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 Corey Phelps, dean, Fred E. Brown Chair of Business, and professor of entrepreneurship and strategy at the University of Oklahoma’s (OU) Michael F. Price College of Business, has been named the new John and Karen Arnold Dean of…

 The Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation (IACMI) and the Department of Defense will invest $4.4 million in several metals-based manufacturing programs at Penn State’s Behrend and University Park campuses,…

Penn State has named alumni Jason and Julie Borrelli as its 2024 Philanthropists of the Year. The award recognizes individuals, couples or families who have demonstrated exceptional generosity in the promotion and support of the University.…

Skin can send certain health-related signals, such as dry skin feeling tighter to indicate the need for moisture. But what if skin could be smarter, capable of monitoring and sharing specific health information, such as the…

Nine Penn State students and alumni will travel abroad for the 2024–25 school year through the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. Each year, the U.S. Department of State works with its 140 partner countries to give graduating college…

A Penn State research team was recently awarded a $4.99 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to develop and assess advanced separation technologies for the extraction and recovery of rare earth elements and other critical…

Amara Solari, professor of art history and anthropology, has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for an ambitious, cross-disciplinary research project to explore how artistic production served as a mode of resistance for…

Christina Snyder, McCabe Greer Professor of the American Civil War Era in Penn State’s Department of History, has been named a 2024 Guggenheim Fellow by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Snyder was among 188 scholars and…

Gary Liguori has been named chancellor and dean of Penn State Abington, effective July 1. Liguori, former provost and vice president of academic affairs at the University of West Florida, was selected following a national search. “I am…

The invasive insect emerald ash borer is killing ash trees at an unprecedented rate in the United States, and now five North American species of ash are considered critically endangered, according to the U.S. Department of…