Life Sciences

Jawbone Found in England is from the Earliest Known Modern Human in Northwestern Europe
Residents of a Ugandan village are pictured with Schreyer Scholar Ce Zhang. Zhang visited Uganda as part of a research program that installed low-cost hand-washing taps in schools to reduce the spread of disease.
Rene Garcia Named 2011 Homecoming King
Homecoming 2011 king and queen, Rene Garcia and Paige Rothaus
Twitter Data Used to Track Vaccination Rates and Attitudes
Doctor marking patient's arm in advance of administering a vaccine. Credit: NIH
Squire Booker Receives Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award
Squire Booker Receives Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award
Garcia Named to 2011 Homecoming Court
Garcia Named to 2011 Homecoming Court
Endangered Horse Has Ancient Origins and High Genetic Diversity, New Study Finds
Kateryna Makova and her team studied DNA from the endangered Przewalski's horse, which has ancient origins. Credit: Makova lab, Penn State University
Carly Comer to Represent Penn State's Eberly College of Science as Student Marshal at Summer Commencement 2011
Carly Comer to Represent Penn State's Eberly College of Science as Student Marshal at Summer Commencement 2011
Penn State University Team Wins First-Place Award for DNA-Sequencing Algorithm
Penn State University Team Wins First-Place Award for DNA-Sequencing Algorithm
Ancestry of Polar Bears Traced to Ireland
Beth Shapiro's research team concluded that all living polar bears trace their maternal ancestor to a brown bear that lived near present-day Britain and Ireland just prior to the last ice age. Credit: Daniel J. Cox/NaturalExposures.com
Tracy Langkilde Receives 2011 Mercer Award
Tracy Langkilde Receives 2011 Mercer Award
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