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Response to environmental change depends on individual variation in partnership between corals and algae
Elkhorn coral in Bonaire Credit: Jessica Levy, Coral Restoration Foundation
Ades awarded C.I. Noll Award for Excellence in Teaching
Sarah Ades
Keiler awarded C.I. Noll Award for Excellence in Teaching
Kenneth Keiler
Defelice awarded C.I. Noll Award for Excellence in Teaching
Meredith Defelice
New approach discovered for brain repair: Chemical transformation of human glial cells into neurons
Astroglial cells after treatment with small-molecule cocktails in the lab of Gong Chen at Penn State University, showing transformation into neurons with long axons and dendrites. Credit: Gong Chen lab, Penn State University
Jennelle Malcos Receives George W. Atherton Award for Excellence in Teaching
Penn State President Eric Barron, left, presented Jennelle L. Malcos with the 2015 George W. Atherton Award for Excellence in Teaching.
Ecology on the wing: Aerial photography enhances conservation research
Penn State graduate student Jeff Kerby used drones for his ecological research in Greenland and is sharing his expertise to enhance research and conservation efforts worldwide. Image: Martin Holdrege
Graduate students develop sustainability solutions to change the world
Penn State graduate students Freddy Magdama and Sarah Eissler teamed up to tackle the problem of diseases killing banana crops. Their project addressed the need to help farmers save their livelihood. Credit: Penn State
Research in Action: NIH Grant Enables Cavener Lab to Discover Mechanisms to Improve Insulin Regulation
Doug Cavener, Verne M. Willaman Dean
From twitching lizards to noisy frogs, adaptation is often survival of the weird
One of the Eastern fence lizard's main tactics for avoiding predators—holding absolutely still—make it an easy target for a new enemy, the invasive fire ant from South America. Image: Provided by Tracy Langkilde
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