Faculty Miller Lecture: Stephanie Pincetl to discuss ‘just transitions’ to green energy 03/21/2022 Stephanie Pincetl, professor and founding director of the California Center for Sustainable Communities at UCLA, will discuss just transitions to renewable energy sources at the annual E. Willard Miller Endowed Lecture at 4 p.m. Friday, March 25. |
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Faculty Cornell professor to present 'Social Costs of Nutrient Pollution in the U.S.' 03/18/2022 Catherine Kling, Tisch University Professor and director of the Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future at Cornell University, will present a new model of nutrient pollution assessment that considers its social costs and could reshape the way the U.S. handles water quality issues. |
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Faculty Novel theory of entropy may solve materials design issues 03/16/2022 A challenge in materials design is that in both natural and manmade materials, volume sometimes decreases, or increases, with increasing temperature. |
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Faculty EarthTalks: Neely to discuss carbon trading and taxation 03/16/2022 Sylvia Neely, co-leader of State College's chapter of the Citizens' Climate Lobby, will discuss options for pricing carbon, why a carbon fee and dividend policy would be effective, and the political and foreign policy implications in a talk at 4 p.m. on Monday, March 21. |
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Faculty From museum to laptop: Visual leaf library a new tool for identifying plants 03/15/2022 A large, open-access visual leaf library developed by a Penn State-led team provides a new resource to help scientists recognize and classify leaves. |
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Faculty Researchers find direct links between deforestation and reduced dietary quality 03/14/2022 Forested areas can help communities that rely on wild foods to diversify their diets and meet their nutritional needs, according to researchers who found direct links between deforestation and reduced fruit and vegetable consumption in rural Tanzania. |
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Alumni Coffee Hour to examine Afghan women’s activism, international intervention 03/11/2022 Jennifer L. Fluri, professor and chair of the Department of Geography at the University of Colorado, Boulder and a Penn State alumnus, will examine efforts in Afghanistan focused on increasing women's rights during a talk at 4 p.m. on Friday, March 18. |
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Faculty EarthTalks: Chris Forest to discuss the path to net zero emissions on March 14 03/10/2022 Chris Forest, professor of climate dynamics in the Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science at Penn State, will discuss how the Earth goes from a planet with increasing temperature to one that starts to cool, as well as some of the high-risk issues facing both societal and Earth systems in a talk at 4 p.m. Monday, March 14. |
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Alumni Dudeks expand support to Ag Sciences, Earth and Mineral Sciences 03/09/2022 Frank and Janet Glasgow Dudek, longtime supporters of Penn State's colleges of Agricultural Sciences and Earth and Mineral Sciences, have expanded their prior support for graduate and undergraduate students. |
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Faculty Joan Redwing and Sukyoung Lee named distinguished professors 03/07/2022 Joan Redwing and Sukyoung Lee, professors in Penn State's College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, are two of the 21 faculty members named distinguished professors by Penn State's Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs. |