Life Sciences

Fifteen Eberly students offered graduate funding from National Science Foundation
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Janine Kwapis receives New Investigator Award in Aging Biology and Geroscience Research
Janine Kwapis
Leadership lessons from one of Penn State’s most decorated alumni
Alumnus Tom Ulmer and undergraduate Nate Carey
Schreyer Scholar and biology major tutors science through art
lisa wang writes on chalkboard
Q&A with Penn State alumnus, public servant, and clinician Dean Winslow
Dean Winslow
Three Eberly graduate students awarded Outstanding Teaching Award
Nittany Lion Shrine at University Park
New sunflower family tree reveals multiple origins of flower symmetry
Images of flowers in the sunflower family showing different types of symmetry

A new sunflower family tree, using skimmed genomes to increase the number of species, revealed that flower symmetry evolved multiple times

In the evolution of walking, the hip bone connected to the rib bones
Two views of a new reconstruction of the skeleton of the fossil fish, Tiktaalik roseae

Micro-CT scans reveal bones hidden in rock for new reconstruction of the skeleton of the fossil fish, Tiktaalik roseae.

Two Eberly alumni recognized with 2024 Graduate School Alumni Society Awards
Vivian Valenty and Melanie McReynolds
Hughes named recipient of Kopp International Faculty Achievement Award
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