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During the ninth week of the fall semester, Penn State students can attend downtown State College or on-campus events to break up homework and celebrate Homecoming week.
The return of the annual Pumpkin Festival at the Arboretum at Penn State, Homecoming festivities at the University Park campus and Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Live at the Bryce Jordan Center are among the events and cultural highlights at the University this weekend and next week.
To understand the biological underpinnings of skin and hair pigmentation and related diseases such as albinism or melanoma, scientists and doctors need quantitative, three-dimensional information about the architecture, content and location of pigment cells. Penn State College of Medicine researchers have developed a new technique that allows scientists to visualize every cell containing melanin pigment in 3D, in whole zebrafish.