Faculty Putting on the pressure improves glass for fiber optics 12/22/2020 Researchers from Penn State and AGC Inc. in Japan suggest that the silica glass used for fiber optic cables would have less signal loss if it were manufactured under high pressure. |
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Faculty Deep, slow-slip action may direct largest earthquakes and their tsunamis 12/21/2020 A team of geoscientists thinks the key to understanding some destructive earthquakes may lie in the deep, gradual slow-slip behaviors beneath the subduction zones. |
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Faculty Online educator establishes scholarship for distance learners 12/18/2020 As one of the pioneers of online instruction at Penn State, David DiBiase watched for three decades as programs offered through the John A. Dutton e-Education Institute broadly expanded access to education. |
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Alumni Recurring ‘Weather World’ segment takes viewers to space, beyond 12/17/2020 Jon Nese, host of Penn State's "Weather World," says you can trace the roots of a longtime partnership with the astronomy and astrophysics department to the ancient Greek meaning of the word "meteorology." |
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Alumni Global Alumni Spotlight: Kelly Cui 12/16/2020 Kelly Cui is president of the PSAA Beijing Alumni Chapter. She graduated from Penn State in 2015 with a degree in Environmental Systems Engineering from the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences. Most recently she participated as an alumni panelist on a panel titled "The Global Impact of Penn State Alumni." |
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Faculty 'No Time for Silence' team honored for work on anti-racism initiative 12/15/2020 Penn State professor Jose D. Fuentes has received an American Geophysical Union 2020 Presidential Citation as part of the team that launched the anti-racism initiative "No Time for Silence." |
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Faculty Nanoengineered cement shows promise for sealing leaky gas wells 12/11/2020 Leaking natural gas wells are considered a potential source of methane emissions, and a new nanomaterial cement mixture could provide an effective, affordable solution for sealing these wells, according to a team of Penn State scientists. |
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Faculty John Mauro named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors 12/08/2020 John Mauro, professor of materials science and engineering at Penn State, has been named a 2020 Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). Election to NAI Fellow status is the highest professional distinction accorded solely to academic inventors. |
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Student Yu-Jen Chiu named Earth and Mineral Sciences fall 2020 student marshal 12/08/2020 Yu-Jen Chiu has been selected as the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences student marshal for the University's fall 2020 virtual commencement ceremony. The ceremony will be held at 2 p.m. EST, Dec. 19. |
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Faculty 2D-materials center ready to move to new phase, add industry partners 12/07/2020 The Center for Atomically Thin Multifunctional Coatings (ATOMIC), a center focused on the study and development of 2D materials that is part of the National Science Foundation's Industry/University Cooperative Research Center project, is preparing to move from Phase I to Phase II of the program. |