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Research Researchers, staff work with Pittsburgh municipalities to predict geohazards 08/09/2024 Penn State students, Carnegie Mellon students, Penn State faculty and staff from the Franco Harris Pittsburgh Center at Penn State are collaborating to use existing fiber optic cables to predict dangerous potential geohazards like flooding, landslides and sinkholes in Pittsburgh. |
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Research Giant fossil seeds from Borneo record ancient plant migration 08/07/2024 Ancient fossil beans about the size of modern limes, and among the largest seeds in the fossil record, may provide new insight into the evolution of today’s diverse Southeast Asian and Australian rainforests, according to Penn State researchers who identified the plants. |
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Student 2024 Murphy Award honors Air Force veteran 08/02/2024 Christopher Ramos, a U.S. Air Force veteran who is a Penn State World Campus student, has received the University's 2024 Lieutenant Michael P. Murphy Award, which recognizes outstanding contributions to the geospatial intelligence community. |
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Sending a 'We Are!' to Lynn Persing — Week of July 29 07/29/2024 Lynn Persing, administrative support manager in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, was recognized as an employee who has gone above and beyond what’s asked of her in their work at the University. |
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Research $1.1M ARPA-E award to fund project exploring potential of geologic hydrogen 07/23/2024 Penn State to receive $1.1 million from DOE- ARPA-e to support early-stage research and development to advance low-cost, low-emissions production of geologic hydrogen. |
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Alumni Laughs ring in Earth and Mineral Sciences alumni society 30th anniversary 07/23/2024 The Graduates of Earth and Mineral Sciences (GEMS), the college’s alumni society, recently celebrated its 30th anniversary with a comedy roast at the State Theatre in State College. |
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Research New NSF-funded center established to lead geologic CO2 storage innovation 07/23/2024 NSF funding to establish a center for CO2 Storage Modeling, Analytics, and Risk Reduction Technologies, whch will be dedicated to innovation in geologic sequestration of carbon dioxide as a technology to enable industrial decarbonization at scale. |
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Student Michael Johnson named summer 2024 College of Earth and Mineral Sciences marshal 07/23/2024 Michael Johnson, a Doylestown, Pennsylvania native, has been named the student marshal for the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences’ summer 2024 commencement ceremony, which will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 10, in the Bryce Jordan Center on Penn State's University Park campus. |
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Faculty Professor Andrew Nyblade steps down as head of geosciences 07/23/2024 Department of Geosciences sustained research success and improved diversity amid pandemic under his leadership. Nyblade stepped down from role effective July 1, 2024. |
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Research Message in a bottle: Combining mixed-color glass an option to boost recycling 07/22/2024 Penn State scientists recently found that mass-produced soda-lime silicate glass from post-consumer bottles of different colors can be safely melted together in the recycling process, which could potentially lead to more bottles being recycled. |
