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Brandywine student honors Endangered Species Act anniversary in capstone project
Jacob Campbell, a fourth-year student majoring in multidisciplinary studies and minoring in environmental inquiry, honored the 50th anniversary of the Endangered Species Act in his capstone project.
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
2024 Undergraduate Exhibition applications open
Penn State undergraduates from all campuses are invited to participate in the 2024 Undergraduate Exhibition for Research, Inquiry, and Creative Activity. The virtual exhibition will be open April 15-17, with an in-person component at the University Park campus on Wednesday, April 17.
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.
Six Penn Staters earn Gilman Scholarships to study abroad
Six Penn Staters have earned scholarships from the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program, which provides up to $5,000 for undergraduate students to study abroad.
Penn State alumnus Qifeng Liu named Schwarzman Scholar
Qifeng Liu, a Schreyer Scholar who graduated from Penn State in 2019 with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, has been named a Schwarzman Scholar, which provides one year of study at Tsinghua University in Beijing.
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.