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Graduate Student NASA Pa. Space Grant accepting graduate research fellowship applications 12/02/2019 The NASA Pennsylvania Space Grant Consortium (PSGC) is currently accepting applications to its graduate research fellowship program. |
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Alumni MatSE alum completes lifelong goal of biking across U.S. 12/02/2019 At age 65, Dan Hurwitz was facing a decision at a crossroads. Was he going to complete his dream of biking across the United States -- some 3,900 miles of mountains, deserts and plains over a stretch of four months -- or would he wait longer, perhaps missing his window for the feat? |
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Faculty Andrew Kleit receives USAEE Senior Fellow Award 12/02/2019 Andrew Kleit, professor of energy and environmental economics at Penn State recently received a United States Association for Energy Economics (USAEE) Senior Fellow Award at the USAEE annual conference in Denver, held in November. |
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Faculty Fourteen Penn State faculty recognized with lifetime honor 11/26/2019 Fourteen Penn State faculty members in areas ranging from physics and engineering to entomology and plant science have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world's largest general scientific society. |
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Development Millennium Scholars pull from program, each other to grow in STEM 11/21/2019 For the first time, the Penn State College of Earth and Mineral Sciences has Millennium Scholars in all class levels -- from graduating seniors to first-year students. |
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Development EMS plans to raise $10,000 for Millennium Scholars Program on Giving Tuesday 11/20/2019 The College of Earth and Mineral Sciences (EMS) will be raising money to support the Millennium Scholars Program on Giving Tuesday, slated to begin at 6:55 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 2, and lasting through 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 3. |
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Development Geographer invests in education to open doors for others 11/20/2019 Growing up in a segregated part of Washington, D.C., in the 1970s, Tony Hutchinson didn't see a lot of the kids in his neighborhood going on to college. |
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Faculty Energy and mineral engineering researchers receive best paper award from SPE 11/18/2019 Hamid Emami-Meybodi, Michael Cronin, and Russell Johns recently received awards from the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) for the best paper published in 2018 in a SPE journal. |
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Faculty New, slippery toilet coating provides cleaner flushing, saves water 11/18/2019 Every day, more than 141 billion liters of water are used solely to flush toilets. With millions of global citizens experiencing water scarcity, what if that amount could be reduced by 50%? |
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Graduate Student Homeless female veterans: Out of sight, out of mind 11/18/2019 Female veterans are the fastest growing demographic among the homeless population in the United States and face a double hurdle of distance and invisibility in getting the health services they need, according to research conducted by Penn State graduate student. |