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$5.25 million grant expands Conway Scholars program in Nese College of Nursing
Bedford Falls Foundation funding will extend need-based nursing scholarships and student success support at Scranton and Schuylkill campuses
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Inaugural Conway Scholars enter final year at Nese College of Nursing (9/15/2026)
Undergraduates in the first cohort of the Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing’s Joanne and William Conway Nursing Scholarship are now in the final year of their bachelor of science in nursing degrees, three years after a $2 million grant established the program and committed $40,000 in support to each scholar over four years. As members of the cohort approach graduation, three scholars described how the program has shaped their nursing education and plans for the future.
Fox Graduate School expands Ombudsperson Program with seven new members (9/1/2026)
The J. Jeffrey and Ann Marie Fox Graduate School has appointed eight faculty members to serve as graduate student ombudspersons, expanding the formerly two-volunteer Ombudsperson Program.
NIH awards Penn State CTSI $28.2M to improve rural health (9/1/2026)
Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) at Penn State College of Medicine recently received a seven-year, $28.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences. The funding will help the institute pioneer scalable models to solve health challenges in rural areas and turn medical discoveries into real-world treatments, according to Jennifer Kraschnewski, who directs CTSI.
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