Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center has begun enrolling participants in an international clinical trial evaluating an investigational antiviral drug, remdesivir, for treatment of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

Penn State Health has enrolled its first COVID-19 patient into an experimental treatment program called convalescent plasma therapy.

To assess public perceptions about COVID-19 and identify populations whose behaviors put them at risk of infection, researchers at Penn State have released an online survey for the general public.

Penn State Health today resumed construction of Penn State Health Cocoa Outpatient Center, an expansion of medical services at the former CocoaPlex Center location.

MASC has successfully designed and delivered critical equipment and supplies needed to protect health care workers and patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.

A new protocol using aerosolized hydrogen peroxide to decontaminate N95 respirators could allow them to be safely reused in hospital settings. The protocol, optimized by a team of Penn State researchers, inactivates viruses without deforming or damaging the respirator and could help hospitals overcome the current respirator shortage due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Penn State Center for Structural Oncology is shifting some of its focus from fighting cancer to fighting COVID-19, with three projects.

Both in and out of the virtual classroom, Penn State Lehigh Valley departments are connecting with students during remote learning

Lehigh Valley's Practical Nursing Program has moved to the Shadow Health Digital Clinical Experience so students can continue clinical rotations through virtual simulations.

Two alumni and one community partner contribute clinical medicine and research experience during the pandemic

Prospective transfer students can explore the Lehigh Valley Campus virtually during the Transfer Thursday events

Using their unique skills and experiences, three LaunchBox grant recipients are providing a variety of COVID-19 relief efforts.

Beth E. Michalec, lecturer of corporate communication at Penn State Lehigh Valley, earned a doctorate in rhetoric from Duquesne University. Michalec was selected as a Fulbright specialist in June 2019 by the U.S. Department of State.

Students celebrated for athletic and student life achievements during the Finally Finished Fest

Although complications caused by the coronavirus pandemic have temporarily halted the Fulbright Specialist Program, Nichola D. Gutgold looks forward to officially joining the Roster after the U.S. Department of State determines that projects can resume.

A signature program at Penn State Greater Allegheny, implemented to give students, faculty and staff the digital skills to communicate, solve problems and create new knowledge, is front and center in the University’s remote learning period.

Penn State Greater Allegheny student Katarina Shields wanted to help her fellow students seek creative ways to stay connected, make new friends and reduce stress during the remote learning period. The junior IST major developed “Virtual Game Night," a place to game for students attending all Penn State campuses, through the local gamer app Discord. The first event will be held April 18.

Ebonie Slade, a senior majoring in biobehavioral health at Penn State Greater Allegheny, is the recipient of the 2020 Jackson Lethbridge Tolerance Award.

Each year, Penn State honors several students for the highest levels of academic excellence, outstanding leadership and meritorious service. The 2020 student award recipients exemplify best practices and achievements among Penn State students, reflecting the University's mission of teaching, research and service.

Penn State Greater Allegheny’s current students recently joined a virtual conversation about Cybersecurity Analytics and Operations, Greater Allegheny’s newest 4-year program starting this fall.

The Student Engagement Network's Faculty Academy funds projects developed by Penn State faculty that result in transformative experiences that complement student engagement.

Dedication to student print journalism paid off for several Penn State Greater Allegheny student reporters and designers.

Community and university leaders collaborate to help students and parents residing in the McKeesport Area School District.

A new endowed scholarship has been created to support those studying science, technology, engineering or math at Penn State Hazleton.

More than 200 students from Penn State Hazleton were recently named to the dean’s list for the fall 2019 semester.

Effective immediately and for the foreseeable future, the Entrepreneurship and Assistance Clinic is expanding its scope and service offerings to small Pennsylvania businesses, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Penn Staters across the Commonwealth are embodying the “We Are” spirit by keeping campus food pantries open and shelves stocked to continue to serve students in need during the coronavirus pandemic.

Hazleton native Megan Bobish has joined the Penn State Hazleton Athletics Department as the newest member of its team.

Penn State Hazleton’s Student Services and Engagement team is continuing to forge personal connections with students while operating under the restrictions in the virtual environment created by the COVID-19 crisis.

Drs. William and Jean Lovrinic have made an estate commitment to Penn State that will establish a $100,000 scholarship fund at Penn State Hazleton.

Wine, fish, and excessive use of social media were a few of the topics that earned students top honors in Penn State Hazleton's first-ever virtual Undergraduate Research Fair.

A new Council of the Great City Schools effort aims to fill in a training gap for an important constituency: school boards.

Having student board members with voting clout on school boards poses a number of logistical challenges, readers say in response to a recent Education Week feature.

School boards are well positioned to push back against so much of the influences of the "progressive" left on our schools and our society, write Michael J. Petrilli and Chester E. Finn Jr.

Social distancing is forcing school business to be conducted virtually, putting school boards in the difficult spot of making crucial decisions on spending and other issues without the same level of public input.

It's vital that school boards make it clear that leaving students without access to meaningful instruction for 4-6 months is unacceptable, says national school board guru AJ Crabill.

When the novel coronavirus pandemic prompted the transition to remote learning at Penn State, faculty and administrators in the Department of Mechanical Engineering were prepared for the challenge.

Katie Marshall, Penn State World Campus mental health case manager, connects students learning online to resources in their own communities.

As part of Penn State's 2020 spring commencement activities, Matthew Solovey will represent the College of the Liberal Arts as its World Campus student marshal.

Happy Valley LaunchBox powered by PNC Bank is accepting applications through May 15 for its Idea TestLab that will now be hosted virtually in June. Open to the community, the four-week Idea TestLab program is designed to help teams evaluate the viability of their business ideas by coaching them through a proven method of customer discovery and problem analysis.

Campus Recreation, a unit of Penn State Student Affairs, is hosting the first ever “We Are Penn State Virtual 5K,” with the opportunity to benefit the Penn State Student Care and Advocacy Student Emergency Fund.

Online learners at Penn State have elected 10 leaders to the World Campus Student Government Association to serve in the 2020-21 school year.

Penn State Campus Recreation is now offering a library of more than 50 workouts online through YouTube as well as live classes that are held every business day on the Penn State Campus Recreation Instagram. Group fitness instructor Alexis "Lexi" Neimeyer talked about her experience on the transition to virtual fitness classes.

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread across the nation, nurses worldwide are coming to the frontlines of health care to help patients every day. Penn State student nurses, Megan Lucas and Lorrie Youngs, are among the ones helping those in need and their experiences have reinforced their passions about becoming a nurse in the first place.

Penn State World Campus student Julie Brubaker balanced her family, job, and earning her bachelor’s degree, all while her military husband was deployed.

The most popular special education stories of the year examined the broken promises of special education, the aftermath of the lead crisis in Flint, Mich., and how educators lack confidence in their ability to meet the needs of children with disabilities.

Education Week's top English-language learner stories on 2019 explored who's teaching the nation's English-learners and the struggles those educators encounter on the job, how the Trump administration's immigration policies affected students and their families and examined why more schools in the Un

A new plan from Democratic presidential candidate and former special educator Elizabeth Warren touches on some glaring issues in special education: graduation disparities, hard-to-access school buildings, and discipline practices that disproportionately affect black, Latino, and Native American stud

The Government Accountability Office finds that parents often have a hard time initiating complaints about special education services, but that these barriers don't affect all parents in the same way.

A new guide from the National Center for Learning Disabilities and Understood.org offers advice on how school leaders can best serve students with disabilities and support special education teachers.