The College of Earth and Mineral Sciences has a rich history dating back more than a century. The college celebrated its 125th anniversary in 2021. The Crescendo weekend, which was to mark the closing of the anniversary year, was postponed due to COVID-19. It has been rescheduled for October 14 -15, 2022. The festivities for the weekend are listed below.
Crescendo Weekend Festivities
John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering
Friday, October 14:
- Noon - 2:00 p.m.: Student Research Poster Exhibition and Open House
- Student research poster exhibition through the halls of Hosler Building
- Laboratory posters presented by faculty
- Light luncheon served in room 104 Hosler Buildng
Saturday, October 15:
- Noon - 2:00 p.m.: Energy and Mineral Engineering Alumni and Student Tailgate and Watch Party
- Enjoy a cookout-style meal with EME students and cheer on the Nittany Lions in their game against Michigan
Department of Geography
Friday, October 14:
- Noon - 1:00 p.m.: Networking lunch with students and faculty - 319 Walker
- 1 - 2:00 p.m.: Lab tours and student/faculty showcase - 2nd floor Walker
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2 - 3:00 p.m.: Faculty talk: "Arctic Futures" - 114 Steidle Building
Saturday, October 15:
- 9 - 10:15 a.m.: Alumni Affiliate Program Group breakfast and meeting - 319 Walker
- 10:30 a.m. - Noon: Career networking with students - 319 Walker
Department of Geosciences
Friday, October 14: RSVP requested by Oct. 7
- 9 - 11:30 a.m.: Meet and Greet the Geosciences 125th Anniversary Alumni Fellows - Fifth floor Deike Building
- 11:30 a.m. - Noon.: Lunch with the Alumni Advisory Board and Alumni Fellows - 26 Hosler Building
- Noon - 1:00 p.m.: Faculty talks
- Benjamin Cardenas - “Sedimentary Basins on Mars”
- Tushar Mittal - "Longest Lava flows in the Solar System : What determines their length?"
- 1 - 2:00 p.m.: Tours of Deines Lab and other new labs in the basement of Deike
Saturday, October 15: RSVP requested by Oct. 7
- 10 - 11:30 a.m.: Roundtable Discussion with Alumni Fellows - “Geosciences Career Outlook”
- 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.: Lunch
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Saturday, October 15:
- 9 - 11:00 a.m.: Breakfast - Ground Floor of Steidle Building
- 9:30 a.m.: First tour of Steidle Building
- 10:00 a.m.: Second tour of Steidle Building
- 10:30 a.m.: Third tour of Steidle Building
- 11:00 a.m. - noon: Tour of Millennium Science Complex
Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Saturday, October 15:
- 10:00 a.m.: Fellows introduction and departmental update
- 11:00 a.m.: Department Tours
- 11:00 a.m.: Student poster presentations - Walker Building 5th and 6th floor hallways
- Noon: Lunch in the Joel N. Myers Weather Center
Earth and Environmental Systems Institute
Saturday, October 15:
- 1 - 3:00 p.m.: Colloquium - "ESSC Made EESI" - 603 Eric J. Barron Innovation Hub (RSVP requested)
- 1:15 p.m.: “Habitable planets/complex life in the universe" – James Kasting, Evan Pugh University Professor Emeritus of Geosciences
- 1:25 p.m. “Planning for water resources under uncertainty: the case of the Colorado River” – Antonia Hadjimichael, assistant professor of geosciences
- 1:35 p.m.: “Climate change, ice sheets and sea level rise” – Richard Alley, Evan Pugh University Professor of Geosciences
- 1:45 p.m.: “What makes the critical zone critical?” – Susan Brantley, Evan Pugh University Professor and Barnes Professor of Geosciences
- 1:55 p.m.: “Nitrogen legacies and water quality” – Kimberly Van Meter, assistant professor of geography
- 2:05 p.m.: “Urban water and electricity use under climate change” – Renee Obringer, assistant professor of energy and mineral engineerin
- 2:15 p.m.: Closing remarks – Lee Kump, John Leone Dean in th College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, Lee Kump
EMS Library
Friday, October 14:
- 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.: Tours of VR studio and renovated library facility, 105 Deike Building
EMS Museum & Art Gallery
Friday, October 14:
- 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.: EMS Museum exhibit gallery open - 6 Deike Building
- 11:00 a.m. - Gallery talk: "Conservation, Preservation, Materials Science: Exactly WHAT do you do?" - Susan Barger, Materials Science and Engineering 82g and EMS 125th Anniversary Fellow
- 1 - 2:00 p.m.: Tour of EMS Museum & Art Gallery's Center for Education, Research, and Collections (CERC)
Saturday, October 15:
- 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.: EMS Museum exhibit gallery open - 6 Deike Building
Materials Research Institute
Friday, October 14:
- Time TBA: Guided tours of the Materials Research Institute, Millennium Science Complex. (Muster location, MRI Entrance to the MSC Building)
Saturday, October 15:
- Time TBA: Guided tours of the Materials Research Institute, Millennium Science Complex. (Muster location, MRI Entrance to the MSC Building)
Ryan Family Student Center
Saturday, October 15:
- 10:00 a.m. - noon: Facilities Showcase tour of newly-renovated RFSC, showing expanded services, etc.
Virtual Tours
- Materials Research Institute
Note: beta version; for more information contact Dave Fecko at dlf5023@psu.edu - Steidle Building
Anniversary Year activites
Many events were held during 2021 to celebrate the college's 125th anniversary. Browse the sections below to view activities and for some, zoom recordings of events.
- 1859: The University (then known as the Pennsylvania Farmers' High School) offers its first course in geography and meteorology, a required course in the scientific and agricultural program.
- 1890: Penn State Board of Trustees approves the establishment of the Department of Mining Engineering.
- 1896: The growing Department of Mining Engineering is renamed to the School of Mines and was the beginning the current College of Earth and Minerals Sciences. Magnus Ihlseng served as dean until 1899.
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