The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Penn State invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor in the broad areas of microbiology—including bacteriology, mycology, ...

First Gravity prize in the annual international competition, awarded by the Gravity Research Foundation, Massachusetts, 1977. Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow, 1981-1985. Chancellor's Citation for ...

DuPont Professor of Materials Chemistry and Associate Department Head for Research ...

The Forensic Science program offers an exciting, innovative, and hands-on curriculum that uses state-of-the-art crime laboratory and crime scene training facilities to teach students the practices of ...

We're thrilled to announce the launch of our online store, your one-stop shop for officially licensed Eberly College of Science–branded merchandise! Having a hard time finding that perfect gift? Still ...

A new technique allows astronomers to home in on planets beyond our solar system that are in line with each other and with Earth to search for radio signals similar, for example, to ones used to ...

Paul A. Milewski has been named the new head of the Department of Mathematics at Penn State, effective August 1, 2023. Milewski succeeds Mark Levi, who has served as head of the department since 2018.

Public health strategies, from vaccination to improving sanitary conditions, may have different impacts depending on whether a disease is endemic — persisting in a particular location for an extended ...

About one-third of the food eaten by Americans comes from crops pollinated by honey bees, yet the insect is dying off at alarming rates. In one year alone, between April of 2019 and April of 2020, one ...

Three Penn State Eberly College of Science undergraduates were named Goldwater Scholars for 2025-26, based on their outstanding academic merit and research experience. Goldwater Scholars are selected ...

About a thousand students each year pass through the sixth floor of Mueller Lab. Nestled among biology labs and study spaces, one lab in particular provides students with a unique opportunity to study ...

Before the evolution of legs from fins, the axial skeleton — including the bones of the head, neck, back and ribs — was already going through changes that would eventually help our ancestors support ...