Maureen Feineman: “A Critical Legacy: Rare Earth Elements in Waste Products from Historical Mining and Smelting in PA,” at 4 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 22.
Erin DiMaggio was part of the international team of that recently discovered fossils belonging to our genus Homo and a new, yet identified, species of Australopithecus from a site in Ethiopia.
Bridget Reheard, a Lancaster, Pennsylvania, native, has been named the student marshal for the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences’ summer 2025 commencement ceremony.
Underground microbes are an imperfect — if still helpful — antidote for wastewater nitrogen in the Florida Keys, a finding that researchers at Penn State said may help other coastal areas with their cleanup strategies.
In Nepal how farmers perceive climate-related risks often leads them to double down on agriculture instead of exploring other livelihoods.
Valerie Smykalov, a doctoral student in the dual title biogeochemistry program, was recently awarded a three-year U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship to support her work studying carbon movement through freshwater systems.
Peter Heaney, professor emeritus of geosciences, retired on June 30, ending a 27-year career at Penn State. Mara Grigore, a rising senior majoring in Earth science and policy, interviewed him about his career.
A team led by researchers at Penn State developed a new method to evaluate cracks that destabilize ice shelves and accelerate loss of sea ice.
Eight Penn State graduate students, including two from EMS, received U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowships for the 2025-26 academic year.
Committees
Eric
Kirby