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06/04/2026

Shout out to two of our students who were named winners of the Penn State Rock Ethics Institute's 2026 Stand Up Awards for Undergraduate Ethical Leadership: Kaelonnah Darlich and Christina Ellis.

Darlich is a biology major going into her fourth year and Ellis graduated in the spring with dual degrees in Spanish and integrative science.

The Stand Up Awards recognize undergraduate students at Penn State who have demonstrated ethical leadership by standing up for a cause, idea or belief.

Read about them at https://bit.ly/3QeFY83

06/03/2026

We are proud to share that Bharath Sriperumbudur, professor of statistics and of mathematics, has been named a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS)!

This organization fosters the development and dissemination of the theory and application of statistics and probability, and fellows are selected for distinction in research or leadership that has profoundly influenced the field.

Read about Sriperumbudur at https://bit.ly/4nZ9tr7

06/02/2026

Scientists from a wide variety of fields are increasingly indicated with data gathered from sensitive genetic sequencing tools to advanced telescopes that can see further into the cosmos. AI is poised to help researchers deal with some of this data.

Read more about how at https://bit.ly/3QanW6U

06/01/2026

In a new study led by Gui Becker, associate professor of biology, the team found that amphibians in connected natural forests and aquatic habitats were more likely to host beneficial skin microbes that inhibit a deadly fungal pathogen.

“Animals rely not only on their immune systems, but also on beneficial microbes that live on their bodies and help protect them from pathogens,” said Becker.

Read more about this work at https://bit.ly/4u8ZrFl

05/31/2026

We want to congratulate Melanie McReynolds, Dorothy Foehr Huck and J. Lloyd Huck Early Career Chair in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, for being selected to receive a seed grant from the Hypothesis Fund!

McReynolds’ project, "Is Aging a Failure of Metabolic Communication?", was selected “for the boldness of the science, her willingness to take a risk and go after a big idea, and the potential long-term impact of her work.”

Read about Melanie and this award at https://bit.ly/4uxvpMd

05/30/2026

The college is proud to share that undergrad students Kieran Sturges and Eric Welp have earned a 2026-27 Goldwater Scholarship for their outstanding academic merit and research experience!

Sturges is a Millennium Scholar pursuing majors in computer science and mathematics, and his primary research is with the SLS Study, short for Speech, Language and Swallowing in Individuals with Down Syndrome.

Welp is a Schreyer Scholar pursuing majors in engineering science and physics, and his research focuses on the growth of thin-film materials and surface science.

Read about these students at https://bit.ly/3Q7ZoLR

05/29/2026

The World Health Organization (WHO) declared an international public health emergency due to an outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo — what do you need to know?

• Ebola is a group of viruses, and the Bundibugyo strain is the one causing the current outbreak.
• The virus is transmitted by direct contact through bodily fluids like blood or vomit of an infected, symptomatic person. It is not casually transmitted by handshakes or respiratory droplets when coughing or sneezing.
• There is no vaccine for the Bundibugyo strain, but there is for the Zaire strain. Work is currently being done to assess whether this vaccine could provide any protection against the currently circulating Bundibugyo virus.

Watch Ebola expert and Associate Professor of Biology Nita Bharti share some important facts, and read the full Q&A with Bharti and Kelsee Baranowski, a postdoctoral researcher in Bharti’s lab at https://bit.ly/4vkXB5b.

05/28/2026

Congratulations to Toan T. Nguyen, professor of mathematics, for being named a Simons Fellows in Mathematics by the Simons Foundation Mathematics and Physical Sciences division!

Read about Nguyen and this award at https://bit.ly/4nF1Q8S

05/27/2026

We are proud to share that three members of our faculty were recognized with high-level University awards for their teaching and research excellence — the George W. Atherton Award for Excellence in Teaching, a Faculty Scholar Medal for Outstanding Achievement, and the Milton S. Eisenhower Award for Distinguished Teaching.

Read about the recipients below ⬇️
• https://bit.ly/49r3ZiH
• https://bit.ly/3RAKFJI
• https://bit.ly/4e6uH2G

05/26/2026

Since the fall of 2024, students in the honors section of CHEM 110 — an introductory chemistry course — have been getting first-hand experience in using AI to help them prepare for exams in ways that are appropriate and effective.

“I am extremely interested in education research and care deeply about how my students learn, so I wanted to see if we could incorporate a fun research project into the course,” said Morgan Vincent, a postdoc in chemistry and teaching assistant for the class.

Read about this project at https://bit.ly/3RCVL0K

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