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When Gene and Roz Chaiken were named Penn State’s Philanthropists of the Year for 2021, no one dreamed that another gift — one surpassing the combined total of their previous support — was in the works.The Chaikens knew better.Just one…

A ground-nesting bee family — commonly known as miner bees — could play a heightened role in rebuilding black cherry populations in Pennsylvania and beyond, according to Penn State entomologists who investigated pollinators’ contributions…

Researchers in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences will use a newly awarded $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to work with 13 other land-grant universities in the eastern U.S. to create an education…

The opioid overdose epidemic in the United States remains a critically important public health issue that continues to worsen as time goes on. The estimated death toll in 2021 has reached the historical high of 100,000 overdose deaths…

Penn State World Campus has been ranked by U.S. News and World Report in its "Best Online Programs" for 2022.The annual rankings, which were released today (Jan. 25), placed Penn State World Campus in the lists of graduate degree programs…

Although tropical forest ecosystems around the world have been modified and fragmented by agroforests planted to produce commodities such as coffee, rubber and areca palm, amphibian communities can survive in those transformed landscapes…

Five Penn State faculty members in areas ranging from the ecology and evolution of fish and coral reef ecology, to bone regeneration and intrinsically disordered proteins, have been named fellows of the American Association for the…

Adolescence can be a time filled with anxiety and insecurity about body shape and size, but a new Penn State study found that for Black youth, having a strong racial identity may help stave off these worries.The researchers found that…

Jungwoo Ryoo, head of the division of business, engineering and information sciences and technology at Penn State Altoona, has been named chancellor and chief academic officer of Penn State DuBois, effective April 4."We are pleased to…

After 21 years, the Sloan Digital Sky Survey — an ongoing effort to map the universe by an international collaboration that includes Penn State scientists — is now seeing the cosmos through "robotic eyes." Following more than five years…