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Faculty New process developed to extract high purity rare earth element oxides 11/21/2022 Penn State’s Center for Critical Minerals has developed a new purification process that extracts mixed rare earth oxides from acid mine drainage and associated sludges at purities of 88.5% |
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Student EMS hopes to raise $20,000 for Millennium Scholars Program on GivingTuesday 11/21/2022 The Penn State College of Earth and Mineral Sciences (EMS) will be raising money to support the Millennium Scholars Program on GivingTuesday, slated to begin at 6:55 p.m. Monday, Nov. 28, and lasting through 11:59 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 29. |
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Faculty Women in energy and water research seminar to feature Karen Palmer on Dec. 1 11/21/2022 The fall 2022 Celebrating Women in Energy and Water Research seminar series at Penn State will conclude on Thursday, Dec. 1, with two seminars by Karen Palmer, senior fellow and director of the Electric Power Program at Resources for the Future (RFF). |
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Faculty Penn State webinar to address access to low-income energy efficiency programs 11/18/2022 The Penn State Center for Energy Law and Policy (CELP) and the Hamer Center for Community Design in the College of Arts and Architecture’s Stuckeman School are teaming up to host a one-hour webinar at 10:30 a.m. on Dec. 1 to address the substantial challenges low-income individuals in Pennsylvania face in accessing energy efficiency programs. |
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Faculty Professor selected as Society of Petroleum Engineers Distinguished Lecturer 11/16/2022 Arash Dahi Taleghani, professor of petroleum and natural gas engineering, will serve as a 2022-23 Society of Petroleum Engineers Distinguished Lecturer. |
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Alumni Alumnus encourages underrepresented communities to pursue STEM careers 11/16/2022 Although high school was not his favorite place as a teenager, Penn State alumnus Jordan Chapman quickly realized just how important higher education was for students who look like him. |
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Faculty Fossil fuel past, green future: Abandoned wells may offer geothermal power 11/15/2022 Tapping into abandoned oil and gas wells in Pennsylvania, products of the state’s long history of energy extraction — could provide a future source of affordable geothermal energy, according to Penn State scientists. |
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Penn State employees and staff share ‘Profiles of Service’ 11/09/2022 Penn State’s 11th annual Military Appreciation Week honors all active-duty and veteran service members and this year highlights University faculty and staff members who serve or have served in the U.S. armed forces. |
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Faculty EarthTalks: Cornell researcher to discuss co-locating solar arrays on farmland 11/09/2022 Niko Kochendoerfer, a postdoctoral fellow in animal sciences at Cornell University, will deliver the talk "Effect of sheep stocking rate on ecosystem parameters in ground-mounted solar arrays " at 4 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 14. |
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Faculty Penn State to hold second annual Solar Symposium 11/07/2022 The second annual Penn State Solar Law Symposium will be held via webinar from noon to 4:30 p.m. on Nov. 16. |