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Jack Kaye, associate director for research at NASA, is the speaker for the Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science’s colloquium scheduled for 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 13, in 112 Walker Building on the University Park campus. 

Lara Fowler, chief sustainability officer at Penn State, director of Penn State Sustainability, will give the talk, “Decarbonizing Penn State: How Does Law, Policy, and Financing Fit In?”

As part of our regular “We Are!” feature, we recognize 12 Penn Staters who have gone above and beyond what’s asked of them in their work at the University, including Noelle Capparelle.

Al-Zadjali, an alum who majored in PNGE, was named a 2024 Alumni Fellow by Penn State's Alumni Association.

Olivia DiPrinzio, a fifth-year student majoring in energy engineering and earth science and policy, spoke to the Board of Trustees about the impact honors programming has had in shaping their Penn State education.

New research led by Penn State scientists reveals that microplastics in the atmosphere could be affecting weather and climate.

Penn State will be sending its second delegation of students and faculty to the United Nations’ annual climate meeting. This year’s conference, COP29, will be held in Baku, Azerbaijan from Nov. 11–22. 

Penn State’s Local Climate Action Program (LCAP) is making a valuable impact beyond Pennsylvania’s borders, thanks in part to recent World Campus Energy and Sustainability Policy graduate, Joe Thompson.

A new study by researchers tracked how nutrients from wastewater migrate from disposal sites in the Florida Keys and may help inform wastewater management in the region.

Laura Pulido, Collins Chair and professor of Indigenous, race, and ethnic studies and geography at the University of Oregon, will give the keynote lecture for EMS Reads at 6 p.m. on Wednesday Nov. 13, in Paterno Library's Foster Auditorium.