Twelve Penn State faculty members received Fulbright Scholar Awards for the 2024-25 academic year, according to the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program. An additional four faculty members have been named ...

Density estimation methods often involve kernels, but there are advantages to using splines. Especially if the shape of the density is known to be decreasing, or unimodal, or bimodal, or if the ...

Shabnam Akhtari, professor of mathematics, is interested in number theory, an old branch of mathematics that is focused on the study of numbers, particularly integers or whole numbers. She uses ...

Numerical optimization plays a vital role in the design of complex engineered systems. Real world engineered systems are seldom designed based on a single objective; rather they involve multiple ...

A heavy use of computational tools can help to detect what has yet to be discovered, according to Chad Hanna, professor of physics and of astronomy and astrophysics at Penn State. “The LIGO ...

Penn State Learning named Marielle Manes and Austin Bentzinger as the recipients of the Outstanding Guided Study Group Leader Award for the spring 2024 semester. Each student received a certificate of ...

The Penn State Eberly College of Science community is mourning the loss of Michael Dann, a recently retired teaching professor emeritus of biology, who died on Sept. 18, 2024. Dann earned his three ...

Lukas Muechler, an assistant professor of chemistry and of physics in the Eberly College of Science at Penn State, has received the 2024 Department of Energy (DOE) Early Career Research Award for his ...

More than 60 scientists from prominent U.S. and global research institutions gathered this past summer for the 7th International Symposium on Monolayer-Protected Clusters, hosted by the Department of ...

Elizabeth Elacqua, associate professor of chemistry, has been appointed the Weinreb Early Career Professor. The professorship provides support to an outstanding faculty member studying organic ...

To enhance biosensor development via artificial intelligence (AI) and offer STEM education opportunities to K-12 students from underserved communities, the U.S. National Science Foundation recently ...

Unnati Akhour is a Mildred Dresselhaus Science Achievement Graduate Fellow in Physics who was recently an American Association for the Advancement of Sciences (AAAS) Mass Media Fellow at WITF, Inc. Q: ...