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Student Getting a head start on a materials research career 10/15/2021 Faced with a growing workload in its research labs, the Materials Research Institute (MRI) met the challenge by offering Penn State students an opportunity that most materials science and engineering undergraduates normally never receive. |
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Faculty New podcast tracks the evolution of diverse human traits 10/15/2021 "Tracking Traits," a new podcast launched by Penn State's Center for Human Evolution and Diversity (CHED), explores the current work of researchers who are forging new pathways to understanding the evolution of human diversity, via a wide variety of approaches. |
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Faculty Mann to receive Leo Szilard Lectureship Award from American Physical Society 10/15/2021 Michael Mann, distinguished professor of atmospheric science at Penn State, has been selected as the 2022 recipient of the Leo Szilard Lectureship Award from the American Physical Society. |
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Faculty Researchers receive grant to study pandemic's impact on greenhouse gas emissions 10/12/2021 A two-year, $400,000 grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Climate Program Office will allow a Penn State-led research team to measure the rapid changes in greenhouse gas emissions that resulted from lower traffic levels during the response to COVID-19. |
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Faculty New Penn State consortium launches to help fuel the energy revolution 10/12/2021 Penn State's Institutes of Energy and the Environment (IEE) has launched a focused effort called the Consortium for Integrated Energy Systems (CIES) to examine the transformation of energy systems more holistically, through unified processes that consider the whole energy portfolio versus addressing individual problems. |
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The GREEN Program founder Melissa Lee to give Lattman Lecture on Oct. 18 10/07/2021 Melissa Lee will give the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences' 2021 Lattman Visiting Scholar of Science and Society Lecture. |
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Graduate Student Three graduate students named to Graduate School Alumni Society Board 10/07/2021 The Graduate School Alumni Society (GSAS) Board of Directors has announced its three graduate student representatives for academic year 2021-22. |
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Faculty Sukyoung Lee elected as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union 10/06/2021 Sukyoung Lee, a professor of meteorology in Penn State's College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, was elected as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union. |
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Faculty National Science Board vice chair to share vision for future of US research 10/05/2021 Victor McCrary, vice chair of the U.S. National Science Board, will deliver a talk titled "National Science Board Vision 2030: Making a difference for America's research ecosystem" at 4 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 18. |
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Faculty EarthTalks to examine fire, climate change and human activity in South America 10/05/2021 Alejandra Domic, postdoctoral scholar in the Department of Geosciences at Penn State, will deliver a talk titled "Holocene fire history in South America: responses to climate change and human activities" at 4 p.m. Monday, Oct. 11. |