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Faculty Miller Lecture to feature 'Rivers of Power' author Laurence C. Smith 03/30/2021 Laurence C. Smith, the John Atwater and Diana Nelson University Professor of Environment and Society and professor of earth, environmental and planetary sciences at Brown University, will give the annual E. Willard Miller Endowed Lecture at 11:30 a.m. EDT, April 9 on Zoom. |
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Faculty EarthTalks: Author David Victor to discuss making climate policy work 03/30/2021 David Victor, professor of industrial organization and innovation and co-director of the Deep Decarbonization Initiative at the University of California San Diego, will discuss the choices and technology available to make climate policy work at a talk at 4 p.m. Monday, April 5. |
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Faculty Scientists turn to deep learning to improve air quality forecasts 03/30/2021 Air pollution from the burning of fossil fuels impacts human health but predicting pollution levels at a given time and place remains challenging, according to a team of scientists who are turning to deep learning to improve air quality estimates. |
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Development Alumni couple supports disability-focused entrepreneurship at Penn State 03/30/2021 Penn State alumni Robert and Linda Malecky have pledged a gift of $125,000 to support the Summer Founders program, a 13-week entrepreneurial bootcamp. |
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Faculty Smart materials could pose solution for big-data bottleneck in future cities 03/25/2021 Penn State researchers published a perspective article on March 19 in Science, highlighting smart materials that can sense environmental changes and respond accordingly -- without externally transferring data -- as one avenue to avoid data overload. |
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Faculty Weird earthquake reveals hidden mechanism 03/24/2021 The wrong type of earthquake in an area where there should not have been an earthquake led researchers to uncover the cause for this unexpected strike-slip earthquake -- where two pieces of crust slide past each other on a fault -- in places where subduction zone earthquakes -- one geologic plate slipping beneath another -- are common. |
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Faculty EarthTalks: Chief sustainability officer to discuss initiatives at Penn State 03/23/2021 Paul Shrivastava, chief sustainability officer, director of the Sustainability Institute and professor of management at Penn State, will discuss how Penn State is attempting to institutionalize sustainability at the University, in Pennsylvania and around the world, at a talk at 4 p.m. Monday, March 29. |
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Alumni Alumna recognized for her impact in combustion engines and fuels 03/23/2021 Penn State alumna Elana Chapman, senior fuels and biofuels engineer at General Motors (GM), has been recognized for her impacts within the fuel industry. |
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Faculty Seminar to discuss landscape diversity, food sovereignty in Indigenous Australia 03/23/2021 Rebecca Bird, professor of anthropology at Penn State, will discuss the importance of controlled burning as a way for indigenous communities to increase dietary quality and foster environmental justice and autonomy during a seminar at 11:15 a.m. Wednesday, March 24. |
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Alumni Penn State alum makes tracks on Mars as Perseverance rover springs to life 03/19/2021 In its first weeks on Mars, NASA's Perseverance rover has captured dazzling highlights, from video of its own dramatic landing to the first audio recordings from the red planet, the sounds of wind blowing and the rover's laser zapping rocks. |