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Faculty How understanding neighborhoods can help reduce tobacco use 01/03/2022 A Penn State researcher testing a new way to assess tobacco use with a neighborhood mapping platform and in-person interviews has found that community engagement is key to addressing risky health behaviors. |
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Research Fossil worm dung shows traces of microscopic ‘miners’ in elemental silver 12/17/2021 When one organism's trash contains traces of human treasure, look for ancient microbial activity, according to researchers who found elemental silver in fossilized worm dung. |
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Faculty Battery metals from mine waste: Potential economic benefits for the commonwealth 12/17/2021 New findings by a team led by Penn State researchers suggest potential economic opportunities from the domestic production of critial minerals like cobalt and manganese. |
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Alumni Alpha Chi Sigma alumni group creates $1.5 million in new scholarship endowments 12/17/2021 Penn State alumni of the national professional chemistry fraternity Alpha Chi Sigma have committed $1.5 million to endow scholarships in the three colleges where most of their members earned their degrees: the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, the College of Engineering, and the Eberly College of Science. |
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Faculty Professor to receive media achievement award from geography society 12/16/2021 Joshua Inwood, professor of geography and senior research scientist at the Rock Ethics Institute at Penn State, has been selected to receive the Media Achievement Award from the American Association of Geographers (AAG). |
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Graduate Student Researcher returns home to study active volcano on La Palma 12/14/2021 When Judit Gonzalez-Santana conducts her research, she first looks to space. |
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Faculty EarthTalks: Michael Mann to discuss COP26 and path to net zero emissions 12/14/2021 Penn State attendee Michael E. Mann, distinguished professor of atmospheric sciences, will share his impressions about which efforts succeeded and which did not, along with his thoughts about the best path forward to net zero emissions, during a talk at 4 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 10. |
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Student Geography undergraduates find connection and context working at the Student Farm 12/13/2021 Three undergraduate students in geography are active at the Dr. Keiko Miwa Ross Student Farm at Penn State. They each came to the farm for different reasons, but all perceive a strong connection between farming and geography. |
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Graduate Student NSF grant supports Asian American and Pacific Islander students in geosciences 12/13/2021 The geosciences lag other STEM fields when it comes to racial and ethnic representation. |
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Faculty Symposium provides undergrads a showcase for research, communication skills 12/10/2021 For the last two semesters, undergraduate students across Penn State's STEM fields joined research groups and conducted hands-on work, part of programs aimed at getting women, first-year students and other students from groups traditionally underrepresented in STEM their first exposure to research. |