2024-25 Teaching and Learning Technologies Faculty Advisory Committee members named
Teaching and Learning with Technology has announced the Teaching and Learning Technologies Faculty Advisory Committee for the 2024-25 academic year, which includes Kevin Haworth, assistant teaching professor of earth and mineral sciences and Giles Writer-in-Residence.
Registration now open for Penn State’s marquee materials research event
Registration is open for Materials Day, an opportunity for the University research community to celebrate past achievements, make connections and peer into the future of materials.
Taylor’s research legacy shines light on California wildfires, forest ecology
Alan Taylor, a recently retired and now professor emeritus of geography, spent decades researching West Coast landscape and fire ecology. He used ecological signals and human history to paint a picture of how forests changed over time.
Penn State Emeritus Academy launches Fall 2024 lecture series
The 2024 fall series will showcase the work of retired faculty members, iincluding Andrew Carleton, Bill Easterling. Lectures will take place at Foster Auditorium in the Pattee-Paterno Library.
Fall ‘Night at the Museums’ event set for Thursday, Sept. 12
The Penn State Museum Consortium will hold its fall 2024 "Night at the Museums" on Thursday, Sept. 12. Participating museums and galleries on the University Park campus will be open extended hours from 4 to 8 p.m.
Senior vice president for research provides updates on Penn State Research Foundation
At its Sept. 5 meeting, the Penn State Board of Trustees Committee on Research and Technology heard from Andrew Read, senior vice president for research, about the mission of the Penn State Research Foundation, as well as an update on its activities.
Twelve Penn Staters honored with 2024 Alumni Fellow Award
Twelve Penn State alumni will be honored for their outstanding professional accomplishments and named Alumni Fellows for 2024, the most prestigious designation given by the Penn State Alumni Association.
Geography 'Coffee Hour' lecture series to begin with Sept. 6 talk by Karl Zimmerer
The Penn State Department of Geography will kick off its fall 2024 "Coffee Hour" lecture series with a talk by Karl Zimmerer, professor of geography, ecology, and rural sociology at Penn State.
DOE announces $14.5 million award to Energy Frontier Research Center 3DFeM
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced today (Sept. 4) that it will continue to support Penn State’s Center for Three-Dimensional Ferroelectric Microelectronics Manufacturing (3DFeM) as an Energy Frontier Research Center.
Ecofriendly glass invented at Penn State secures partner for product development
LionGlass, a new family of glass engineered by researchers at Penn State, has secured its first corporate partner, a move toward bringing the ecofriendly alternative to standard soda lime silicate glass to market.