Chris Widga has been appointed as the new director of the Earth and Mineral Sciences Museum & Art Gallery, which boasts a vast and varied collection of roughly 20,000 items, from gemstones, to industrial safety equipment, to paintings of industry.
Graduate student Kaitlyn Horisk spearheaded a new exhibit, "Cretaceous Oceans and Climate," in the EMS Museum and Art Gallery.
The latest episode of Growing Impact discusses how climate change and overuse of the Colorado River have significantly decreased the volume of the fifth largest river in the U.S.
Penn State alum Beth Stump boarded a helicopter in Louisiana that buzzed across the Gulf of Mexico and landed on an oil drilling platform in the middle of the sea. There was no turning back — She was now a geoscientist.
If you train your eyes on the vast rock outcroppings of the Rocky Mountains, you can see the remnants of our planet’s history.
As part of the process of establishing a university-wide program in sustainability, Lee Kump, John Leone Dean in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, and Lara Fowler, chief sustainability officer and director of Penn State Sustainability, will be hosting two virtual discussions for interested faculty to learn more about the opportunity.
Drones flying along miles of rivers in the steep, mountainous terrain of central Taiwan and mapping the rock properties have revealed new clues about how water helps shape mountains over geological time, according to a team led by Penn State scientists.
The College of Earth and Mineral Sciences and the Penn State community mourn the loss of Charles L. Hosler, for whom the Hosler Building on the University Park campus and the Hosler Oak at the Penn State Arboretum are named. Hosler died on Sunday, Oct. 29. He was 99 years old.
