Faculty Center for Immersive Experiences set to debut, serving researchers and students 10/22/2019 Penn State will be equipped to meet the needs of students, faculty, and a society at large that is progressively more reliant on immersive technology with the opening of the Center for Immersive Experiences (CIE) on the University Park campus. |
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Faculty Seed grant funding available for energy, environmental research projects 10/22/2019 The Institutes of Energy and the Environment (IEE) announced the availability of seed grant funds intended to foster basic and applied interdisciplinary energy and environmental research. |
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Graduate Student Fengyuan Zhang receives 2019 Nico van Wingen Memorial Graduate Fellowship 10/22/2019 Penn State doctoral student Fengyuan Zhang was awarded the Nico van Wingen Memorial Graduate Fellowship in petroleum engineering at the Society of Petroleum Engineers' (SPE) Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition held Sept. 30 to Oct. 2 in Calgary, Canada. |
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Research Biological material boosts solar cell performance 10/21/2019 Next-generation solar cells that mimic photosynthesis with biological material may give new meaning to the term "green technology." |
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Faculty Distant Suns, Distant Worlds 10/21/2019 The habitable zone is a region within a solar system--a distance not too close and not too far from a sun--where a planet would have the conditions necessary to have liquid water on its surface, an important requirement for the existence of carbon-based life as we know it. |
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Faculty Professor-student partnership leads to medical testing startup 10/17/2019 Two researchers at Penn State are hoping their accidental discovery could join the list of some of science's most welcome surprises that revolutionized the way we approach medicine and medical testing. |
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Graduate Student EMS graduate poster competition and recognition event slated for Oct. 23 10/16/2019 The College of Earth and Mineral Sciences (EMS) is hosting a fall graduate poster competition and recognition event to showcase and reward the exemplary research happening within the college's graduate community. |
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Faculty Event explores geographic information systems Nov. 12 at University Libraries 10/16/2019 Penn State University Libraries will observe GIS Day -- an annual event celebrating the technology of geographic information systems (GIS) -- on Tuesday, Nov. 12. |
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Alumni Lattman Lecture to focus on ways improve our social and political discourse 10/15/2019 Alex McKiernan will give the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences' 2019 Lattman Visiting Scholar of Science and Society Lecture on Wednesday, Oct. 23, in 22 Deike Building. |
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Alumni Two EMS alumni receive Alumni Fellow Award 10/15/2019 The Penn State Alumni Association will honor 16 Penn Staters, including two graduates of the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, on Oct. 23 with the Alumni Fellow Award, the highest award given by the Alumni Association. |