Interdisciplinary Sciences

Q&A: How do microbiomes influence the study of life?
Image of A sample of a microbe collected on Penn State’s University Park campus grows on an agar plate.

Penn State News spoke with Bordenstein about the paper and the emerging field of holobiont biology.

Cory McCartan honored with Early Career Professorship in Statistics
Cory McCartan
Todd LaJeunesse appointed to Wilson Hewitt Professorship of Biology
Todd LaJeunesse

Todd LaJeunesse, professor of biology, has been appointed to the Wilson Hewitt Professorship in Biology in the Eberly College of Science

$20M NSF grant to support center to study how complex biological processes arise
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Fifteen Eberly students offered graduate funding from National Science Foundation
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Three Eberly graduate students honored with research and excellence awards
Nittany Lion Shrine at University Park
Committee advances plan to rename Chemistry Building as 'Benkovic Building'
The Benkovics

Proposal approved to rename the Chemistry Building to Benkovic Building to honor Stephen and Pat Benkovic's impact on Penn State. 

Lab Bench to Commercialization 2024 grant recipients announced
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30th anniversary Ashtekar Frontiers of Science Lectures to begin Jan. 27
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The Ashtekar Frontiers of Science Lectures, a series of free public lectures now in its 30th year, will return beginning Jan. 27.

Q&A: Penn State statistics graduate student Alina Kuvelkar
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.

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