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The 2023 Nelson W. Taylor Lecture in Materials will be held from 8:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. on Thursday, April 20, in the HUB-Robeson Center’s Freeman Auditorium on Penn State’s University Park campus. The theme of this year’s lecture series is "Frontiers in Glass Science and Technology."

The first rapid test for mpox, more commonly known as monkeypox, has been developed by a team of researchers led by Penn State. The selective molecular sensor can detect the virus within minutes, without the use of any high-end instrumental techniques like polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Current tests require health care providers to swab lesions and send the samples to labs to be tested, which can take several days.

Two students have been selected to represent Penn State’s College of Earth and Mineral Sciences as marshals for the college’s spring 2023 commencement. Martha Christino has been named the student marshal, the top graduate overall, and Bevan Harbinson has been named the college’s engineering honor marshal, the top graduate in an engineering discipline. They will be recognized during the college’s spring 2023 commencement ceremony, scheduled for 1 p.m. on Saturday, May 6, in the Pegula Ice Arena on Penn State's University Park campus.

Penn State’s Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences has initiated a new grant program to seed collaborative, interdisciplinary projects that would bring together researchers from Penn State and Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs).

The 2023 David Ford McFarland Award for Achievement in Metallurgy lecture will be held at 3:05 p.m. Thursday, April 13, in 111 Wartik Laboratory on the Penn State University Park campus. David Simpson, senior polymer advocacy adviser at ExxonMobil Chemical, will deliver the lecture “Reflections on a career in the polymer industry” and receive the 2023 McFarland Award.

Five Penn State faculty members have received 2023 Faculty Scholar Medals for Outstanding Achievement.

In contrast to the classic spring break trip soaking up sun on a beach, 12 students in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences capitalized on their time off to gain an exclusive educational experience abroad. The students traveled to Iceland, a small country known for its outsized renewable energy resources, to see classroom concepts in real life, while crossing off a bucket-list global experience.

Forty Penn State graduate students were named recipients of Penn State’s most prestigious annual graduate student awards, administered by the Graduate School in collaboration with several Penn State units. The awards recognize and celebrate graduate students who are excelling in teaching, research and service, as well as other academic pursuits.

The Penn State College of Engineering’s Learning Factory will host its end-of-semester showcase for senior engineering students to present their capstone design projects with both in-person and virtual formats.    

Alumnus Walter Moorhead, president of Product Evaluation Systems, Inc. (PES), will present the 2023 Richard E. Tressler Lecture at 3:05 p.m. Thursday, March 30, in 111 Wartik Laboratory on the Penn State University Park campus. Moorhead’s lecture is titled “Materials science and engineering — materials lab intern to lab owner.”