Students learn best practices in energy-efficient design during the High-Performance Building Summer Program, held June 3-21 in Pittsburgh.
If liquid water exists today on Mars, it may be too deep underground to detect with traditional methods used on Earth. But listening to earthquakes that occur on Mars — or marsquakes — could offer a new tool in the search.
Program sponsored by CONSOL Energy is helping students gain associate degrees in mining engineering.
The College of Earth and Mineral Sciences and the Penn State community mourn the loss of John J. Cahir, vice provost and dean for undergraduate education emeritus and professor of meteorology emeritus, who died June 6 at the age of 90.
Eleven interdisciplinary research teams have been awarded funding through Penn State's Institute of Energy and the Environment’s (IEE) Seed Grant Program for 2024.
June is National Pride Month in the United States, and in support on Saturday, June 8, the Penn State College of Earth and Mineral Sciences (EMS) will participate in the State College Pride Parade and Festival, hosted by Centre LGBT+.
Lily Houtman, a doctoral student in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences’ Department of Geography at Penn State, has been selected as a 2024 U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) awardee.
An interdisciplinary Penn State team is working to decrease emissions by producing new sustainable architectural materials using mycelium, which is the root of fungi.
The latest episode of the "Growing Impact" podcast explores the process of injecting carbon dioxide underground and mineralizing it to permanently sequester the gas, a path toward reducing carbon emissions and mitigating climate change.
Researchers in Penn State’s Department of Geography have been awarded $12,000 in funding from the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences (EMS) Sustainability Council for their project, "Youth Perspectives on Sustainability in the College of EMS."