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Research Youth perspectives study on sustainability funded by EMS Sustainability Council 05/31/2024 Researchers in Penn State’s Department of Geography have been awarded $12,000 in funding from the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences (EMS) Sustainability Council for their project, "Youth Perspectives on Sustainability in the College of EMS." |
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Faculty Paul Markowski named 2024 BTAA Department Executive Officer Fellow 05/30/2024 Paul Markowski named a Big Ten Academic Alliance's (BTAA) Department Executive Officers (DEO) program Fellow. |
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Faculty Trevor Birkenholtz named 2024 BTAA Academic Leadership Fellow 05/30/2024 Trevor Birkenholtz named 2024-25 Big Ten Academic Alliance's (BTAA) Academic Leadership Program Fellow |
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Faculty Penn State professor awarded American Chemical Society grant 05/30/2024 Danielle Reifsnyder Hickey, assistant professor of chemistry and of materials science and engineering at Penn State, has been awarded an American Chemical Society (ACS) Petroleum Research Fund (PRF) Doctoral New Investigator Grant. |
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Student Julia Liu named undergraduate National Olmsted Scholar 05/29/2024 Liu is an integrated undergraduate-graduate student who is pursuing both a bachelor of landscape architecture and a bachelor of science in meteorology and atmospheric science. This is the highest award for landscape architecture students. |
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Research Penn State part of $6.6M consortium to improve weather forecasting 05/23/2024 Researchers at Penn State are part of a multi-university team selected to receive $6.6 million in recommended funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The group will establish a new multi-university data assimilation consortium to improve weather forecasts using enhanced numerical weather prediction systems. |
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Faculty GAP funding paves the way for research to move from lab to market 05/21/2024 Four projects were recently awarded Penn State Commercialization GAP funding. The GAP Fund, formerly known as the Fund for Innovation, aims to accelerate the development of promising research across the University by closing the funding gaps between proof-of-concept research and readiness for commercialization. |
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Student New World Campus fund helps make life-changing learning experiences a reality 05/20/2024 A Penn State World Campus student is eager to be a better steward of the Earth’s resources because of a life-changing trip she took over spring break to Belize through the GREEN Program. |
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Faculty Method for producing sulfur compounds in cells shows promise for tissue repair 05/17/2024 A team led by Penn State scientists have developed a new method to generate sulfur-based compounds — called polysulfides — inside of cells, and the work could potentially lead to advances in wound treatment and tissue repair. |
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Research Forty-three undergraduates receive Erickson Discovery Grants 05/14/2024 The Erickson Discovery Grant, which funds independent research projects for undergraduate students, has been awarded to 43 recipients this year. |
