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Faculty Talk by blind filmmaker part of Black History Month celebration 02/17/2020 Aziza Baccouche, president and CEO of Aziza Productions, will give a talk titled "Seeking vision: The journey of a legally blind physicist and filmmaker," at 3 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 27, in the Memorial Lounge of the Pasquerilla Spiritual Center on the University Park campus. |
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Faculty EarthTalks: Richard Alley discusses collapsing ice sheets, coastal communities 02/17/2020 Richard Alley, Evan Pugh University Professor of Geosciences, will discuss how human-caused global warming is affecting ice sheets and impacting coastal communities at the next EarthTalks seminar at 4 p.m. Monday, Feb. 24, in 112 Walker Building. |
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Faculty Meteorology society lauds Jenkins for commitment to diversity, Africa 02/17/2020 Gregory Jenkins was honored with the American Meteorological Society's (AMS) Charles E. Anderson Award. |
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Faculty New research center will focus on socially responsible artificial intelligence 02/14/2020 Penn State will be well positioned to recognize and interpret the social implications of artificial intelligence (AI), thanks to a new, multi-unit research center launched this spring. |
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Graduate Student Twenty teams funded to develop 'AI for Good' in the Nittany AI Challenge 02/13/2020 Twenty teams have been awarded $500 to pursue their ideas to use artificial intelligence for good in the 2020 Nittany AI Challenge. |
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Faculty Engineering professor named director of the Penn State Center for Biodevices 02/13/2020 Mary Frecker, professor of mechanical and biomedical engineering at Penn State, will lead the newly approved Center for Biodevices, a collaborative unit aimed at initiating and supporting research in the area and facilitating impactful collaborations among units including the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences. |
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Faculty Sponsored program leads to opportunities for students, Penn State 02/12/2020 Maram Ejaimi's passion for engineering ignited in a way those dedicated to improving diversity in STEM fields love to hear. |
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Faculty Forest soils release more carbon dioxide than expected in rainy season 02/12/2020 Current carbon cycle models may underestimate the amount of carbon dioxide released from the soil during rainy seasons in temperate forests like those found in the northeast United States, according to Penn State researchers. |
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Faculty Researchers track dust pollution, health to spot dangers in West Africa 02/11/2020 Comparing dust simulations and health data for Senegal, an international team of researchers found dust to be responsible for poor air quality, which is followed by a rise in poor health outcomes. |
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Faculty Expert honored by meteorological society for creative approach to radar research 02/11/2020 When Matthew Kumjian, associate professor of meteorology at Penn State, looks at radar observations, he drills down to the fundamentals of what each piece of the puzzle is telling him. |