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Faculty 'Growing Impact' podcast examines relationship between housing, energy, justice 08/01/2022 Emily Rosenman, an assistant professor of geography, was a recent guest on the Growinng Impact podcast, where she discusses her seed grant project, "Energy Retrofit Policy and Programs in Low-Income Housing Markets: Implications for Energy Equity in Cleveland, Ohio." |
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Student Undergrads present research at public symposium on climate science, solutions 07/30/2022 Four summer research programs that task undergraduate students with exploring pressing research related to climate science and solutions are culminating in a combined event that is open to the public. |
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Alumni Penn State colleges rank highly in Academic Ranking of World University Subjects 07/28/2022 Penn State ranks in the top 50 in 16 subject area rankings and in the top 100 in the world in an additional 14 subjects, according to the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), which released its 2022 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (GRAS) on July 25. |
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Faculty International research team uses interdisciplinary approach to aid fishermen 07/28/2022 A Penn State scientist joined a team of U.S. and Cape Verde researchers and students that formulated a way to assist local fishermen in impoverished communities affected by climate change in Praia, Cape Verde. |
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Faculty Penn State scientists join Pacific field campaign to study extreme rainfall 07/27/2022 Penn State researchers spent their summer in one of the world’s wettest regions as part of an international effort to study extreme rainfall, hazardous weather events that can trigger deadly and damaging events like flooding and landslides. |
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Research New type of semiconductor may advance low-energy electronics 07/25/2022 A research partnership between Penn State and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) could enable an improved method to make a new type of semiconductor that is a few atoms thin and interacts with light in an unusual way. |
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Faculty Seed grants to fund projects that tackle huge scientific, societal challenges 07/21/2022 Penn State’s Institute for Computational and Data Sciences awarded this year’s seed grant program, offering funds to Penn State scientists to help them start research projects. |
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Graduate Student Geography graduate receives NSF fellowship to study trust in thematic maps 07/20/2022 Tim Prestby, an incoming doctoral student in the Department of Geography, received a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship to study trust in thematic maps. |
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Faculty Smart chip senses, stores, computes and secures data in one low-power platform 07/19/2022 Securing digital data on handheld devices requires massive amounts of energy, according to an interdisciplinary group of Penn State researchers, who warn that securing these devices from bad actors is becoming a greater concern than ever before. |
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Faculty Water community introduces new council members, director of research 07/18/2022 The emerging Penn State Water Consortium announced personnel updates to the Penn State Water Council and the addition of a director of research. |