Alumni News

Penn State is hosting the annual Shale Network Workshop on May 18 and 19 at the Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center in State College.

Alumna Titilayo “Titi” Shodiya, deputy quality manager at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), will present the 2023 Richard E. Tressler Lecture at 3:05 p.m. Thursday, April 27, in 111 Wartik Laboratory on the Penn State University Park campus. 

Alumnus Walter Moorhead, president of Product Evaluation Systems, Inc. (PES), will present the 2023 Richard E. Tressler Lecture at 3:05 p.m. Thursday, March 30, in 111 Wartik Laboratory on the Penn State University Park campus.

Career Services and the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences invite students of all majors to attend the Impact and Earth and Mineral Sciences Career Fair on March 14.

The student committee of the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences Sustainability Council will host its first alumni panel discussion, “Be the Change,” from 5 to 6 p.m. on Monday, Feb 6 in 603 Barron Innovation Hub.

For fledgling forecasters and budding broadcasters, the Campus Weather Service at Penn State has a reputation for real-world readiness.

This fall, NASA’s Curiosity rover reached new heights.

Although high school was not his favorite place as a teenager, Penn State alumnus Jordan Chapman quickly realized just how important higher education was for students who look like him.

 Students like Akhdan Mir, an energy engineering major and Millennium Scholar, are among the many taking on important challenges like the global need for safe, secure and abundant resources thanks to philanthropy through the impact of 'A Greater Penn State.'

To coincide with the Penn State College of Earth and Mineral Sciences’ (EMS) 125th anniversary celebration, the EMS Museum & Art Gallery is unveiling a new exhibit on Friday, Oct. 14, dedicated to Evan Pugh, a science pioneer and Penn State's first president.