Faculty New material may offer key to solving quantum computing issue 02/24/2023 A new form of heterostructure of layered two-dimensional (2D) materials may enable quantum computing to overcome key barriers to its widespread application, according to an international team of researchers. |
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Student Creating a Diverse STEM Workforce 02/24/2023 Penn State’s EnvironMentors program connects underrepresented high school students with undergraduate students and faculty to collaborate on impactful research and inspire interest in pursuing careers in STEM fields. |
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Faculty Three Penn State emeritus faculty members named inaugural Atherton Professors 02/23/2023 Penn State has recognized three faculty members as Atherton Professors, a new distinction created by the University to recognize the continuing high level of scholarly or creative activity Evan Pugh University Professors may pursue after their retirement. |
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Faculty Geoscientist James Kasting named an inaugural Atherton Professor 02/23/2023 James Kasting, Evan Pugh University Professor Emeritus of Geosciences at Penn State, has been named an Atherton Professor, one of three emeritus professors to receive the new title. |
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Faculty New method creates material that could create the next generation of solar cells 02/23/2023 A Penn State-led team of scientists created a new process to fabricate large perovskite devices that is more cost- and time-effective than previously possible and that they said may accelerate future materials discovery. |
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Faculty Penn State launches statewide environmental monitoring network 02/23/2023 Penn State has established a publicly available, environmental monitoring network to provide enhanced surveillance of atmospheric and soil conditions across Pennsylvania. |
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Faculty EarthTalks: Chabot to discuss NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) 02/21/2023 Nancy Chabot, planetary scientist at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, will deliver the talk "Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART): NASA’s First Planetary Defense Test Mission” at 4 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 27. |
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Faculty Submissions now open for 15th annual Materials Visualization Competition 02/21/2023 The 15th annual Materials Visualization Competition (MVC15) is now accepting submissions. The deadline for submissions is March 15. |
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Faculty College of EMS faculty member Kimberly Lau named Sloan Research Fellow 02/20/2023 Kimberly Lau, assistant professor in Penn State’s Department of Geosciences and an associate in the Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, was recently selected to receive a 2023 Sloan Research Fellowship. |
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Faculty EarthTalks: Katherine Freeman will discuss OSIRUS-Rex mission to asteroid Bennu 02/15/2023 Katherine Freeman, Evan Pugh University Professor of Geosciences, will give an overview of the NASA's OSIRIS-Rex mission and the state-of-the-art methods Penn State brings to the mission in her talk "Preparing for the OSIRIS-REx Sample Return" at 4 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 20. |