Materials Research Institute names 2022 Roy Award Winners
Seven Penn State materials researchers have received the 2022 Rustum and Della Roy Innovation in Materials Research Award.
Women in energy and water research seminar to feature Karen Palmer on Dec. 1
The fall 2022 Celebrating Women in Energy and Water Research seminar series at Penn State will conclude on Thursday, Dec. 1, with two seminars by Karen Palmer, senior fellow and director of the Electric Power Program at Resources for the Future (RFF).
EMS hopes to raise $20,000 for Millennium Scholars Program on GivingTuesday
As the first Millennium Scholar in the College of Earth and Mineral Science, Ana De La Fuente Duran embraced the opportunities of the program, which aims to help ambitious students onto the track toward advanced degrees in STEM fields.
New process developed to extract high purity rare earth element oxides
Penn State’s Center for Critical Minerals has developed a new purification process that extracts mixed rare earth oxides from acid mine drainage and associated sludges at purities of 88.5%
Penn State webinar to address access to low-income energy efficiency programs
The Penn State Center for Energy Law and Policy (CELP) and the Hamer Center for Community Design in the College of Arts and Architecture’s Stuckeman School are teaming up to host a one-hour webinar at 10:30 a.m. on Dec. 1 to address the substantial challenges low-income individuals in Pennsylvania face in accessing energy efficiency programs.
Professor selected as Society of Petroleum Engineers Distinguished Lecturer
Arash Dahi Taleghani, professor of petroleum and natural gas engineering at Penn State, will serve as a 2022-23 Society of Petroleum Engineers Distinguished Lecturer.
Alumnus encourages underrepresented communities to pursue STEM careers
Although high school was not his favorite place as a teenager, Penn State alumnus Jordan Chapman quickly realized just how important higher education was for students who look like him.
Fossil fuel past, green future: Abandoned wells may offer geothermal power
Tapping into abandoned oil and gas wells in Pennsylvania, products of the state’s long history of energy extraction — could provide a future source of affordable geothermal energy, according to Penn State scientists.
Penn State employees and staff share ‘Profiles of Service’
Penn State’s 11th annual Military Appreciation Week honors all active-duty and veteran service members and this year highlights University faculty and staff members who serve or have served in the U.S. armed forces.
EarthTalks: Cornell researcher to discuss co-locating solar arrays on farmland
Niko Kochendoerfer, a postdoctoral fellow in animal sciences at Cornell University, will deliver the talk "Effect of sheep stocking rate on ecosystem parameters in ground-mounted solar arrays " at 4 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 14.