Student Funding still available for new second-year student programs 02/18/2022 Penn State colleges, campuses and units can still apply for Second-Year Enrichment Grants. Provided by the University, the grants are intended to fund programs that will support current second-year students in transitioning to a full on-campus experience. |
|
Development Brune fund dedicated to improving science communication, education, research 02/17/2022 William Brune, distinguished professor of meteorology and atmospheric science, is a physicist whose research career has been spent understanding atmospheric chemistry, particularly how atmospheric pollutants are created and can be mitigated. |
|
Faculty Walters to discuss advanced nuclear reactors’ role in combating climate change 02/16/2022 William Walters, assistant professor of nuclear engineering at Penn State, will discuss advanced nuclear reactors and their role in combatting climate change during a talk at 4 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 21. The talk will take place via Zoom. |
|
Faculty Grant to reduce, eliminate toxicity of coal mine dust 02/15/2022 Penn State has been awarded $327,849 from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) to fund research targeting ways to reduce or eliminate the toxicity of respirable coal mine dust. |
|
Faculty Penn State names new distinguished professors for 2022 02/15/2022 Penn State's Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs has named 21 distinguished professors for 2022, including two from the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences. |
|
Faculty Air chemistry data from South Korea field study puts models to the test 02/14/2022 An international effort to measure air quality in South Korea, a region with complex sources of pollution, may provide new insights into the atmospheric chemistry that produces ozone pollution, according to a team of scientists. |
|
Faculty Women in energy and water research seminar series continues Feb. 24 02/14/2022 The spring 2022 Celebrating Women in Energy and Water Research seminar series will launch on Thursday, Feb. 24 with two talks by Laura J. Pyrak-Nolte, distinguished professor of physics and astronomy at Purdue University. |
|
Graduate Student Study abroad program offers collaborative sustainability research experiences 02/11/2022 Penn State researchers coordinated a program to offer international "boots-on-the-ground" training to a yearly cohort of 12 graduate students in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields. |
|
Faculty Susan Brantley elected foreign associate of French Academy of Sciences 02/10/2022 Susan L. Brantley, Barnes Professor of Geosciences and director of the Earth and Environmental Systems Institute at Penn State, was elected a foreign associate of the French Academy of Sciences. |
|
Student Research, field experiences point geosciences student to energy-focused degree 02/09/2022 When Cameron Brown was born, his mother -- a labor and delivery nurse at a hospital in Queens, New York -- introduced him to a tradition she gleaned from a Nigerian mother who was once her patient. |