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Faculty Promising new materials mimic muscle structure and function 06/02/2022 Inspired by the structure of muscles, an innovative new strategy for creating fiber actuators could lead to advances in robotics, prosthetics, and smart clothing, according to a Penn State led team of scientists who discovered the process. |
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Faculty Professor Emeritus David Allara awarded 2022 Kavli Prize in Nanoscience 06/01/2022 David L. Allara, distinguished professor emeritus of chemistry and materials science and engineering at Penn State, has been named a 2022 Kavli Prize Laureate in the field of nanoscience by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. |
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Faculty NSF CAREER award to advance understanding of how early Earth continents formed 06/01/2022 Jesse Reimink, assistant professor of geosciences, will use a Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to shed light on how the Earth’s continents took shape between 2.5 and 4 billion years ago. |
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Faculty MRI announces director’s sabbatical and acting director 05/31/2022 The Materials Research Institute (MRI) has announced that Zoubeida Ounaies, professor of mechanical engineering and director of the Convergence Center for Living Multifunctional Material Systems (LiMC2), will serve as acting director of MRI during the upcoming sabbatical of Clive Randall, director of MRI and distinguished professor of materials science and engineering. |
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Research Biodiverse 'keystone food spaces' can help meet UN’s ‘Zero Hunger’ goal 05/31/2022 Small farms and home gardens where landholders raise multiple species of culturally important crops can have a significant impact when it comes to meeting the United Nations’ goal to end global hunger and malnutrition, according to an international team of researchers. |
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Student Libraries selects Whiting Indigenous Knowledge Student Research Award winners 05/24/2022 The Penn State University Libraries has selected the winners of the 2022 Whiting Indigenous Knowledge Student Research Awards, funded by the M. G. Whiting Endowment for the Advancement of Indigenous Knowledge. |
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Graduate Student College of Engineering Research Symposium announces 2022 winners 05/24/2022 The Penn State Engineering Graduate Student Council hosted its annual College of Engineering Research Symposium on April 6 at the Hyatt Place in downtown State College. |
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Faculty Experts discuss critical infrastructure protection at annual Penn State workshop 05/24/2022 Twenty-eight experts from various fields participated as panelists and presenters at the 2022 Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Workshop, jointly hosted by the Penn State Center for Security Research and Education (CSRE); Center for Energy Law and Policy; and the Institute for Sustainable Agriculture, Food, and Environmental Science. |
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Student Journalist furthers career through World Campus weather program 05/24/2022 Raegan Medgie wanted to expand her knowledge of weather forecasting but needed a program that fit her life and career as a TV broadcaster in New York. |
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Penn State partners with Cape Verde to improve forecasts for fishing industry 05/23/2022 A joint team of faculty and students from Penn State and the University of Cape Verde (UniCV) have been working for the past year to design, build and test low-cost coastal weather stations with an emphasis on the fishing community. |