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Faculty Forest margins may be more resilient to climate change than previously thought 09/21/2020 A warming climate and more frequent wildfires do not necessarily mean the western United States will see the forest loss that many scientists expect. |
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Research Center for Nanoscale Science renewed at $18 million for six years 09/21/2020 The Center for Nanoscale Science, a National Science Foundation Materials Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC), has again successfully renewed its NSF support in the highly competitive MRSEC program. The new iteration of the center encompasses two of NSF's Big Ideas -- "Quantum Leap" and "Harnessing the Data Revolution." |
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Faculty Water event to promote collaboration, networking among researchers, staff 09/21/2020 Penn State's Water Council will hold an online event for individuals who are interested in learning about water events and meeting other water faculty and professional staff. |
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Graduate Student Student-led glass conference spotlights work of young researchers 09/15/2020 For students, losing the opportunity to attend summer conferences due to the COVID-19 pandemic meant even fewer chances to advance their academic careers. |
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Faculty New EMS museum collections manager to improve data, research, outreach 09/15/2020 For most people, starting a job during a global pandemic can prove difficult. But for museum collections managers, it turns out, things aren't all bad. |
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Faculty Michael Mann receives World Sustainability Award 09/14/2020 Michael E. Mann, distinguished professor of atmospheric sciences and director of the Earth System Science Center at Penn State, will share the 2020 World Sustainability Award with Antonella Santuccione Chadha, co-founder and the CEO of the Women's Brain Project and global medical manager for Alzheimer's disease at Roche Diagnostics. |
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Faculty Five researchers join the Institutes of Energy and the Environment 09/14/2020 Five Penn State researchers have joined the Institutes of Energy and the Environment. This includes faculty members from the colleges of Earth and Mineral Sciences, Engineering, Arts and Architecture, the Liberal Arts and Penn State Law. |
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Student Artificial intelligence takes center stage at Nittany AI Challenge Celebration 09/10/2020 The Penn State community is invited to virtually attend the Nittany AI Challenge Celebration, where nine student teams will present their minimum viable product for a chance to share in the remaining pool of $25,000 in funding. |
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Faculty Rezaee named outstanding young engineer 09/08/2020 Mohammad Rezaee, assistant professor of mining engineering in the John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering, has been awarded the Outstanding Young Engineer Award from the Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration's (SME) Mineral and Metallurgical Processing Division. |
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Graduate Student Grad students explore atmospheric science, community at collaborative workshop 09/08/2020 Over the summer, three Penn State graduate students participated in a workshop focused on the planetary boundary layer (PBL). |