Physical Sciences

Chemistry students conduct summer research with support from the Benkovic Scholarship
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Q&A: Penn State statistics graduate student Alina Kuvelkar
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Alina Kuvelkar, a doctoral student in statistics at Penn State, serves as a teaching assistant at the University’s 18th annual  Summer School in Statistics for Astronomers. Credit: Jordan Futrick, Penn State

Penn State doctoral student Alina Kuvelkar recently served as a teaching assistant for the 18th Summer School in Statistics for Astronomers.

Heard on Campus: NASA’s Nick Siegler at the Penn State SETI symposium
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Nick Siegler speaking at the second annual Penn State SETI Symposium

Nick Siegler, program manager at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, spoke at the second annual Penn State SETI Symposium.

Stephen Benkovic named Atherton Professor
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Steven Benkovic

Penn State chemisty Stephen Benkovic has been named Atherton Professor.

AstroFest 2023 offers four evenings of astronomy activities and stargazing
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Observatory on the roof of Davey Lab

Penn State’s popular AstroFest program returns July 12 to July 15 during the 2023 Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts.

NASA Pennsylvania Space Grant announces its 2023 fellowship, scholarship winners
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Seven students from the Eberly College of Science received fellowships and scholarships from the  NASA Space Grant in 2023.

Our galaxy seen through a new lens
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Artist's impression of neutrino emission from Milky Way above IceCube lab

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory has produced an image of the Milky Way using neutrinos

Research Lab Profile: Anand Group
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Penn State researchers use ultrasound to control orientation of small particles
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colorful image of model of nanorods in a microfluid

New research from Penn State demonstrates how to use ultrasound to orient small particles.

From the cosmos to the community, explore with OLLI this summer
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Image of galaxy NGC 6946

Penn State astronomer Kevin Luhman will teach a summer course with the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI).

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