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Alumni Steadfast supporter and role model for students earns Payne alumni award 11/25/2020 David Payne, who has seen countless young professionals enter the petroleum and natural gas field, said Penn State graduates tend to stand out. They love to travel, advance in their careers and take on new challenges. |
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Alumni EMS plans to raise $10K for Millennium Scholars Program on Giving Tuesday 11/25/2020 The College of Earth and Mineral Sciences (EMS) will be raising money to support the Millennium Scholars Program on Giving Tuesday, slated to begin at 6:55 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 30, and lasting through 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 1. |
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Faculty Mathematical basis of machine learning focus of Dec. 14-16 workshop 11/24/2020 Penn State faculty members and students are invited to a three-day virtual workshop from Dec. 14 to 16 on the mathematical basis of machine learning, a form of artificial intelligence that is widely used to advance science and operations in many industries and disciplines today. |
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Student Earth and Mineral Sciences creates scholarship in honor of Juan Garcia 11/23/2020 The College of Earth and Mineral Sciences recently created the Juan Garcia Educational Equity Scholarship in honor of Penn State student Juan Garcia, who died June 30 of respiratory failure and COVID-19. |
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Alumni Global Alumni Profile: Jacob R. Hidrowoh 11/19/2020 Jacob Hidrowoh didn't plan on his career journey turning out the way it did. A young man from Quito, Ecuador, Hidrowoh came to Penn State in 2014 on a national Ecuadorian scholarship to study Earth science and policy, a new major at the time. |
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Faculty Seminar to examine Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative amid state energy policy 11/18/2020 Daniel Mallinson, assistant professor of public policy and administration at Penn State Harrisburg, and graduate student Andrew Bell will discuss how RGGI might interact with Pennsylvania's Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard and Act 129 at noon on Friday, Dec. 4. |
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Faculty Virtual seminar offers inside view of challenges to diversifying geoscience 11/17/2020 Geoscientists tell the story of what happens every day under our feet. The Earth science community, however, lacks diverse voices who can tell this story. |
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Faculty Novel cellulose finding may lead to new chemicals, biofuels 11/16/2020 A multi-institutional research group led by two Penn State faculty members has identified, for the first time, how cellulose crystals orient themselves relative to the cell wall in plants, with potential implications for chemical and energy development. |
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Faculty Air quality data during COVID-19 may help improve models, guide interventions 11/11/2020 The measures instituted in April to help curb the spread of COVID-19 across the United States may hold clues for improving air quality, according to researchers. |
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Faculty Virtual reality forests could help understanding of climate change 11/11/2020 The effects of climate change are sometimes difficult to grasp, but now a virtual reality forest, created by geographers, can let people walk through a simulated forest of today and see what various futures may hold for the trees. |