Our graduate students are integral to the research we conduct, and they also are dedicated to making a difference in communities. Learn more about their research, outreach efforts, and other projects below.
Computer games may be a key to ecological learning, study says
10/11/2022
10/11/2022
Computer games are an effective way to teach ecological issues and build pro-environment policy support, according to published research by an interdisciplinary group of Penn State scholars.
Women in energy and water research seminar to feature Susan Altman on Oct. 13
10/11/2022
10/11/2022
The fall 2022 Celebrating Women in Energy and Water Research seminar series continues on Thursday, Oct. 13, with two seminars by Susan Altman, deputy to the Energy and Homeland Security Portfolio at Sandia National Laboratories, a Department of Energy national lab.
Author Robin Wall Kimmerer to present 2022 Lattman Lecture
10/11/2022
10/11/2022
Robin Wall Kimmerer, author of the New York Times’ best-selling “Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants,” will give the 2022 Lattman Visiting Scholar of Science and Society Lecture.
EarthTalks: Rob Altenburg to discuss solar policy and politics in Pa.
09/22/2022
09/22/2022
Rob Altenburg, director of the PennFuture Energy Center, will deliver the talk "Solar Policy and Politics in Pennsylvania" at 4 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 3. The talk, which is free and open to the public, takes place in 112 Walker Building.
EarthTalks: Allen Landis to provide snapshot of Pennsylvania’s solar sector
09/21/2022
09/21/2022
Allen Landis, executive director of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection’s Energy Department Authority, will deliver the talk "Snapshot of Pennsylvania’s Solar Sector — and Programs and Policies to Grow It" at 4 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 26.
Research links shale gas, legacy energy development to groundwater contamination
09/20/2022
09/20/2022
Fracking for natural gas in parts of Pennsylvania with a legacy of energy extraction may increase the risk of groundwater contamination, according to a team led by Penn State scientists.
EarthTalks series returns Sept. 19 with exploration of solar energy development
09/16/2022
09/16/2022
The Earth and Environmental Systems Institute's Fall 2022 EarthTalks series will explore the development of solar energy through multiple, and intersecting, lenses. The seminar series resumes on Sept. 19 and continues through Nov. 14.
‘Coffee Hour’ to examine multi-pathway approach to societal transitions
09/13/2022
09/13/2022
Antonia Hadjimichael, assistant professor of geosciences at Penn State, will discuss the research vision of the MultiSector Dynamics Community of Practice as well as planned activities and ways for researchers to interact with the community at a talk at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 16.
'Coffee Hour' to discuss youth movements and the politics of climate change
09/01/2022
09/01/2022
Mark Ortiz, President’s Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Geography at Penn State, will discuss the work of young climate activists and the movements’ distinct visions of climate justice at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 9 in 112 Walker Building and via Zoom.
Geography graduate receives NSF fellowship to study trust in thematic maps
07/20/2022
07/20/2022
Tim Prestby, an incoming doctoral student in the Department of Geography, received a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship to study trust in thematic maps.