Madeline Yozwiak, a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Engineering and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University, will give the talk, “Grid Hardening and the Effectiveness of Climate Adaptation in the U.S. Electricity Sector,” at noon on Wednesday, March 18.
researchers in the Department of Geography studied how the Northern California landscape responded to extreme wildfire, and study how prior fires influenced chances of forest recovery.
EMS recognized exceptional staff at its annual Dean’s Staff Appreciation Luncheon held in December 2025 at the Nittany Lion Inn. The awards program consists of three annual awards, the Future Star Award, Circle of Excellence, and the EMS Ambassador. The Charles Hosler Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Staff Award was also recognized.
As part of our regular “We Are!” feature, we recognize 19 Penn Staters who have gone above and beyond what’s asked of them in their work at the University including Alexandra Lloyd.
Allison Beese, professor of materials science and engineering and of mechanical engineering at Penn State, has been named the senior associate director of Penn State’s new National Security Institute. She will begin her appointment on May 15.
Researchers have figured out how to get DNA, a biological material, to work with electronics, by pairing synthetic DNA with a semiconducting material called crystalline perovskite.
Ann Ehrlich is currently pursuing an Integrated Undergraduate-Graduate (IUG) degree and will graduate from Penn State with her bachelor's degree in geography, a master's degree in spatial data science and a graduate certificate in remote sensing and Earth observation.
Barbara Arnold, chair and professor of practice of mining engineering in the John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering, was elected to National Academy of Engineering.
Gregory Jenkins, professor of meteorology and atmospheric sciences, will give the talks "West Africa poised for late 21st century climate injustice: Modeling increasing anthropogenic greenhouse gases (GHGs) and changes in Saharan mineral dust."
James Sears, an assistant professor in the Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics at Michigan State University, will give the talk, “How Much More Price-Fluid are Utility Customers in the Long-Run? An Application to Urban Water Demand."