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The Penn State Department of Geography will conclude its spring 2025 Coffee Hour lecture series with a talk by Jessica Omukuti, senior

Erica Smithwick, distinguished professor of geography and ecology in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, is the recipient of t

Lion shrine on the Penn State University Park campus.

A group of 17 academic leaders from across Penn State recently completed the 2025 Excellence in Academic Leadership (EAL) program — an experience designed to strengthen leadership effectiveness and support ongoing professional growth.

Penn State's College of Earth and Mineral Sciences (EMS) recognized exceptional students and faculty for their academic excellence, service and leadership during its annual Wilson Awards Celebration, held on March 30.

Patricia Ehrkamp, professor at the University of Kentucky

Patricia Ehrkamp, professor of geography and College of Arts & Sciences Distinguished Professor at the University of Kentucky, will deliver the E. Willard and Ruby S. Miller Endowed Lecture at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, April 11.

Daniela Aiello, assistant professor of geography

Penn State’s “Stories from the Field” conversation series is returning this spring with a brand-new session focused on research examining housing inequality in North America.

The April Climate Conversations Café will welcome Brianna Craft, a climate justice researcher and author, for a presentation called "Storytelling for Climate Justice."

The April Climate Conversations Café will host Brianna Craft, a climate justice researcher and author, for a discussion on diplomacy,

Richard B. Alley will present at the Department of Geography's Coffee Hour lecture series at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, April 4

The Penn State Department of Geography will continue its spring 2025 Coffee Hour lecture series with a talk by Richard B. Alley, Evan Pugh University Professor in the Department of Geosciences and the Earth and Environmental Systems Institute at Penn State. Alley’s talk, "Sea-Level Rise from Ice Sheets: How Bad Could It Be?" will examine the uncertainties surrounding sea-level rise and the scientific challenges of predicting future ice-sheet behavior.

Three maps showing the spatial variation of the prevalence of undernutrition among children under the age of five in Uganda

Rainfall and long-term water availability in a region before a woman becomes pregnant and during pregnancy predicted future growth outcomes of children in Uganda, according to new research led by a team from the Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and the Penn State College of Medicine. Women living in an area that did not receive adequate rainfall or experienced drought were more likely to give birth to children who don’t grow at the expected rate for their age between birth and age five.

Penn State faculty speaking March 24 during the event “Research Scholarship and the Land Grant Mission: Why It Matters in Turbulent Times” include, clockwise from top left: Ray Block Jr., Brown-McCourtney Career Development Professor in the McCourtney Institute and associate professor of political science and of African American studies; Jennie Knies, University Libraries associate dean for Commonwealth Campus libraries; Erica Smithwick, distinguished professor of geography, director of the Earth and Enviro

Three Penn State deans are co-hosting an event focusing on role of the University as Pennsylvania’s land-grant institution, the similar role of U.S. land-grant universities and the impacts of scholarly research they produce.