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News
Archives--2000
August
3, 2000
Three EMS Professors Honored
Gary L. Messing, Della Roy, and Wilbur Zelinsky have
been honored for their contributions to their respective
fields. [MORE]
May
19, 2000
Penn State Names Two Evan Pugh Scholars
Richard B. Alley, professor of geosciences, and Kenneth
M. Weiss , distinguished professor of anthropology,
have been named Evan Pugh Professors, the highest distinction
that Penn State can bestow upon a faculty member. [MORE]
May
5, 2000
EMS Honors Faculty for Teaching, Research, Service
Seven College of Earth and Mineral Sciences professors
have been recognized for their contributions to the
College and the University with the Wilson Awards for
Outstanding Teaching, Excellence in Research, and Outstanding
Service. [MORE]
April
24, 2000
Peuquet Receives Guggenheim Fellowship
Donna J. Peuquet, professor of geography, has won a
John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship for 2000. She is one
of only two Penn State professors, and nationally one
of two geographers, to receive one of these prestigious
fellowships. [MORE]
April
24, 2000
Special Journal Issue Honors Frank Aplan
Frank F. Aplan, distinguished professor emeritus of
metallurgy and mineral processing, has been honored
by his colleagues with a special issue of the International
Journal of Mineral Processing. The symposium and technical
papers, published in honor of his 75th birthday, was
organized and edited by Penn State Professors S. Chander
and R. Hogg and University of California, Berkeley,
Professor D. W. Fuerstenau. [MORE]
April
24, 2000
Ethics in Academia
Dr. E. Willard Miller is co-editor of a new book, Ethics
in Academia, that is based on the description of ethics
in the New International Dictionary as "the system or
code of morals of a particular profession." [MORE]
April
19, 2000
Jenkins Honored by Multicultural Resource Center
Gregory Jenkins, assistant professor of meteorology,
received a Faculty/Staff Diversity Recognition Award
from Penn State's Multicultural Resource Center (MRC)
at an awards ceremony earlier this spring. [MORE]
April
11, 2000
Penn State Students Place First in Environmental
Design Contest
Each year the Waste-Management Environmental Research
Council (WERC) hosts an Environmental Design Contest
that provides students with practical, hands-on experience
designing solutions to actual environmental problems.
A team of seven Penn State students entered WERCıs 10th
annual design competition and took first place in the
Acid Mine Drainage Treatment and Utilization Task. [MORE]
March
30, 2000
Ian Harrison to Receive Award for Polymer Characterization
Research
Ian R. Harrison, professor of polymer science in Penn
State's Department of Materials Science and Engineering,
will be a co-recipient of a 2000 Outstanding Achievement
Award from the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) this
spring. [MORE]
March
27, 2000
Commission for Women Honors EMS Women
The Commission for Women has honored ten women from
across the University and the Community with its Achieveing
Women Award. Two EMS women were honored for their accomplishements.
[MORE]
March
27, 2000
Yapa Receives Award for Outreach
Lakshman S. Yapa, associate professor of geography in
the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, has been
named the recipient of the 2000 Award for Faculty Outreach.
[MORE]
March
27, 2000
Roger M. Downs Receives Eisenhower Award
Roger M. Downs, professor and head of the geography
department, has been selected as a 2000 recipient of
the Milton S. Eisenhower Award for Distinguished Teaching.
[MORE]
March 1, 2000
Earth and Engineering Sciences Building
The new Earth and Engineering Sciences Building is home
to two EMS units. They will occupy approximately forty
percent of the building, with the College of Engineering
taking up the remaining space. [MORE]
March
1, 2000
Rocket Engine Design Leader to Receive McFarland
Award
Penn State alumnus and industry leader in rocket engine
design John A. Halchak will receive the 2000 David Ford
McFarland Award for Achievement in Metallurgy when the
52nd annual lecture and banquet coinciding with the
award are held on Saturday, April 15, on the University
Park campus. [MORE]
February
29, 2000
Nittany Science Camp for Girls 2000
"Girls Rock!" says EMS director of Diversity Enhancement
Programs, Cyndi Freeman Fail. "They just need to be
nurtured, engaged and motivated by women who have careers
in science, technology and engineering. That is what
Nittany Science Camp for Girls does; it provides a safe
place to learn while having fun." [MORE]
February
21, 2000
Three EMS Faculty Members Named Distinguished
Professors
In recognition of their outstanding contributions to
the University, 17 faculty members have been given the
title of distinguished professor. This special academic
title is intended to recognize a limited number of outstanding
professors. [MORE]
February
17, 2000
Gopalan, Liu Receive NSF CAREER Awards,br> Two
faculty members of the Department of Materials Science
and Engineering have earned National Science Foundation
(NSF) Faculty Career Development Awards. [MORE]
January
24, 2000
Peter Gould
Peter R. Gould, 67, Evan Pugh professor at Penn State,
died Jan. 22, 2000, at Centre Community Hospital after
a year-long battle with cancer. [MORE]
January
21, 2000
Center for Glass Research Established at Penn
State
The National Science Foundation's Industry-University
Center for Glass Research (CGR) has formally established
the Center for Glass Surfaces and Interfaces at Penn
State. Carlo Pantano, professor of materials science
and engineering and director of Penn State's Materials
Research Institute, will direct the new research site.
[MORE]
January
21, 2000
Tressler Named to NRC Committee [MORE]
January
21, 2000
Trolier-McKinstry to Receive Young Scholar Award
[MORE]
January
14, 2000
William Brune Receives Houghton Award from
AMS
William H. Brune has won the 2000 Henry G. Houghton
Award from the American Meteorological Society in recognition
of his work measuring free radicals and other atmospheric
elements and his research on atmospheric photochemical
processes. [MORE]
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