With the help of a recent NSF grant, Penn State researchers will take undergraduate students from around the country to Peru over the summer to study extreme weather events near the Peruvian Andes and in the Peruvian Amazon
The Department of Geography Coffee Hour lecture series has resumed on Friday afternoons for the fall 2021 semester on Penn State's University Park campus.
The College of Earth and Mineral Sciences has a rich history dating back more than a century, from the original focus on mining engineering, to today's interdisciplinary focus on earth, energy, and materials sciences and engineering. Founded in 1896 as the School of Mines, this year, the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences is celebrating its 125th anniversary.
From the U.S. Constitution to next-generation radio telescopes, and from genomic imaging to knitted textile design, the fall 2021 Data Science Community virtual talk series will showcase the many ways that Penn State researchers and educators are applying data science to advance their work. The series of talks is open to Penn State community members, and advance registration is required.
Andrew Smye, assistant professor of geosciences at Penn State, will use a $640,000 Faculty Early Career Development Program grant from the National Science Foundation to shed light on a geological mystery while advancing educational opportunities for underrepresented students.
In the recently released 2022 U.S. News & World Report Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs rankings, the Penn State College of Engineering ranks No. 21 in the country, advancing one place from last year's report. Among public engineering programs, Penn State ranks 12th in the nation.
A new seminar series has been established by the John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences to celebrate women conducting energy and water research, to highlight their successes, to engage women students and to provide an opportunity for faculty to establish and expand their professional network and mentoring relationships.
David McWethy, assistant research professor at Montana State University, will discuss climate-human-fire interactions and feedbacks in temperate ecosystems during a talk at 4 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 20.
When David Donohue was a young man, fresh out of graduate school at Penn State and working for a major oil and gas corporation, he believed he found a way to improve a production process for his employer.
Previous fires may hold the key to predicting and reducing the severity of future wildfires in the western United States as fire activity continues to increase, according to researchers from Penn State and the U.S. Forest Service.
