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Faculty Faculty and student excellence celebrated at EMS virtual awards celebration 05/04/2021 Penn State's College of Earth and Mineral Sciences (EMS) recognized exceptional students and faculty for their academic excellence, service and leadership during its annual Wilson Awards Celebration, held virtually on Sunday, April 11. The Wilson Awards are named in honor of Matthew and Anne Wilson, major benefactors of the college. |
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Faculty Penn State, University of Freiburg partner to form Virtual Classroom Project 05/03/2021 In 2020, Penn State and the University of Freiburg launched a pilot program to create collaborative, integrated virtual classroom courses by providing development and implementation money to faculty teams. |
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Student Chen, Vailhe named marshals for College of Earth and Mineral Sciences 05/03/2021 Two students have been selected to represent the Penn State College of Earth and Mineral Sciences as marshals for the college's spring 2021 commencement: Mingsong Chen will represent the college as the student marshal, the top graduate overall, and Madeline Vailhe will represent the college as the engineering honor marshal, the top graduate from an engineering discipline. |
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Penn State students recognized for leadership and service awards 04/29/2021 Penn State recognized its recipients for Student Organization and Involvement Awards and Student Service and Leadership Awards during the week of April 26. |
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Faculty Lightning and subvisible discharges produce molecules that clean the atmosphere 04/29/2021 A team of atmospheric chemists and lightning scientists have found that lightning bolts and, surprisingly, subvisible discharges that cannot be seen by cameras or the naked eye produce extreme amounts of the hydroxyl radical -- OH -- and hydroperoxyl radical -- HO2. |
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Graduate Student Five Earth and Mineral Sciences students awarded at Graduate Research Exhibition 04/29/2021 Amy Farley grew up in a small Texas town around a farming family, and she's seen the increasing presence of technology in the agriculture industry yield a new crop -- data. |
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Alumni In the air or on land, Chelius propelled meteorology students, research 04/28/2021 Carl Chelius had a pretty exciting job as assistant professor and senior research pilot for the Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences -- flying Twin Commander 680E airplanes for research -- but the thing he most loved was teaching and interacting with the students. |
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Student May 3 submission deadline for graduate student elevator-pitch competition 04/27/2021 For graduate students, being able to explain and sell your research in a brief, concise manner is a valuable career skill for finding jobs and landing research funding. With this in mind, the Materials Research Institute (MRI) is holding a call for participants involved in graduate materials or engineering research to enter the PPG Elevator Pitch Competition. |
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Research Energy Days to be held virtually on May 19 and 20 04/26/2021 Energy Days, an annual conference that brings together professionals working in all areas of energy, will be held on May 19 and 20. This year's event will be virtual, and it is free and open to the public. |
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Faculty AI Hub to help enhance Penn State's global leadership in artificial intelligence 04/23/2021 Penn State has launched an expanded initiative in artificial intelligence (AI), termed the AI Hub. It will bring together the University's considerable resources and talent in AI to further advance its position as a global leader in the field. Sh |