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Faculty Penn State partner Monash University honors Jenni Evans with fellowship 07/08/2021 Jenni L. Evans, director of Penn State's Institute for Computational and Data Sciences, professor of meteorology and atmospheric science, and faculty associate of the Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, has been recognized as a university fellow by Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. |
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Faculty Brian King named head of the Department of Geography 07/02/2021 Brian King, professor of geography and associate head for the department's resident graduate programs, has been appointed head of the Department of Geography. |
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Student Presidential Leadership Academy announces new class 06/29/2021 Each year, the Presidential Leadership Academy (PLA) at Penn State chooses 30 exemplary first-year students and the academy is excited to celebrate the next round of standout members. |
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Faculty Underground fiber optic sensors record sounds of COVID lockdown, reopening 06/28/2021 New research reveals how residents in one community returned to their routines as COVID-19 restrictions lifted, according to a team of Penn State scientists. |
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Faculty Paleonursery offers rare, detailed glimpse at life 518 million years ago 06/28/2021 A newly discovered fossil deposit near Kunming, China, may hold the keys to understanding howv organisms laid the foundations for life on land and at sea today, according to an international team of researchers. |
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Faculty Engineering professor receives rock mechanics dissertation award 06/28/2021 Brandon Schwartz, assistant research professor in the John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering, recently received the Dr. N.G.W. Cook Ph.D. Dissertation Award from the American Rock Mechanics Association (ARMA). |
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Faculty Online geospatial education faculty member receives mentoring award 06/24/2021 Beth King, associate teaching professor and assistant program manager of the online geospatial education program received the 2021 Carolyn Merry Mentoring Award from the University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS). |
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Faculty Geographic visualization trailblazer Alan MacEachren to retire 06/24/2021 Alan MacEachren, professor of geography and information science and technology and longtime director of the GeoVISTA Center from its formation in 1998 until 2020, announced his retirement this summer after 36 years at Penn State. |
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Faculty Materials researcher honored with ceramics society 2021 Orton Lectureship 06/23/2021 The American Ceramic Society (ACerS) has selected Clive Randall, director of the Materials Research Institute and distinguished professor of materials science and engineering, to give the 2021 Edward Orton, Jr. Memorial Lecture at the society's annual meeting. |
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Faculty Ethane proxies for methane in oil and gas emissions 06/23/2021 Measuring ethane in the atmosphere shows that the amounts of methane going into the atmosphere from oil and gas wells and contributing to greenhouse warming is higher than suggested by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, according to an international team of scientists. |