With goals of educating students about sustainability and creating a more sustainable campus environment, the Student Sustainability Council in the Penn State College of Earth and Mineral Sciences (EMS) is developing a new museum series highlighting sustainability efforts taking place in the college.
Peter Groffman, professor at City University of New York and senior research fellow at Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, will give the talk, “Bio-geo-socio-chemistry of urban watersheds,” at 4 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 29.
Graduate student Kaitlyn Horisk spearheaded a new exhibit, "Cretaceous Oceans and Climate," in the EMS Museum and Art Gallery.
Omi Salas-SantaCruz will give the talk "Wellness-Territorio: A Decolonial Feminist Geographical Method for the Study of Trans* Student World-Making" at Coffee Hour lecture on Friday, Feb. 2.
Olivia McMahon, a recent energy and sustainability policy graduate, attended the United Nations’ conference on climate change in Dubai late in 2023 and is inspired to do her part to take action in her community.
Penn State has received industry accreditation for a certificate in its online geospatial portfolio. USGIF recognized Penn State’s Graduate Certificate in Geospatial Intelligence Analytics,
David Stensrud, professor of meteorology, has been voted president-elect of the American Meteorological Society and will be inducted on, Jan. 28, during the 104th AMS Annual Meeting.
Chris Widga has been appointed as the new director of the Earth and Mineral Sciences Museum & Art Gallery, which boasts a vast and varied collection of roughly 20,000 items, from gemstones, to industrial safety equipment, to paintings of industry.
Esther Obonyo, associate professor of engineering design and architectural engineering, will give the talk, “Building SURE (Sustainable and Resilient) Communities,” at 4 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 22.
Moore's Law, a fundamental scaling principle for electronic devices, forecasts that the number of transistors on a chip will double every two years, ensuring more computing power — but a limit exists.