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Faculty and Staff Engineering alumnus building opportunities for student leadership, research May 09, 2024 Research Rock steady: Study reveals new mechanism to explain how continents stabilized May 08, 2024 Eberly College of Science Q&A with Penn State alumna and NASA astrophysicist Jane Rigby May 09, 2024 Latest News Penn State News RSS Feed Nine Penn Staters earn Fulbright U.S. Student Awards May 13, 2024 Gary Liguori named chancellor at Penn State Abington May 09, 2024 Scholarship honoring the life of Karli Short grows to include University Park May 09, 2024 History faculty member Christina Snyder named Guggenheim Fellow May 09, 2024 Load More + Around Campus A gallery of photos celebrating Spring Commencement 2024 at Penn State. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State . Creative Commons Expand The 2024 ’Movin On’ music festival welcomed a capacity crowd on April 25 to enjoy an evening of music and community engagement. The annual event is one of the top 5 largest student-run music festivals in the country, and a Penn State tradition now in its 49th year, Credit: Michael Owen . All Rights Reserved . Expand A gallery of top photos submitted to the spring Penn State Today photo contest. The winning photo (pictured here) is of the armillary sphere in front of Old Main at University Park, taken at sunrise on March 26, was submitted by Nolan Bennett, operations manager and SEVIS coordinator with Penn State Global. Credit: Nolan Bennett . All Rights Reserved . Expand Seniors Victoria Lima, Suryansh Kehwar, and Subathie Koggala pose on the Old Main steps for some graduation photographs courtesy of student photographer Ben Oleynick. Penn State will be conducting undergraduate and graduate commencement ceremonies May 3 through May 5 at University Park and Commonwealth Campuses around Pennsylvania. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State . Creative Commons Expand A gallery of photos providing a look at the propagation and replanting ceremony of the newest, historic willow sapling near Penn State’s Old Main. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State . Creative Commons Expand Caleb Butler, a Ph.D candidate in the Intercollege Graduate Degree Program in Ecology at Penn State, studies patterns of co-evolution between corals and their essential algal symbionts to help understand how these mutualistic relationships respond to major changes in climate. Coral reefs provide important ecosystem services for many human communities around the world. Ocean warming disrupts that mutualism endangering the health of the entire ecosystem. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State . Creative Commons Expand A gallery of photos showcases events hosted by a number of Penn State campuses to observe the solar eclipse on April 8. Credit: Jonathan O’Harrow . All Rights Reserved . Expand The Penn State Nittany Lion Wrestling Team crowned four individual champions at the 2024 NCAA Championships in Kansas City on Saturday night March 23 and clinched the programs 11th team National Championship under head coach Cael Sanderson Credit: Mark Selders / Penn State . Creative Commons Expand A gallery of photos from the Penn State Sheep Barns as students and staff manage the growing flock during the annual spring lambing season. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State . Creative Commons Expand A gallery of photos from THON Weekend 2024. The mission of THON is to provide emotional and financial support for families and children impacted by childhood cancer, spread awareness, and ensure funding for critical research in pursuit of a cure. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State . Creative Commons Expand A gallery of photos providing a look behind the scenes as staff and interns begin to load-in and display works of art at the new Palmer Museum of Art. The museum is slated for a June 2024 grand opening. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State . Creative Commons Expand A gallery of photos celebrating Spring Commencement 2024 at Penn State. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State . Creative Commons Expand The 2024 ’Movin On’ music festival welcomed a capacity crowd on April 25 to enjoy an evening of music and community engagement. The annual event is one of the top 5 largest student-run music festivals in the country, and a Penn State tradition now in its 49th year, Credit: Michael Owen . All Rights Reserved . Expand A gallery of top photos submitted to the spring Penn State Today photo contest. The winning photo (pictured here) is of the armillary sphere in front of Old Main at University Park, taken at sunrise on March 26, was submitted by Nolan Bennett, operations manager and SEVIS coordinator with Penn State Global. Credit: Nolan Bennett . All Rights Reserved . Expand Seniors Victoria Lima, Suryansh Kehwar, and Subathie Koggala pose on the Old Main steps for some graduation photographs courtesy of student photographer Ben Oleynick. Penn State will be conducting undergraduate and graduate commencement ceremonies May 3 through May 5 at University Park and Commonwealth Campuses around Pennsylvania. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State . Creative Commons Expand A gallery of photos providing a look at the propagation and replanting ceremony of the newest, historic willow sapling near Penn State’s Old Main. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State . Creative Commons Expand Caleb Butler, a Ph.D candidate in the Intercollege Graduate Degree Program in Ecology at Penn State, studies patterns of co-evolution between corals and their essential algal symbionts to help understand how these mutualistic relationships respond to major changes in climate. Coral reefs provide important ecosystem services for many human communities around the world. Ocean warming disrupts that mutualism endangering the health of the entire ecosystem. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State . Creative Commons Expand A gallery of photos showcases events hosted by a number of Penn State campuses to observe the solar eclipse on April 8. Credit: Jonathan O’Harrow . All Rights Reserved . Expand The Penn State Nittany Lion Wrestling Team crowned four individual champions at the 2024 NCAA Championships in Kansas City on Saturday night March 23 and clinched the programs 11th team National Championship under head coach Cael Sanderson Credit: Mark Selders / Penn State . Creative Commons Expand A gallery of photos from the Penn State Sheep Barns as students and staff manage the growing flock during the annual spring lambing season. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State . Creative Commons Expand A gallery of photos from THON Weekend 2024. The mission of THON is to provide emotional and financial support for families and children impacted by childhood cancer, spread awareness, and ensure funding for critical research in pursuit of a cure. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State . Creative Commons Expand A gallery of photos providing a look behind the scenes as staff and interns begin to load-in and display works of art at the new Palmer Museum of Art. The museum is slated for a June 2024 grand opening. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State . Creative Commons Expand Featured Research Improved wildfire smoke model identifies areas for public health intervention May 09, 2024 Why is breaking down plant material for biofuels so slow? May 07, 2024 ‘Better than graphene’ material development may improve implantable technology May 03, 2024 More research news Media Highlights 6 ABC Concerns over declining firefly population prompts 15-year Penn State study May 03, 2024 WTAJ-TV Penn State student renders planet for global audience May 02, 2024 The New York Times Palmer Museum of Art among U.S. museums that add new value to college campuses April 27, 2024 Load More + Previous 6 ABC Concerns over declining firefly population prompts 15-year Penn State study May 03, 2024 WTAJ-TV Penn State student renders planet for global audience May 02, 2024 The New York Times Palmer Museum of Art among U.S. museums that add new value to college campuses April 27, 2024 WTAJ-TV Penn State researchers...