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Highmark Blue Shield will partner with Penn State for employee medical and prescription benefits starting on Jan. 1, 2023. Highmark Blue Shield will replace Aetna and CVS Caremark, which has been the University’s third-party administrator…

While on missions without access to clean water, U. S. Marines face the challenge of procuring and storing enough drinking water to sustain them. Penn State researchers, led by Chris Arges, Penn State associate professor of chemical…

For the second year, One Big Week challenged Big Ten university communities to raise support for their students — and for the second year, Penn Staters answered the call. Alumni, friends and fans from around the world topped the…

The COVID‐19 pandemic affected American households in countless ways, but according to researchers, some of the most tangible shifts are taking place in the food system.A combination of supply chain issues, tighter budgets, concern about…

In a discovery that challenges over a century of evolutionary conventional wisdom, corals have been shown to pass somatic mutations — changes to the DNA sequence that occur in non-reproductive cells — to their offspring. The finding, by…

When 8-year-old Hugo Deans discovered a handful of BB-sized objects lying near an ant nest beneath a log in his backyard, he thought they were a type of seed. His father, Andrew Deans, professor of entomology at Penn State, however, knew…

Every day in the United States, 17 people die waiting for an organ transplant, and every nine minutes, another person is added to the transplant waiting list, according to the Health Resources and Services Administration. One potential…

Penn State was again recognized as a leading university for LGBTQ students according to the Campus Pride Index, continuing the University’s success from 2021 with another 5-out-of-5-star rating."We are so thrilled to be named one of the…

STAR-X, a proposed space mission that includes Penn State astronomer Niel Brandt, is one of two proposed missions selected by the NASA Explorers Program to receive $3 million for a nine-month detailed study of mission requirements. At the…

Leaders from around the commonwealth gathered at Penn State Berks on Friday, Aug. 26, to celebrate the dedication of the newly renovated and expanded Beaver Athletics and Wellness Center. President Neeli Bendapudi was on hand to mark the…