Penn State Eberly College of Science

Sending a warm Penn State welcome to our incoming ! 🎈💙🤍

Members of the next Eberly class received balloons to help welcome them to the college.

We can't wait to see you all on campus this fall!

📸: Reese, Caroline, and Kendall

Tomorrow, Jainendra Jain will be accepting the 2025 Wolf Prize in Physics live at their award ceremony for his work in theoretical physics — where he was recognized by the Wolf Prize for his “groundbreaking contributions to quantum matter."

Congrats on this incredible recognition!

Read more about Jain and the Wolf Prize at https://bit.ly/41W616U

After 35 years at Penn State, and 27 with the college, facilities representative Bob Holden is now enjoying the next chapter — retirement.

Members of the Eberly community, including Dean Tracy Langkilde, celebrated Holden's commitment to Penn State and all the work he's done for the University and the college over the years.

Read more about Holden at https://bit.ly/4ehfb2X

Happy retirement!

Integrative science major Adam Lieb and his teammates earned first place at the McGill Desautels Business Ethics Case Competition last semester!

The competition was focused on financial ethics and teams had to propose a balanced fiduciary responsibility, preservation of fair market competition and climate risk management.

Read about the competition at https://bit.ly/4vE0DBr

The highest honor for undergraduate teaching in the Eberly College of Science is the C.I. Noll Award for Excellence in Teaching, which was named after Clarence I. Noll, former dean of the college.

This year, Carly Sjogren, associate teaching professor of biology, and Teh-hui Kao, distinguished professor of biology and molecular biology, were honored with the C.I. Noll Award for their incredible work inside the classroom.

Read about them at https://bit.ly/4ongv9b

We are proud to share that our own Chris Palma, teaching professor of astronomy and astrophysics, has received an Opportunity Grant from Penn State!

This grant will allow Palma, and 32 other non-tenure-line faculty members, to fund a project of their choosing during the 2026-27 academic year.

Read more about the awardees at https://bit.ly/4urNRF9

Excitement all around for the fourth annual Prehealth Accepted Student Celebration 🎉💐

Eberly's prehealth advising office recognized our students who were accepted into health professional programs to continue their career journey. Students posed with whiteboards sharing their next stops and celebrated with family and friends.

Best of luck to all our prehealth students as they embark on the next step in their career!

Thanks to a Penn State-led team performing one of the most precise calculations ever in particle physics, it has been shown that the Standard Model — the theory describing the known building blocks of matter — still holds.

This recent study, led by Zoltan Fodor, distinguished professor of physics, revealed a tiny discrepancy that has loomed for decades in particle physics was a fluke in calculation, not nature.

Read about this research at https://bit.ly/4ug1yXU

Eberly alumna Kim Brannon has been selected to join the Dean's Advisory Board for the Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology!

She will use her expertise to providing strategic guidance and counsel to shape the future of the College of IST.

Read more at https://bit.ly/4fh7ufo

Earlier this year, one of our alums Matthew Kapelewski, was honored by the Penn State Alumni Association with the 2026 Alumni Achievement Award, one of the association's most prestigious awards.

Kapelewski graduated with a degree in chemistry in 2012 and is currently the director of chemistry at Orbital, an AI-focused startup.

Enjoy some photos from the award ceremony and some throwbacks from Kapelewski's time at Penn State (and before).

Read more: https://bit.ly/4bURfS3