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Faculty Air chemistry data from South Korea field study puts models to the test 02/14/2022 An international effort to measure air quality in South Korea, a region with complex sources of pollution, may provide new insights into the atmospheric chemistry that produces ozone pollution, according to a team of scientists. |
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Faculty Women in energy and water research seminar series continues Feb. 24 02/14/2022 The spring 2022 Celebrating Women in Energy and Water Research seminar series will launch on Thursday, Feb. 24 with two talks by Laura J. Pyrak-Nolte, distinguished professor of physics and astronomy at Purdue University. |
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Graduate Student Study abroad program offers collaborative sustainability research experiences 02/11/2022 Penn State researchers coordinated a program to offer international "boots-on-the-ground" training to a yearly cohort of 12 graduate students in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields. |
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Faculty Susan Brantley elected foreign associate of French Academy of Sciences 02/10/2022 Susan L. Brantley, Barnes Professor of Geosciences and director of the Earth and Environmental Systems Institute at Penn State, was elected a foreign associate of the French Academy of Sciences. |
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Student Research, field experiences point geosciences student to energy-focused degree 02/09/2022 When Cameron Brown was born, his mother -- a labor and delivery nurse at a hospital in Queens, New York -- introduced him to a tradition she gleaned from a Nigerian mother who was once her patient. |
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Faculty Mineral dating reveals new clues about important tectonic process 02/08/2022 Ancient rocks on the coast of Oman that were once driven deep down toward Earth's mantle may reveal new insights into subduction, an important tectonic process that fuels volcanoes and creates continents, according to an international team of scientists. |
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Faculty Grant to help scientists use AI to better measure Antarctic surface ice, climate 02/08/2022 A $300,000 National Science Foundation grant will help scientists develop artificial intelligence (AI) to better analyze imagery from satellites and other remote sensing devices that are currently monitoring surface ice in the Antarctic, according to a team of researchers. |
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Faculty EarthTalks: Richard Alley to examine value of uncertainty in studying climate 02/08/2022 Richard Alley, Evan Pugh University Professor of Geosciences at Penn State, will discuss the value of uncertainty when it comes to reducing carbon dioxide emissions and studying climate during a talk at 4 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 14. |
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Faculty Associate professor recognized as rising star in energy research 02/07/2022 Shimin Liu, Joseph Kreutzberger Early Career Professor and associate professor of energy and mineral engineering at Penn State, is one of 29 researchers recognized as a rising star by Energy & Fuel. |
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Student Four Penn Staters nominated for Goldwater Scholarship 02/07/2022 A student from the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences was one of four Penn State nominees for the 2022 Goldwater Scholarship, a highly competitive national award given to undergraduates in the fields of natural science, engineering and mathematics who are interested in a career in research. |