The Penn State College of Medicine Primary Care Scholars’ Program is an exceptional opportunity for those who are interested in attending medical school and specializing in primary care. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s program will be held virtually and will kick off the week of May 17, 2021 followed by a series of evening sessions over the weeks that follow. The Primary Care Scholars’ Program will include discussions on topics such as medical care, primary care, medical school admissions, and the medical school’s curriculum. Participants will have opportunities to interact with medical students and faculty, and to learn about the philosophy and practice of primary care within the disciplines of family medicine, internal medicine, and pediatrics. The format will include large group presentations, small discussion groups, panel discussions with medical students, individual application consults, and a sample problem based learning session....
Dr.
George Davis, associate professor, Department of Biological and Allied Health
Sciences, and his colleague Dr. Mark Stocksdale, Department of Chemistry at
Earlham College, have been granted a provisional patent for their
invention “'Trojan Horse' targeted delivery system for crop species” as
listed on the Penn State “Technologies Available for Licensing” page. This invention
uses the iron uptake system found in grasses to deliver nutrients / minerals,
growth regulators, herbicides, and fertilizers to a wide range of plants that
have been genetically engineered to express the iron transporter. This
technology has the potential to promote more vigorous growth in crop plants and
to reduce the detrimental environmental impacts of fertilizers. The provisional patent allows protection for the development
of the technology until April, 2017. A description is available at:
