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Faculty Underground fiber optic sensors record sounds of COVID lockdown, reopening 06/28/2021 New research reveals how residents in one community returned to their routines as COVID-19 restrictions lifted, according to a team of Penn State scientists. |
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Faculty Online geospatial education faculty member receives mentoring award 06/24/2021 Beth King, associate teaching professor and assistant program manager of the online geospatial education program received the 2021 Carolyn Merry Mentoring Award from the University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS). |
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Faculty Geographic visualization trailblazer Alan MacEachren to retire 06/24/2021 Alan MacEachren, professor of geography and information science and technology and longtime director of the GeoVISTA Center from its formation in 1998 until 2020, announced his retirement this summer after 36 years at Penn State. |
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Faculty Materials researcher honored with ceramics society 2021 Orton Lectureship 06/23/2021 The American Ceramic Society (ACerS) has selected Clive Randall, director of the Materials Research Institute and distinguished professor of materials science and engineering, to give the 2021 Edward Orton, Jr. Memorial Lecture at the society's annual meeting. |
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Faculty Ethane proxies for methane in oil and gas emissions 06/23/2021 Measuring ethane in the atmosphere shows that the amounts of methane going into the atmosphere from oil and gas wells and contributing to greenhouse warming is higher than suggested by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, according to an international team of scientists. |
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Interdisciplinary projects awarded seed grants from IEE 06/18/2021 The Institutes of Energy and the Environment (IEE) has awarded seed grants to 22 groups of interdisciplinary researchers at Penn State for the 2020-21 award cycle. |
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Faculty Biodiversity seed grants support innovative collaborations across Penn State 06/17/2021 Seven Penn State teams, including one led by EMS faculty, have received seed grants for biodiversity research as part of the 2021 "Mainstreaming Biodiversity in a Decade of Action" symposium. |
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Faculty Penn State to partner with U. of Oklahoma on severe weather research institute 06/17/2021 Penn State will be one of the partners in the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration's new Cooperative Institute for Severe and High-Impact Weather Research and Operations (CISHIWRO) hosted by the University of Oklahoma (OU). |
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Student 54 students awarded Erickson Discovery Grants from Undergraduate Education 06/16/2021 Erickson Discovery Grants were awarded to 54 undergraduate Penn State students to cover costs related to undergraduate research. |
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Faculty Computers help researchers find materials to turn solar power into hydrogen 06/16/2021 Using solar energy to inexpensively harvest hydrogen from water could help replace carbon-based fuel sources and shrink the world's carbon footprint. |