The 3rd Annual PSU Inter-Campus Infectious Diseases Retreat entitled "Pathogen Evolution and Tansmission" will be held May 29-30, 2008 at Penn State's College of Medicine in Hershey, PA.

Although vaccination has almost eliminated measles in parts of the world, the disease remains a major killer in some high birth rate countries of the Sahel. On the basis of measles dynamics for industrialized countries, high birth rate regions should experience regular annual epidemics.

Paul Heinemann, professor of agricultural and biological engineering in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, has been named the recipient of the college's 2008 Excellence in Academic Advising Award.