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December 2016

Science Journal

Sequencing the giraffe genome, the life of an interdisciplinary statistical scientists, and news from around the college.

We are explorers by nature. Engagement with a different culture and environment stimulates character building, including growth in perspective, self-reflection, empathy, interdependence, and adaptability.
Douglas R. Cavener
Douglas R. Cavener, interim dean of Penn State's Eberly College of Science. Image: Patrick Mansell

A Tall Order: Sequencing the Giraffe Genome

Doug Cavener leads the effort to sequence the genome of one of Africa's most iconic animals.

Doug Cavener next to giraffe's head

Person to Person

Chelsea Hudson and Edson Ishengoma contribute to sequencing the giraffe genome.

group of giraffes

The Biology of Eco Health

A study abroad course focuses on exploring the relationships between human health and African ecology.

Doug Cavener with students in Tanzania
Ken Keiler with student in lab
New Partnership to Discover Treatment Options for Tuberculosis
Nate Brown, professor of mathematics
New NSF Grant Aims to Learn More About Operator Algebras

Designer mRNAs: A Radically New Approach to Optimizing Active Protein Yield

Ed O'Brien

Science-U Summer Camps Expand Offerings to Include Underserved Youth

Science U participant pours beaker

Penn State scientists share in Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics

Aerial view of the LIGO gravitational wave detector in Livingston, Louisiana. Credit: LIGO.

Eberly Alumnus Provides Cedars-Sinai Student Research Opportunity

several students pose with Bruce Gewertz

Physics Student Wins Big at International Physics Olympiad

Vincent Liu wearing medal and holding certificate

Summer 2016 Sudent Marshal

John Lin

Biology Graduate Student Uses Technology to Develop Tools for Research and Science Outreach

Zach Fuller and Jeff Kerby holding National Geographic flag

Physics Graduate Student Receives DOE Award

Physics graduate student Kelly Malone at the High Altitude Water Cherenkov Gamma-Ray Observatory (HAWC), located in Puebla, Mexico.

Collaboration Creates a Summer Undergraduate Research Exchange Program

Student presents poster
Stan Chia Biology, Fan-Li Chou, sit on steps with their two children
Couple Creates Endowment for Need-Based Scholarships
students in the lab - Regeneron
Corporate Partner Invests in Student Engagement and Success

Vergis Honored with Alumni Fellow Award

Janet Vergis

Hobby-Eberly Telescope to be Rededicated

hobby eberly telescope

Penn State Aspires to Greatness with New Fundraising Campaign

Logo for A Greater Penn State for the Twenty-first Century campaign.