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Faculty Researcher draws from physics to make labs, workplaces safer 07/18/2018 According to research by John Mauro power-law distribution explains accidents in the workplace and how best to minimize them. |
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Faculty Global Programs announces spring 2018 Travel Grants recipients 07/17/2018 Twice a year, Global Programs seeks travel grant applications from faculty and graduate students. The Travel Grant program supports faculty travel related to developing global awareness, global literacy and global competency among our undergraduate population. |
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Faculty Fantastic plastics: Research collaboration could reshape injection molding 07/17/2018
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Faculty Faculty wins NSF CAREER Award to model structure of extreme weather events 07/16/2018 One Penn State professor is seeking to create spatial statistical models for extreme events such as large forest fires, floods and heavy rainstorms to help make better decisions on infrastructure, preparation and mitigation. |
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Faculty Researcher tackling loss of healthy traditional diets in Morocco 07/12/2018 Morocco's food landscape has been undergoing a major shift: Obesity is on the rise while traditional, healthy food is becoming more scarce. Penn State geography researcher Bronwen Powell wants to know what's driving these trends. |
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Faculty Study sheds new light on forests' response to atmospheric pollution 07/12/2018 How forests respond to elevated nitrogen levels from atmospheric pollution is not always the same. While a forest is filtering nitrogen as expected, a higher percentage than previously seen is leaving the system again as the potent greenhouse gas nitrous oxide, say researchers. |
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Faculty New course puts Penn State students in control of transformational technology 07/09/2018 A new general education course at University Park -- GEOG 397 -- will immerse students in the world of virtual reality, 360-degree video, augmented reality and more. |
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Faculty Researcher pulling from past to shape future of glass research 07/09/2018 Glass has been a part of society for thousands of years, so it is easy for this material to become invisible and overlooked, but a Penn State materials scientist has laid out a plan to map the glass genome and advance the future of glass. |
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Faculty Athletic 'pull' increases campus diversity 07/02/2018 The next time you see your favorite collegiate athlete on the field or court, think again about their road to getting there. |
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Graduate Student Penn State launches new graduate certificate for geospatial software developers 07/02/2018 Penn State has launched a new graduate certificate aimed at helping geospatial professionals working in the GIS and web mapping industries to expand their software development and coding skills. |