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Alumni Alumnus committed to an affordable geosciences field camp experience 11/29/2021 Earl "Skip" Lenker is passionate about lifelong learning. After graduating from Dartmouth College in 1956 and earning his doctorate in geosciences from Penn State in 1964, the lifelong educational journey continued. |
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Student Energy and sustainability policy student balances education, disaster response 11/29/2021 When the storms roll in, Alex Swithers' professors know he might be a little late on his assignments. |
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Alumni Alum invests in improving diversity in STEM fields to aid students, society 11/24/2021 In the third year of investing in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences (EMS) Millennium Scholars program, Tony Hutchinson is beginning to see his efforts paying off. |
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Alumni EMS hopes to raise $10K for Millennium Scholars Program on GivingTuesday 11/24/2021 The College of Earth and Mineral Sciences (EMS) will be raising money to support the Millennium Scholars Program on GivingTuesday, slated to begin at 6:55 p.m. Monday, Nov. 29, and lasting through 11:59 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 30. Early fundraising is already underway. |
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Alumni College of EMS finds ways to make students feel at home despite COVID challenges 11/23/2021 When Baylee Sexton had the chance to return as a lead mentor for the unique pre-semester experience in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences (EMS) known as Total Engagement with EMS (TEEMS), it was a no-brainer. |
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Faculty Urbanization not always bad for food and land use diversity 11/19/2021 Widely accepted myths that urbanization negatively impacts food and land use biodiversity are incorrect, according to a team of researchers who developed a framework for evaluating this intersection. Their results could also affect nutrition and food insecurity in urban areas. |
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Faculty Can defects turn inert materials into useful, active ones? 11/18/2021 Demonstrating that a material thought to be always chemically inert, hexagonal boron nitride (hBN), can be turned chemically active holds potential for a new class of catalysts with a wide range of applications, according to an international team of researchers. |
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Research Penn State Breazeale Reactor expands in size and in opportunities 11/18/2021 Penn State's Radiation Science & Engineering Center and the Ken and Mary Alice Lindquist Department of Nuclear Engineering broke ground on a 10,000-square-foot, $9.5 million expansion of the Breazeale Reactor on Oct. 21. |
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Faculty Climate uncertainty colors flood risk assessment 11/18/2021 Understanding how climate change will affect the flooding of rivers may become easier with a new framework for assessing flood risk that's been developed by an interdisciplinary team from Penn State. |
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Faculty Webinar: What’s behind rising oil and gas prices? 11/18/2021 A panel of energy experts from Penn State and industry will discuss the reasons behind rising oil and gas prices; what it means for heating bills this winter; potential policy responses to keep energy prices in check; and how rising prices might encourage or thwart a transition to alternative sources of energy. |