Last date to participate in the EMS Centre County United Way raffle is Nov. 19 11/15/2021 The College of Earth and Mineral Sciences is hosting an online 50/50 raffle to benefit the Centre County United Way as part of the 2020-21 Penn State United Way campaign. |
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Faculty Brantley named Barnes Professor of Geosciences 11/11/2021 UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Susan Brantley, professor of geosciences and director of the Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, was selected to receive the inaugural Dr. Hubert Barnes and Dr. Mary Barnes Professorship in Geosciences. |
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Faculty Coal creation mechanism uncovered 11/11/2021 The mechanism behind one of the first stages of coal creation may not be what has long been thought, according to a team of researchers who found that microbes were responsible for coal formation and production of methane. The finding has implications for methane fuel recovery from some coal fields. |
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Faculty Engineers use deep learning to predict earthquakes in the lab 11/09/2021 A team of Penn State researchers led by Parisa Shokouhi, associate professor of engineering science and mechanics, demonstrated that deep learning algorithms, which train with data to generate predictions, could make the ability to predict future earthquakes more attainable. |
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Faculty EarthTalks seminar to address fire and climate change in Rocky Mountain forests 11/09/2021 Phil Higuera, professor of fire ecology at the University of Montana, will address the increase in fire activity during a talk titled "Fire, climate change and the resilience of Rocky Mountain forests" at 4 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 15. |
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Faculty AI behind deepfakes may power materials design innovations, scientists say 11/08/2021 The person staring back from the computer screen may not actually exist, thanks to artificial intelligence (AI) capable of generating convincing but ultimately fake images of human faces. Now this same technology may power the next wave of innovations in materials design, according to Penn State scientists. |
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Faculty Penn State joins $72 million NASA consortium to study Earth system science 11/08/2021 Understanding how Earth and its atmosphere behave in their natural settings and under the impact of human influence is the focus of a new $72 million consortium funded by the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. |
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Student Energy engineering undergrad participating in Students Teaching Students 11/04/2021 Launched in the spring of 2020 by Liberal Arts student Josie Krieger and alumnus Michael Miller, the Students Teaching Students program at Penn State offers a unique opportunity for students to create, plan and teach official courses. |
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Faculty EarthTalks to discuss drivers of tropical forest decline in Indonesia, Brazil 11/03/2021 Mark Cochrane, professor at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science's Appalachian Laboratory, will deliver a talk titled "Changing fire regimes in Indonesia and Brazil: the roles of fire and land use in tropical forest decline" at 4 p.m. Monday, Nov. 8. |
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Alumni Energy, economics, investment expert earns GEMS alumni award 11/02/2021 Peter Rigby, a 1979 Penn State graduate in petroleum and natural gas engineering, was awarded the 2021 Graduates of the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences (GEMS) Alumni Achievement Award and accepted the award in September at the college's Obelisk Society dinner. |