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Faculty Fall ‘Night at the Museums’ event scheduled for evening of Sept. 28 09/20/2023 The Penn State Museum Consortium will hold the fall 2023 "Night at the Museums" event on Thursday, Sept. 28. |
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Faculty No shortcuts: New approach may help extract more heat from geothermal reservoirs 09/19/2023 A new technique proposed by Penn State scientists may help prevent “short-circuits” that can cause geothermal power plants to halt production, potentially improving the efficiency of geothermal power, the researchers said. |
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Graduate Student Student chapter wins Society of Petroleum Engineers Presidential Award 09/13/2023 The Penn State Society of Petroleum Engineers student chapter won the 2023 Presidential Award for Outstanding Student Chapter, as recognition for going above and beyond the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) mission to engage the industry, serve local members and the community, and participate in social outreach. |
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Faculty Health care access for marginalized communities focus of next 'Coffee Hour' talk 09/11/2023 Shamayeta Bhattacharya, assistant professor of community engagement and leadership at Point Park University, will give the talk, “SHAKTHI: Studying Healthcare Accessibility among Kothi, Transgender and Hijra Individuals,” at the Department of Geography's fall 2023 Coffee Hour lecture series. Her talk will be held at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 15, in 112 Walker Building on the University Park campus and via Zoom. |
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Faculty Science communication panel discussion on Oct. 4 to aid researchers 09/07/2023 The Institute of Energy and the Environment is hosting a facilitated science communication panel discussion aimed at helping researchers improve how they communicate about their work. The event, titled “Science Communication: How to Connect, Get Noticed, and Get Funded,” will occur at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 4, in 134 HUB-Robeson Center. |
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Faculty New multimedia cartography laboratory opened at University Park 09/06/2023 This summer, the Penn State Department of Geography put the finishing touches on the new GeoGraphics Lab, a multimedia cartography laboratory housed on the first floor of the Walker Building at University Park. |
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Faculty A new glass for the future: Taking LionGlass out of the lab and into the market 09/06/2023 One of the few things scientists know for certain about glass is that its atomic structure is chaos. Neither liquid nor solid, glass is its own phase — a material somewhere between these two states of matter — that owes its existence to the way it is formed. |
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Faculty New updates come to 'Beescape,' an online tool for supporting pollinators 09/01/2023 New updates have come to Beescape, an online tool created by a Penn State-led team for assessing the quality of landscapes for supporting bees and other pollinators. |
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Faculty Penn State professor to lead field campaign to study climate in Baltimore area 08/31/2023 Kenneth Davis, professor of atmospheric and climate science at Penn State, will lead a team of 23 investigators from 13 research institutions in a new field campaign supported by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to study surface-atmosphere interactions around Baltimore, Maryland, to see how they influence the city’s climate. |
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Faculty K-12 programs highlight opportunities to connect with Penn State 08/31/2023 Back when she was in high school, Katelyn Bahr attended Advanced Weather Camp at Penn State, and said it had a big impact on her life. |