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Faculty Penn State professor receives AAG award for service to women in geography 07/17/2020 Lorraine Dowler, Penn State professor of geography and women's, gender and sexuality studies, is the 2020 recipient of the American Association of Geographers (AAG) Feminist Geographies specialty group's Jan Monk Service Award. |
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Graduate Student Enhanced water repellent surfaces discovered in nature 07/17/2020 Through the investigation of insect surfaces, Penn State researchers have detailed a previously unidentified nanostructure that can be used to engineer stronger, more resilient water repellent coatings. |
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Faculty Greenland bedrock drilling project to understand past, future ice sheet melting 07/16/2020 The Greenland Ice Sheet holds enough water to raise sea levels nearly 24 feet, yet it remains difficult to predict the rate of melt and possible tipping points in the stability of the ice sheet. |
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Faculty Photos may improve understanding of volcanic processes 07/16/2020 The shape of volcanoes and their craters provide critical information on their formation and eruptive history. Techniques applied to photographs -- photogrammetry -- show promise and utility in correlating shape change to volcanic background and eruption activity. |
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Faculty Over $10 million awarded to Penn State for energy center 07/15/2020 Penn State will receive more than $10 million from the U.S. Department of Energy as an Energy Frontier Research Center Award. |
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Faculty Ecology Institute announces grant recipients 07/15/2020 The Ecology Institute has awarded 11 proposals from across the University as part of its Flower Grant program, including five projects submitted by faculty at Commonwealth Campuses. |
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Graduate Student Penn State launches master's degree in spatial data science 07/14/2020 More and more companies are using location data from devices like smartphones and tablets to gain insights into choices consumers make. |
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Student Penn State student dies of COVID-19 complications in Allentown 07/02/2020 Penn State has learned through family and friends that Juan Garcia, a 21-year-old College of Earth and Mineral Sciences student from Allentown, died June 30 of respiratory failure and COVID-19. His death is the first known Penn State student death related to the coronavirus. |
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Faculty Center for Security Research and Education announces seed grant awardees 06/30/2020 The Center for Security Research and Education (CSRE) has selected 13 interdisciplinary projects through its spring 2020 seed grant program. |
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Faculty Impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on scientific field work 06/29/2020 Penn State researcher Jon Nese provides informed commentary on the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on postponing or delaying scientific field campaigns, some involving Penn State meteorology and atmospheric science faculty members. |