A warming climate and more frequent wildfires do not necessarily mean the western United States will see the forest loss that many scientists expect.
The Center for Nanoscale Science, a National Science Foundation Materials Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC), has again successfully renewed its NSF support in the highly competitive MRSEC program. The new iteration of the center encompasses two of NSF's Big Ideas -- "Quantum Leap" and "Harnessing the Data Revolution."
Penn State's Water Council will hold an online event for individuals who are interested in learning about water events and meeting other water faculty and professional staff.
For students, losing the opportunity to attend summer conferences due to the COVID-19 pandemic meant even fewer chances to advance their academic careers.
For most people, starting a job during a global pandemic can prove difficult. But for museum collections managers, it turns out, things aren't all bad.
Michael E. Mann, distinguished professor of atmospheric sciences and director of the Earth System Science Center at Penn State, will share the 2020 World Sustainability Award with Antonella Santuccione Chadha, co-founder and the CEO of the Women's Brain Project and global medical manager for Alzheimer's disease at Roche Diagnostics.
Five Penn State researchers have joined the Institutes of Energy and the Environment. This includes faculty members from the colleges of Earth and Mineral Sciences, Engineering, Arts and Architecture, the Liberal Arts and Penn State Law.
The Penn State community is invited to virtually attend the Nittany AI Challenge Celebration, where nine student teams will present their minimum viable product for a chance to share in the remaining pool of $25,000 in funding.
Mohammad Rezaee, assistant professor of mining engineering in the John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering, has been awarded the Outstanding Young Engineer Award from the Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration's (SME) Mineral and Metallurgical Processing Division.
Over the summer, three Penn State graduate students participated in a workshop focused on the planetary boundary layer (PBL).