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Graduate Nick Pelino poses for a selfie with Taja Finley, left, and Marissa Bufalini after Penn State Beaver’s commencement on May 3, 2019. (Cathy Benscoter)

Penn State opens on-campus coronavirus testing center

The new lab will test students at random to help the university identify asymptomatic carriers of the virus and monitor the prevalence of COVID-19 on campus.
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Zachery Smith, engineering support specialist at Penn State University’s Applied Research Laboratory, wears a prototype of a 3D-printed face shield. (Charles Tricou / Penn State)

Universities are 3D-printing face shields for hospitals amid shortage

Amid a shortage of critical medical supplies, university professors and staff are pooling their knowledge of 3D printing to make equipment to protect health care workers.
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