Alumni Penn State community invited to a conversation with Qatari energy minister 10/07/2022 The Penn State community is invited to join a conversation with Qatar's Minister of State for Energy Affairs Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi to discuss the future of energy and international relations. |
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Faculty Research center will help industries connect with Penn State's AI prowess 10/06/2022 In a world of increasingly complex supply chains, quickly shifting workforce trends, a deepening need for productivity, and a need for addressing societal challenges, organizations are looking at artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) (collectively AI/ML) as an ally to navigate the competitive landscape and deliver needed goods and services to customers. |
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Faculty EarthTalks lecture to discuss solar and agriculture land use competition 10/05/2022 Kaitlyn Spangler, a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Geography at Penn State, will deliver the talk "Towards solar justice in Pennsylvania: tensions of land, farming, and power" at 4 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 10. |
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Development Corning honored as Penn State’s Corporate Partner of the Year 10/05/2022 Penn State has named Corning Inc., one of the world's leading innovators in materials science, as its 2022 Corporate Partner of the Year. |
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Student Student art exhibit draws from beauty found in Earth’s mantle 10/03/2022 While examining thin sections of rocks in a microscope, Angelina Santamaria saw both research and art. |
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Faculty New first-year seminar course examines geography of redistricting 10/03/2022 American elections are rooted in location, but politicians and political scientists largely determine the shape of legislative districts. A new course offered by Penn State’s Department of Geography brings the focus of the redistricting process back to the geographic basics. |
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Faculty Scientists improve process for turning hard-to-recycle plastic waste into fuel 09/28/2022 Turning plastic waste into useful products through chemical recycling is one strategy for addressing Earth's growing plastic pollution problem. A new study may improve the ability of one method, called pyrolysis, to process hard-to-recycle mixed plastics — like multilayer food packaging — and generate fuel as a byproduct, the scientists said. |
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Faculty Lack of naloxone led to increased overdose deaths in rural Pa., study finds 09/28/2022 Pennsylvania has one of the highest rates of opioid overdose in the nation, and, according to Penn State researchers, one’s chances of surviving that overdose can depend on where the person lives. |
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Student Three materials science graduate students earn elite NSF fellowships 09/22/2022 Three materials science and engineering doctoral students — representing six in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences — are among the 21 new National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) recipients for the 2022-23 academic year. |
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Faculty EarthTalks: Rob Altenburg to discuss solar policy and politics in Pa. 09/22/2022 Rob Altenburg, director of the PennFuture Energy Center, will deliver the talk "Solar Policy and Politics in Pennsylvania" at 4 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 3. The talk, which is free and open to the public, takes place in 112 Walker Building. |