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Faculty New Penn State laboratory to perform mineral dating method key to Earth research 05/12/2021 What does research about the early Earth, the tectonics of the Alps and the collapse of ancient mountains have in common? Understanding of all these important Earth processes can benefit from an advanced mineral dating technique conducted in a new Penn State facility for the first time. |
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Student Learning Factory capstone project winners announced 05/12/2021 The weeklong competition, held April 30 through May 7, was the culmination of graduating students' semester-long capstone projects, which sought to solve real-world engineering design challenges posed by industry sponsors and other clients. |
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Faculty College of EMS offsets carbon emissions one tree at a time 05/11/2021 With a sled full of wooden stakes, green tree shelters and saplings in tow, Tim White made his way across acres of mud and grass and at times ankle-deep water to a three-person team planting saplings along a trench. |
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Faculty Five named 2021-22 Big Ten Academic Alliance Academic Leadership Program Fellows 05/07/2021 The Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) Academic Leadership Program (ALP) will include five new fellows from Penn State in 2021-22. |
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Faculty Penn State to lead critical minerals consortium powered by $1.2 million from DOE 05/06/2021 A region famous for the coal that once fueled a growing nation is now the focus of a $1.2 million project, led by Penn State researchers, aimed at establishing domestic supplies of critical minerals needed to produce modern technology from cell phones to fighter jets. |
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Faculty Brantley elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 05/06/2021 Susan L. Brantley, distinguished professor of geosciences and director of the Earth Environmental Systems Institute at Penn State, has been elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. |
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Faculty Three selected as Administrative Fellows for 2021-22 05/06/2021 Erica Smithwick, distinguished professor of geography, was selected to the Administrative Fellows Program, which Penn State faculty and staff the opportunity to work with senior University officers to gain knowledge and experiences pertaining to the challenges of leadership in the academic community. |
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Student EMSAGE laureates make mark at Penn State, look to continue in careers 05/05/2021 Eleven students were named College of Earth and Mineral Sciences (EMS) Academy for Global Experience, or EMSAGE laureates this spring semester. The honor shows these students excelled in broad categories of scholarship, experiential learning and global literacy, and service. |
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Alumni Titilayo Shodiya awarded Alumni Achievement Award, named commencement speaker 05/05/2021 Titilayo Shodiya, a graduate of the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, was one 16 recipients selected to receive the Alumni Achievement Award from the Penn State Alumni Association. |
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Faculty Landscape shows earliest effects of modern humans using fire to shape ecosystem 05/05/2021 New archaeological and paleoenvironmental evidence from Lake Malawi, Africa, shows that the effects on the landscape of humans' use of fire is tens of thousands of years older than previously thought, according to an international team of researchers. |