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Penn State pilot program for hemp research is yielding production insights
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Hemp is hip again in Pennsylvania, and researchers in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences are among a select group tasked with exploring the potential economic benefits to the commonwealth of this important — yet maligned — crop.
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Penn State DuBois hosting manufacturing workshops
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Penn State DuBois Outreach is offering two technical workshops that aid those employed in the manufacturing industry. “Production Part Approval Process” is scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 7, and “Potential Failure Mode and Effects Analysis” is set for Wednesday, Oct. 11. Each will be held from
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ADRI to kick off fall ‘Dialogues’ series
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UNIVERSITY PARK — Mark B. Stephens, professor in the Penn State College of Medicine, will kick off the 2017-18 Arts and Design Research Incubator lunchtime “Dialogues” series Tuesday, Aug. 29, with “We Wear the Mask: Art and Identity Formation in Higher Education.” He will discuss the use of mask-making to address identity formation in professional…
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University Park students offered 15 percent off CPA tickets
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From 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 30, at Eisenhower Auditorium, Penn State students can save an additional 15 percent on already-discounted tickets for Center for the Performing Arts’ performances. A grant from the University Park Student Fee Board makes the discount possible.
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Four Diamonds Mini-THON raises $6.4 million in 2016-17
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As Four Diamonds Mini-THON enters its 25th year of helping families in the fight against childhood cancer, the program is celebrating the success of students, teachers and the community in raising $29.5 million over the last quarter century.
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Grounding technique may improve health outcomes of babies in NICU
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Penn State News HERSHEY — A technique called electrical grounding may moderate preterm infants’ electromagnetic exposure in the neonatal intensive care unit and improve their health outcomes, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers. Equipment in the NICU produces low-frequency electromagnetic fields that can have…
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PSU Arts and Architecture launches searchable photo archive
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After three years of planning and design, the College of Arts and Architecture has launched a public, searchable photo archive of images from within the college. The online photo archive, Arts and Architecture Resource Collaborative, is the product of a partnership among the College of Arts and Arch
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Arts and Architecture names new assistant dean
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Kate Domico, longtime administrator with WPSU Penn State, has been named assistant dean of administration and information technology in the College of Arts and Architecture at Penn State.
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Antibodies may reveal timing of previous influenza infection
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The amount of influenza-specific antibodies present in an individual’s blood can indicate not only if they experienced the flu, but potentially when — a finding that could improve disease monitoring in the tropics, where flu season is unending.
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Self-efficacy boosts physical activity in osteoarthritis patients
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Osteoarthritis patients who are more confident in their abilities in the morning go on to be more physically active throughout the day, according to a team of Penn State researchers.