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Meteorology and atmospheric science juniors Grant LaChat, Andrew Mardirossian, Jacob Morse, Kallan Parker and Bryttani Wooten received 2019 Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarships from the National Atmospheric and Oceanic Association.

Nicole June has been named the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences’ student marshal for Penn State’s fall 2019 undergraduate commencement ceremony on Saturday, Dec. 21.

Students brought two semesters of work to life at the recent WISER/MURE/FURP undergraduate research symposium, where they presented their research and answered questions from other students, staff and faculty, many from outside of their fields.

Underground fiber-optic cables, like those that connect the world through phone and internet service, hold untapped potential for monitoring severe weather, according to scientists at Penn State.

Roughly 400 researchers and educators from more than 114 institutions across the nation recently explored how higher education can strengthen preparedness, response, and recovery in the face of growing threats posed by climate change and extreme weather.

Penn State sophomore Angelina "Angie" Santamaria, who plans on double majoring in Earth sciences and policy and women’s studies, said the Millennium Scholars program put her on a path toward success that she once thought was unattainable.

The NASA Pennsylvania Space Grant Consortium (PSGC) is currently accepting applications to its graduate research fellowship program.

Andrew Kleit, professor of energy and environmental economics at Penn State recently received a United States Association for Energy Economics (USAEE) Senior Fellow Award at the USAEE annual conference in Denver, held in November.

At age 65, Dan Hurwitz was facing a decision at a crossroads. Was he going to complete his dream of biking across the United States — some 3,900 miles of mountains, deserts and plains over a stretch of four months — or would he wait longer, perhaps missing his window for the feat?

Fourteen Penn State faculty members in areas ranging from physics and engineering to entomology and plant science have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society.