Eight Penn State Eberly College of Science students and alumni pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral degrees have received fellowship offers from the National Science Foundation Graduate ...

“We’ve looked at a drop of water in the ocean of possibilities,” said Penn State alumnus Chad Mirkin, director of the International Institute for Nanotechnology and George B. Rathmann Professor of ...

Three graduate students in the Penn State Eberly College of Science have been selected by the J. Jeffery and Ann Marie Fox Graduate School to receive awards for their research and excellence. Ish ...

Public health strategies, from vaccination to improving sanitary conditions, may have different impacts depending on whether a disease is endemic — persisting in a particular location for an extended ...

A spat between birds at your backyard bird feeder highlights the sometimes fierce competition for resources that animals face in the natural world, but some ecologically similar species appear to ...

A new comparison and analysis of the genomes of species in the genus Malus, which includes the domesticated apple and its wild relatives, revealed the evolutionary relationships among the species and ...

2025 has been designated the “Year of Quantum” by the United Nations to recognize the contributions that have been made in quantum science since the development of quantum mechanics 100 years ago. To ...

The Materials Research Institute (MRI) at Penn State has announced the recipients of the 2025 Interdisciplinary Seed Grants and Transdisciplinary Teaming Initiative awards, designed to support ...

Liu earned her doctoral degree in chemistry from McGill University, her master's degree from Memorial University of Newfoundland, and her bachelor’s degree from Xiangtan University. She conducted ...

Ephraim Hanks, associate professor of statistics in the Eberly College of Science, is the 2025 recipient of the Graduate School Alumni Society Graduate Program Chair Leadership Award. The award honors ...

Three Penn State Eberly College of Science undergraduates were named Goldwater Scholars for 2025-26, based on their outstanding academic merit and research experience. Goldwater Scholars are selected ...

Robert Morehead, associate teaching professor of astronomy and astrophysics in the Eberly College of Science, has been selected to receive the 2025 Penn State Excellence in Advising Award. The award, ...