Penn State severe weather expert reflects on advances in the field
In her final days as president of the American Meteorological Society (AMS), Penn State severe weather expert Jenni Evans addressed more than 5,500 of the society’s members, reflecting on 100 years of advances in the field.
EarthTalks explores global warming, heat waves, and ways to curb CO2 emissions
Jim Kasting, Evan Pugh University Professor of Geosciences at Penn State, will discuss the science and societal impacts of human-caused global warming and solutions to curb carbon dioxide emissions, at the EarthTalks seminar at 4 p.m. Monday, Feb. 3, in 112 Walker Building.
Undergraduate team wins asphalt pavement mix design competition
Penn State undergraduate students have been honored with the top prize for their work in the Inaugural Northeast Regional Council Mix Competition, sponsored by the Asphalt Pavement Alliance (APA).
'Women’s Work' exhibit opens in the EMS Museum & Art Gallery
Steel towns. Mines. Factories. Places like these, once the lifeblood of the industrial economy in Pennsylvania, have since become artifacts of our state’s history.
Student and faculty researchers explore food-energy-water system at solar farm
From the edge of the farm, the completed solar arrays and those under construction seemed to never end.
Liu elected president of materials science and engineering society
Zi-Kui Liu, distinguished professor of materials science and engineering in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, was recently named president of ASM International.
Two Penn State EMS undergrads serve as GREEN ambassadors
On a hike up a glacier in Iceland, Penn State junior Gabriel Schaefer saw the bare, rocky ground once covered by ice.
Top weather society honors Mann for children's book on climate change
Climate expert Michael Mann was honored for his book “The Tantrum that Saved the World," by the American Meteorological Society.
Spring speakers for Coffee Hour lecture series announced
The Department of Geography Coffee Hour lecture series resumes on Friday afternoons beginning Jan. 31 through April 24 for the spring 2020 semester on Penn State's University Park campus.
Institute for Computational and Data Sciences accepting seed grant applications
The Institute for Computational and Data Sciences (ICDS) is accepting applications for its 2020-21 seed grant program that will help fund projects that leverage Penn State expertise to help advance computation- and data-enabled research.