Earth and Mineral Sciences faculty and students honored at college's awards ceremony
Penn State's College of Earth and Mineral Sciences (EMS) recognized exceptional students and faculty for their academic excellence, service and leadership during its annual Wilson Awards Celebration, held on March 30.
EarthTalks: Support for deploying new technologies for clean energy systems
Emily Grubert, associate professor of sustainable energy policy at Notre Dame, will give the talk, “Public Support for Energy and Climate Technology Deployment,” at 4 p.m. on Monday, April 14, via Zoom.
Susan Freinkel talk: 'How Did We Get Hooked on Plastic?' on April 14
Award-winning author and journalist Susan Freinkel will give the virtual talk “How Did We Get Hooked on Plastic?” at 2:30 p.m. on Monday, April 14. It will be streamed in Foster Auditorium of Paterno Library and available on Zoom.
Penn State mourns loss of world-renowned meteorologist Jenni Evans
The Penn State community is mourning the loss of Jenni Evans, professor emerita of meteorology and atmospheric science and director emerita of the Institute for Computational and Data Sciences, who died April 3 in her Boalsburg, Pennsylvania, home. She was 63.
Forty-two graduate students recognized with University awards
Penn State recognized 42 graduate students with annual University awards that celebrate students' impact in research, scholarship, teaching, outreach, mentoring and more.
Thirty-one students receive awards at 2025 Graduate Exhibition
Thirty-one graduate students received awards at the 2025 Graduate Exhibition, hosted by the J. Jeffrey and Ann Marie Fox Graduate School on Friday, March 28, on the University Park campus.
'Stories from the Field' returns with spring 2025 session on housing inequality
Penn State’s “Stories from the Field” conversation series is returning this spring with a brand-new session focused on research examining housing inequality in North America.
Climate justice researcher, author to speak at April Climate Conversation Café
The April Climate Conversations Café will host Brianna Craft, a climate justice researcher and author, for a discussion on diplomacy, climate-change negotiations and storytelling.
Biomedical engineering grad student earns American Heart Association fellowship
The American Heart Association (AHA) awarded Nivetha Gunaseelan, a doctoral candidate studying biomedical engineering in the Penn State College of Engineering, a predoctoral fellowship.
$2.7M NIH grant to fund next generation of synthetic blood
Blood loss is the leading cause of death in trauma patients between the ages of 1 and 46 years, largely because they cannot access safe blood sources quickly enough. A possible solution? Freeze-dried synthetic blood.