Faculty Method improves semiconductor fiber optics, paves way for developing devices 04/11/2017 A new method to improve semiconductor fiber optics may lead to a material structure that might one day revolutionize the global transmission of data, according to an interdisciplinary team of researchers. |
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Faculty Three materials professors awarded NSF Early Career Awards 04/10/2017 When a faculty member is granted an Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation, it's an honor for their career and department. But, when three members earn that distinction, as faculty in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering did this year, it's three times the accolades for the department. |
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Alumni Public invited to become fans of research at Blue-White Science Expo 04/10/2017 Blue-White Weekend attendees and the general public are invited to the Penn State Blue-White Science Expo, from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, April 22, in the HUB. The expo offers the community a chance to show their support for research while learning about the newest work from 17 of Penn State's research faculty. A complete schedule and registration form for tickets is available at http://research.psu.edu/expo. |
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Faculty Talk to focus on new National Institutes of Health rules 04/10/2017 Directors from Penn State's Office for Research Protections will present a 15-minute overview on the recent and upcoming changes to National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded research at noon on May 2 in 112 Henderson Building. |
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Faculty Premiere of 'Managing Risk in a Changing Climate,' panel talk set for April 18 04/07/2017 The new WPSU documentary "Managing Risk in a Changing Climate" will premiere during Earth Week at 7 p.m. April 18 followed by a panel discussion at the State Theatre in downtown State College. |
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Alumni Things to Do at Penn State: April 7-April 13 04/06/2017 Explorer Jean-Michel Cousteau, a performance by the University's oldest a cappella group and Ludacris' Penn State Behrend concert highlight events happening April 7-13. |
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Faculty Six receive Faculty Scholar Medals 04/04/2017 Six University faculty members have received the 2017 Faculty Scholar Medals for Outstanding Achievement including James Adair, professor of materials science and engineering, biomedical engineering and pharmacology. |
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Faculty Nyblade recognized with 2017 President’s Award for academic integration 04/04/2017 Andrew Nyblade, professor of geosciences in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, has been awarded the 2017 President's Award for Excellence in Academic Integration. |
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Faculty Penn State announces 2017 faculty and staff awards 04/04/2017 Each year, Penn State recognizes outstanding faculty and staff with annual awards in teaching and excellence. The faculty and staff awards ceremony is Wednesday, April 19. |
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G. Albert Shoemaker Lecture to focus on challenges facing mining industry 04/03/2017 Aidan Davy, the International Council on Mining and Metals' (ICMM) chief operating officer, will give the 2017 G. Albert Shoemaker Lecture in Mineral Engineering at Penn State. His talk, "The global context of mining: the evolution from mining license to social license to social contract," will be held at 4 p.m. on Friday, April 7, in 26 Hosler Building on the University Park campus. |