Our graduate students are integral to the research we conduct, and they also are dedicated to making a difference in communities. Learn more about their research, outreach efforts, and other projects below.
EarthTalks: Getty to discuss NASA’s upcoming DAVINCI mission launching June 2029
04/18/2023
04/18/2023
Stephanie Getty, research planetary scientist and director of the Solar System Exploration Division at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, will discuss the upcoming DAVINCI Mission at 4 p.m. on Monday, April 24.
Penn State alumnus David Simpson to receive the David Ford McFarland Award
04/12/2023
04/12/2023
The 2023 David Ford McFarland Award for Achievement in Metallurgy lecture will be held at 3:05 p.m. Thursday, April 13, in 111 Wartik Laboratory on the Penn State University Park campus.
EarthTalks: Elaine Seasly to discuss NASA updated planetary protection policies
04/11/2023
04/11/2023
Elaine Seasly, deputy planetary protection officer at NASA, will discuss NASA’s updated planetary protection policies at 4 p.m. on Monday, April 17.
UCLA geography professor to discuss Antarctic sea ice and climate change
04/10/2023
04/10/2023
Marilyn Raphael, professor of geography at UCLA, will discuss the role of Antarctic sea ice in the global climate system at the annual E. Willard Miller Endowed Lecture at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, April 14.
Spring ‘Night at the Museums’ event slated for evening of April 20
04/10/2023
04/10/2023
The Penn State Museum Consortium will hold the spring 2023 "Night at the Museums" on April 20.
Forty graduate students recognized with prestigious University awards
04/06/2023
04/06/2023
Forty Penn State graduate students were named recipients of Penn State’s most prestigious annual graduate student awards, administered by the Graduate School in collaboration with several Penn State units.
Thirteen graduate students honored with Alumni Association Dissertation Award
04/06/2023
04/06/2023
Thirteen graduate students received the Alumni Association Dissertation Award, one of the most prestigious awards given to doctoral candidates at the University.
EarthTalks: NASA researcher to discuss search for life in the solar system
04/04/2023
04/04/2023
Lu Chou, a postdoctoral research associate at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, will present an overview of NASA’s search for extraterrestrial life using techniques for finding “life as we don’t know it” at 4 p.m. Monday, April 10, in 112 Walker Building on Penn State's University Park campus.
EarthTalks lecture to focus on habitability of planets beyond our solar system
03/29/2023
03/29/2023
Bradford Foley, associate professor of geosciences at Penn State, will discuss habitability conditions of exoplanets at 4 p.m. Monday, April 3, in 112 Walker Building at University Park and on Zoom.
USGS scientist to discuss critical mineral commodities at 2023 Shoemaker Lecture
03/27/2023
03/27/2023
Elisa Alonso, a physical scientist at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), will give the 2023 G. Albert Shoemaker Lecture in Mineral Engineering at Penn State.