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Alumni Eight Penn State alumni to receive Distinguished Alumni Awards in 2025 01/10/2025 Eight Penn State alumni selected by the Penn State Board of Trustees will receive the Distinguished Alumni Award, which is the University's highest honor presented to its alumni |
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Graduate Student Graduate student’s materials science research recognized by national society 01/10/2025 Mingyu Yu, doctoral candidate in materials science and engineering at Penn State, recently received the Graduate Student Research Award from the professional society AVS: Science and Technology of Materials, Interfaces and Processing for innovative research in two-dimensional materials. |
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Research $1.23M NASA grant to support improving satellite weather forecasting with AI 01/08/2025 Penn State researchers will use a grant from NASA to improve atmosphere and ocean forecasts by incorporating AI and satellite data into current forecasting models. |
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Proximity effect: Method allows advanced materials to gain new property 01/08/2025 New discovery offers a new way to make ferroelectric materials without modifying their chemical formulation, which commonly degrades several useful properties. |
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Faculty Alley awarded National Medal of Science, highest honor US bestows on scientists 01/07/2025 Richard Alley, Evan Pugh University Professor of Geosciences at Penn State, was awarded the National Medal of Science at a White House ceremony on Jan. 3. |
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Faculty Pollinators most vulnerable to rising global temperatures are flies, study shows 12/19/2024 Despite their reputation as buzzing nuisances, flies serve a critical role as some of the Earth’s most prolific pollinators — and new research led by Penn State scientists suggests they are increasingly at risk due to rising global temperatures. |
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Student Duanchen Zhang named Earth and Mineral Sciences fall 2024 student marshal 12/18/2024 Duanchen Zhang has been selected to represent Penn State’s College of Earth and Mineral Sciences as the student marshal for the college’s fall 2024 commencement on Sunday, Dec. 22, in the Bryce Jordan Center on the University Park campus. |
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Faculty $3M grant targets integrated semiconductor for smarter, greener electronics 12/11/2024 The microelectronics industry is nearing a tipping point. The silicon chips at the heart of everyday electronic devices are running into performance limits, raising the need for new materials and technologies to continue making faster, more efficient devices. |
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Faculty Penn State Climate Consortium marks year one of advancing climate action 12/09/2024 In December 2023, the University launched the Penn State Climate Consortium. Its mission is to meet the mounting challenges related to climate change by identifying, creating and implementing research-based climate solutions. |
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Faculty Straining a material’s atomic arrangement may make for cleaner, smarter devices 12/05/2024 What’s the best way to precisely manipulate a material’s properties to the desired state? |
