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Climate dynamics seminar to discuss university role in combating climate change 04/14/2021 Erica Smithwick, distinguished professor of geography at Penn State, will discuss a vision for a university-wide climate consortium and Penn State's role in combating climate change during a seminar at 11:15 a.m. on Wednesday, April 21. |
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Faculty Associate Vice Provost for Global Programs Rob Crane to retire July 2021 04/14/2021 Penn State Global Programs has announced that Associate Vice Provost Rob Crane will retire in July 2021 from the University after 36 years as a faculty member and an administrator. |
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Student Wind Energy Club prepares to compete in Collegiate Wind Competition 04/14/2021 Each year since 2014, the Penn State Wind Energy Club has competed in the United States Department of Energy (DOE) Collegiate Wind Competition, taking home more first place wins than any other team. With hard work, flexibility and new, creative designs, they plan to do the same this year. |
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Alumni Penn State grad used meteorology, technology to drive multi-pronged career 04/13/2021 Penn State alumnus Joe Gofus remembers precisely when he knew that he wasn't going to become a weather forecaster. |
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Faculty EarthTalks: Sir Dieter Helm to discuss carbon pricing as tool to reach net zero 04/13/2021 Sir Dieter Helm, professor of economic policy at the University of Oxford and fellow in economics at New College, Oxford, will discuss the need for a carbon price as a means of lowering emissions at a talk at noon on Monday, April 19. |
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Alumni Couple establishes fund to support student research in interdisciplinary science 04/13/2021 Marilyn Fogel, who graduated in 1973 with a degree in biology, may have come to Penn State for the football games, but she left with an appreciation for the interdisciplinary research that would define her career. |
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Faculty Seminar to discuss role of social memory in climate change adaptation 04/13/2021 Kristina Douglass, Joyce and Doug Sherwin Early Career Professor in the Rock Ethics Institute and assistant professor of anthropology and African studies at Penn State, will discuss the importance of local, Indigenous and descendant knowledge to climate change adaptation and sustainable practices during a seminar at 11:15 a.m. Wednesday, April 14. The talk will be broadcast via Zoom. |
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Faculty GIS technology helps map out how America's mafia networks were 'connected' 04/12/2021 At its height in the mid-20th century, American organized crime groups, often called the mafia, grossed approximately $40 billion each year, typically raising that money through illegal or untaxed activities, such as extortion and gambling. |
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Alumni Penn State mourns the loss of Della Roy 04/12/2021 The Penn State and materials research communities are mourning the loss of Della M. Roy, emeritus professor of materials science and a founding member of the Penn State Materials Research Laboratory (MRL), now the Materials Research Institute (MRI). Della died on March 27 at age 94. |
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Faculty EarthTalks: Head of nuclear engineering looks to stars for clean energy 04/11/2021 Jean Paul Allain, professor of nuclear engineering and head of the Ken and Mary Alice Lindquist Department of Nuclear Engineering at Penn State, will discuss the recent progress made in nuclear fusion, emerging technologies and the remaining challenges to realizing energy generation from a star here on Earth at a talk at 4 p.m. Monday, April 12. |