Kaltura's integration with Canvas gives faculty options in classrooms and online
Dan Coughlin’s hands skip across his keyboard, then he reaches for the mouse. With just a few clicks, a week’s worth of video lessons for the applications development class he teaches at University Park are uploaded, embedded and waiting for his students in Canvas.
Study finds global action needed to ensure acceptable climate futures
Ensuring a tolerable climate future, one that reduces warming while considering the costs, requires immediate global action, according to an international team of scientists.
Positive Energy cleans-up local riparian buffer with ClearWater Conservancy
Members of Penn State’s Positive Energy student group recently partnered with ClearWater Conservancy, a local conservation group, to clean up a riparian buffer at a farm located in Hublersburg, Pennsylvania.
North Atlantic warming hole impacts jet stream
The North Atlantic warming hole (NAWH), a region of reduced warming located in the North Atlantic Ocean, significantly affects the North Atlantic jet stream in climate simulations of the future, according to a team of researchers.
Predictability limit: Scientists find bounds of weather forecasting
In the future, weather forecasts that provide storm warnings and help us plan our daily lives could come up to five days sooner before reaching the limits of numerical weather prediction, scientists said.
Earth and Minerals Sciences graduate earns Alumni Achievement Award
Daniel Lentz, a 2010 graduate of the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, is one of 15 recipients of the 2019 Penn State Alumni Association Alumni Achievement Award.
EMS graduate student among those who receive the Alumni Association Dissertation Award
Kehao Zhang, doctoral student in materials science and engineering, received a Penn State Alumni Association Dissertation Award, Distinguished Doctoral Scholar Medal in recognition of outstanding professional accomplishment and achievement in scholarly research.
Energy Days continues to build bridges among research, industry, government
The fourth annual Energy Days conference will be held on May 29-30 at the Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center. Registration for the conference is now open.
GreenBriq student venture wins top $7,500 prize in Ag Springboard pitch contest
GreenBriq, a student venture aimed at turning the biomass of invasive water hyacinth plants into affordable fuel briquettes for Kenyan families, recently won the $7,500 first-place prize in the Ag Springboard pitch contest.
Dean emeritus Charles Hosler says biggest legacy was helping others succeed
Charles Hosler, dean of Penn State's College of Earth and Mineral Sciences (EMS) from 1965-85, is credited with continuing the transition of the college from its longtime mineral extraction and processing focus to one comprising experts of the entire Earth system.