new approach capable of differentiating active HIV infection from false positives — which could potentially accelerate vaccine development and testing.

The Quantum Hub, housed under the Penn State Institute for Computational and Data Sciences (ICDS), has awarded Quantum SuperSEED grants to three Penn State faculty research teams

The sudden extinction of the dinosaurs dramatically altered the North American landscape, according to a recent study published by a multi-institutional team including researchers from Penn State. 

Six materials researchers at Penn State have received the 2025 Rustum and Della Roy Innovation in Materials Research Award, recognizing a wide range of research with societal impact.

ICDS' Mid-Scale Seed Grant Program has awarded over $540,000 in total to 24 Penn State faculty members across eight teams representing six colleges and three campuses.

Penn State had a strong showing at the Materials Science & Technology (MS&T) technical meeting and exhibition annual conference with current students and graduates in MatSE earning accolades.

As humanity prepares to take its first steps on Mars, a comprehensive report released Dec. 9 from the National Academies and steered by scientists including James Kasting lays out a detailed science strategy to guide the initial human missions to the red planet.