Student Geography student receives Ashok K. Moza Foundation Scholarship 04/22/2019 Nicholas Lacey stepped out of the helicopter and into a crowd of people who gathered in anticipation. |
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Faculty Theory meets application: Machine learning techniques for geothermal exploration 04/18/2019 When Jing Yang, assistant professor of electrical engineering, began looking for practical applications to her machine learning research, partnering with Chris Marone, professor of geosciences, for his work on safe and efficient geothermal exploration and energy production, was a perfect fit. |
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Faculty Kaltura's integration with Canvas gives faculty options in classrooms and online 04/17/2019 Dan Coughlin's hands skip across his keyboard, then he reaches for the mouse. With just a few clicks, a week's worth of video lessons for the applications development class he teaches at University Park are uploaded, embedded and waiting for his students in Canvas. |
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Research Study finds global action needed to ensure acceptable climate futures 04/16/2019 Ensuring a tolerable climate future, one that reduces warming while considering the costs, requires immediate global action, according to an international team of scientists. |
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Student Positive Energy cleans-up local riparian buffer with ClearWater Conservancy 04/15/2019 Members of Penn State's Positive Energy student group recently partnered with ClearWater Conservancy, a local conservation group, to clean up a riparian buffer at a farm located in Hublersburg, Pennsylvania. |
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Faculty North Atlantic warming hole impacts jet stream 04/15/2019 The North Atlantic warming hole (NAWH), a region of reduced warming located in the North Atlantic Ocean, significantly affects the North Atlantic jet stream in climate simulations of the future, according to a team of researchers. |
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Alumni Earth and Minerals Sciences graduate earns Alumni Achievement Award 04/15/2019 Daniel Lentz, a 2010 graduate of the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, is one of 15 recipients of the 2019 Penn State Alumni Association Alumni Achievement Award. |
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Faculty Predictability limit: Scientists find bounds of weather forecasting 04/15/2019 In the future, weather forecasts that provide storm warnings and help us plan our daily lives could come up to five days sooner before reaching the limits of numerical weather prediction, scientists said. |
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Student GreenBriq student venture wins top $7,500 prize in Ag Springboard pitch contest 04/12/2019 GreenBriq, a student venture aimed at turning the biomass of invasive water hyacinth plants into affordable fuel briquettes for Kenyan families, recently won the $7,500 first-place prize in the Ag Springboard pitch contest. |
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Faculty Energy Days continues to build bridges among research, industry, government 04/12/2019 The fourth annual Energy Days conference will be held on May 29-30 at the Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center. Registration for the conference is now open. |