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Development EMS plans to raise $10,000 for Millennium Scholars Program on Giving Tuesday 11/20/2019 The College of Earth and Mineral Sciences (EMS) will be raising money to support the Millennium Scholars Program on Giving Tuesday, slated to begin at 6:55 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 2, and lasting through 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 3. |
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Development Geographer invests in education to open doors for others 11/20/2019 Growing up in a segregated part of Washington, D.C., in the 1970s, Tony Hutchinson didn't see a lot of the kids in his neighborhood going on to college. |
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Faculty Energy and mineral engineering researchers receive best paper award from SPE 11/18/2019 Hamid Emami-Meybodi, Michael Cronin, and Russell Johns recently received awards from the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) for the best paper published in 2018 in a SPE journal. |
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Faculty New, slippery toilet coating provides cleaner flushing, saves water 11/18/2019 Every day, more than 141 billion liters of water are used solely to flush toilets. With millions of global citizens experiencing water scarcity, what if that amount could be reduced by 50%? |
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Graduate Student Homeless female veterans: Out of sight, out of mind 11/18/2019 Female veterans are the fastest growing demographic among the homeless population in the United States and face a double hurdle of distance and invisibility in getting the health services they need, according to research conducted by Penn State graduate student. |
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Faculty Patzkowsky elected fellow of the Geological Society of America 11/18/2019 Mark Patzkowsky, professor of geosciences in Penn State's College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, has been elected a 2019 fellow of the Geological Society of America. |
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Faculty Trustees committee recommends James Building replacement 11/14/2019 Final plan approval and funds for completion of the James Building replacement on University-owned property in downtown State College was granted by Penn State's Board of Trustees Committee on Finance, Business and Capital Planning (Nov. 14). |
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Faculty Conference explores role of institutions of higher education in extreme weather 11/14/2019 As the number of extreme weather events associated to climate change continues to grow world-wide, it is becoming increasingly important that institutions of higher education reflect on their role both before and after catastrophic events. |
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Faculty EarthTalks: 2014 IPCC author to discuss US climate mitigation, Paris Agreement 11/13/2019 Leon Clarke will discuss the agreement's implications for U.S. emissions and the role of cities, states and businesses in climate mitigation at the next EarthTalks seminar at 4 p.m. Monday, Nov. 18, in 112 Walker Building. |
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Faculty Individual climate models may not provide the complete picture 11/12/2019 Equilibrium climate sensitivity -- how sensitive the Earth's climate is to changes in atmospheric carbon dioxide -- may be underestimated in individual climate models, according to a team of climate scientists. |