A newly discovered fossil deposit near Kunming, China, may hold the keys to understanding howv organisms laid the foundations for life on land and at sea today, according to an international team of researchers.
Penn State University Libraries have recognized seven outstanding faculty and staff, including Aaron Procious, a staff member at the Fletcher L. Byrom Earth and Mineral Sciences Library.
For most people, starting a job during a global pandemic can prove difficult. But for museum collections managers, it turns out, things aren’t all bad.
Steel towns. Mines. Factories. Places like these, once the lifeblood of the industrial economy in Pennsylvania, have since become artifacts of our state’s history.
The Earth and Mineral Sciences (EMS) Museum and Art Gallery on the ground floor of Deike Building at University Park will extend its hours to be open prior to Penn State home football games.
Jane Cook, new director of the Earth and Mineral Sciences (EMS) Museum & Art Gallery, plans a series of updates and advances.
Dozens of middle and high school students from across Pennsylvania recently spent a day at the Earth and Mineral Sciences Museum & Art Gallery at Penn State learning about women in geosciences.
Middle and high school students recently toured the Bearded Lady Project exhibit in the Earth and Mineral Sciences Museum & Art Gallery. View gallery.
Penn State’s University Museum Consortium is hosting a public reception to celebrate Eclectic Collections, a collaborative exhibit between University museums and galleries. The reception will be held from 5-7 p.m. on Dec. 3 in the HUB-Robeson Center’s Art Alley. The exhibit, which began in September, runs through Jan. 5, 2019.
'The Bearded Lady Project' photography exhibit, which highlights women in science and draws attention to issues they face, is now open in the Earth and Mineral Sciences Museum & Art Gallery.