The Penn State Postdoc Society has announced Molly Hanlon as the recipient of the 2019 Outstanding Postdoc Award, and Klaus Keller as the recipient of the 2019 Outstanding Postdoc Mentor Award.
A group of international leaders on solutions to climate change have advised the creation of an upcoming conference, "Research to Action: The Science of Drawdown." The event will take place Sept. 16-18 at The Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center on Penn State's University Park campus.
Riccardo Torsi, a doctoral student studying materials science and engineering in Penn State's College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, received a 2019 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship to investigate improving microelectronics.
Penn State researchers take part in one of the largest studies ever conducted using more than 2,000 geophones. The group is seismically imaging the Shale Hills water catchment near the Penn State University Park campus.
Penn State's Study Away Pittsburgh is designed to give students an immersive, semester-long opportunity to study urban sustainability while living in Pittsburgh.
The processes that happen in the first few feet of soil can have large impacts on agriculture and water resources. To better understand these processes, a team of graduating Penn State geoscience majors mapped the subsurface at a research site in Rothrock State Forest.
From its gorgeous beaches to energetic cities, Thailand is known for its iconic tourist attractions. But Penn State students who recently toured the Southeast Asian nation as part of a Maymester study course had a different experience
EnvironMentors at Penn State, a local chapter of a national program focused on engaging and preparing underrepresented high school students for careers in STEM fields, is looking for faculty mentors as it expands into its second year.
Five faculty, including Beth King, were added to the Faculty Academy program through the Student Engagement Network at Penn State.
Neil Armstrong took "one giant step" 50 years ago when he became the first human to walk on the moon. To mark the Apollo 11 mission's anniversary and promote STEM education, Penn State held family events last week to honor the historic launch and lunar landing.
