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Scranton nursing student collaborates in rewarding research opportunity
Natalie Faybisovich, a fourth-year undergraduate student pursuing a nursing degree at the Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing at Penn State Scranton, has co-authored a manuscript focusing on home health care. Her involvement in this research endeavor has been a transformative experience, she said.
Applications now being accepted for Undergraduate Research Symposium
Registration is now open for the Penn State Lehigh Valley 2024 Undergraduate Research Symposium, an annual event that gives students the opportunity to share and present research projects. This year’s event is scheduled for Friday, April 5 in room 135. Opportunities available for both preliminary and more developed research projects
Submissions now open for 2024 annual Materials Visualization Competition
The 16th annual Materials Visualization Competition, an annual scientific and artistic visual competition, is now accepting submissions. Deadline for submissions is March 18.
Summer Translational Cardiovascular Science Institute now accepting applications
The Penn State Summer Translational Cardiovascular Science Institute program is accepting applications from now until March 1. The program is open to any undergraduate student with a demonstrated interest in cardiovascular science.
Penn State York team presented work on needs for fathers at national conference
Penn State York students and faculty member shared their research findings at the National Council on Family Relations Conference in Orlando, Florida.
Hands-on experience: Undergraduate at the forefront of ‘cutting-edge innovation’
As a student who discovered her love for science in an unconventional way — by failing a high school chemistry exam — Julia Chen has taken advantage of undergraduate research opportunities at Penn State, through which she explored numerous hands-on learning experiences in a variety of scientific disciplines. Most recently, she became involved with glass research and was tasked with leading experiments to test the limits of a new material that is at the cutting edge of innovation.
Schuylkill Undergraduate Research Symposium features over 20 presentations
Penn State Schuylkill students presented original research at the campus' fall 2023 Undergraduate Research Symposium on Nov. 29. Twenty students from a variety of disciplines presented topics that ranged from synthesis of chemical compounds to the use of artificial intelligence in a 3D environment, and examination of important cultural and societal issues.
Engineering Learning Factory to host fall showcase in person and virtually
The Penn State Learning Factory will host its end-of-semester showcase for engineering students to present their capstone design projects with both in-person and virtual formats. The in-person showcase will take place 1-3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 5, at the Bryce Jordan Center. The virtual showcase will take place Dec. 5-15.
Penn State senior selected as Marshall Scholarship finalist
Penn State senior Vancie Peacock recently was selected as finalist for a 2024 Marshall Scholarship. Peacock, of Memphis, Tennessee, is a biological engineering major in the College of Agricultural Sciences and a Schreyer Scholar.
Two Penn Staters named finalists for Rhodes Scholarship
Two Penn Staters were named finalists for the Rhodes Scholarship, one of the most sought-after international scholarships in the world.