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Faculty EarthTalks: Lexie Hain to discuss agricultural integration and solar facilities 10/19/2022 Lexie Hain, director of agrivoltaics and land management at Lightsource bp, will introduce solar grazing as an agrivoltaic practice, and discuss ecosystem service considerations, as well as aspects of performance, professionalism, and potential implementation in her talk "Agricultural integration and solar facilities: Agrivoltaics in context" at 4 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 24. |
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Faculty Penn State GIS Day celebrates a world of possibilities, Nov. 14–15 10/19/2022 Penn State University Libraries will observe GIS Day — an annual event celebrating the technology of geographic information systems (GIS) — with a two-day event Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 14 and 15. |
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Faculty Luis Ayala named distinguished member by Society of Petroleum Engineers 10/19/2022 Luis Ayala, professor of petroleum and natural gas engineering and holder of the William A. Fustos Family Professor in Energy and Mineral Engineering at Penn State, has been honored as a distinguished member by the Society of Petroleum Engineers. |
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Faculty Electric discharges on leaves during thunderstorms may impact nearby air quality 10/18/2022 When thunderstorms rumble overhead, weak electrical discharges — called corona — can occur on tree leaves. A new study found coronas create large amounts of atmospheric chemicals that could impact air quality around forests, according to a team of Penn State scientists. |
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Faculty NSF CAREER Award to study impact of petrochemical plant in western Pa. 10/18/2022 Jenn Baka, associate professor of geography at Penn State, received a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) Award to examine the impact of a new ethane cracker plant in western Pennsylvania on humans’ relationship to the environment and environmental policymaking. |
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Faculty DOE-funded project investigates climate change effects on low-income housing 10/13/2022 Coastal cities such as Baltimore expect to see increased impacts of climate change, such as severe flooding, heat stress and increased energy consumption, particularly in low-income communities. |
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Alumni Philanthropy helps Penn State and Penn Staters to impact the world 10/13/2022 Students like Akhdan Mir, an energy engineering major and Millennium Scholar, are among the many taking on important challenges like the global need for safe, secure and abundant resources thanks to philanthropy through the impact of 'A Greater Penn State.' |
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Alumni Museum exhibit honors science life of Penn State’s first president, Evan Pugh 10/12/2022 To coincide with the Penn State College of Earth and Mineral Sciences’ (EMS) 125th anniversary celebration, the EMS Museum & Art Gallery is unveiling a new exhibit on Friday, Oct. 14, dedicated to Evan Pugh, a science pioneer and Penn State's first president. |
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Faculty EarthTalks lecture to discuss large-scale solar trends, impacts and implications 10/12/2022 Tom Murphy, director of the Marcellus Center for Outreach and Research at Penn State, will give the talk "Utility Scale Solar and Pennsylvania – Trends, Impacts, and Implications" at 4 p.m. Monday, Oct. 17, in 112 Walker Building at University Park. |
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Faculty University Libraries to host virtual Open Access Week panel on climate justice 10/12/2022 Penn State University Libraries will participate in the 14th annual global observation of Open Access Week, Oct. 24–30, by hosting a virtual panel of Penn State faculty at noon Tuesday, Oct. 25. |