Faculty First Opportunity Grants awarded to faculty 11/26/2024 The new Opportunity Grant Professional Development Program awarded its first grants to 51 teaching and clinical non-tenure-line faculty, including one to Sekhar Bhattacharyya, associate teaching professor in EME. |
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Research Session proposals for 2025 Climate Solutions Symposium now being accepted 11/21/2024 The Penn State Climate Consortium has announced a call for breakout sessions for the 2025 Climate Solutions Symposium, taking place May 19-20, 2025, at the Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center. |
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Development Alumni support puts Earth and Mineral Sciences closer to GivingTuesday goal 11/19/2024 EMS will be raising money to support the Millennium Scholars Program on GivingTuesday, slated to begin at 6:55 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 2, and lasting through 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 3. |
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Alumni Penn State mourns the loss of climate science pioneer, Warren M. Washington 11/18/2024 Warren M. Washington, acclaimed climate science pioneer and Penn State alumnus, died on Oct. 18 at the age of 88. He graduated with his doctorate in meteorology from Penn State in 1964 and was the second African American to earn a doctorate in meteorology nationwide. |
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Graduate Student New approach improves models of atmosphere on early Earth, exo-planets 11/18/2024 A new approach for modeling solar radiation may improve our understanding of the atmosphere on early Earth and help in the search for habitable conditions on planets beyond our solar system. |
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Jack Kaye, NASA associate director, research, to give meteorology colloquium talk 11/12/2024 Jack Kaye, associate director for research at NASA, is the speaker for the Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science’s colloquium scheduled for 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 13, in 112 Walker Building on the University Park campus. |
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Sending a 'We Are!' to Noelle Capparelle -- Nov. 11 11/11/2024 As part of our regular “We Are!” feature, we recognize 12 Penn Staters who have gone above and beyond what’s asked of them in their work at the University, including Noelle Capparelle. |
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Sustainability EarthTalks: Chief sustainability officer to discuss decarbonizing the University 11/11/2024 Lara Fowler, chief sustainability officer at Penn State, director of Penn State Sustainability, will give the talk, “Decarbonizing Penn State: How Does Law, Policy, and Financing Fit In?” |
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Alumni 2024 Alumni Fellow relishes chance to give back to the University 11/11/2024 Al-Zadjali, an alum who majored in PNGE, was named a 2024 Alumni Fellow by Penn State's Alumni Association. |
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Student Schreyer students speak to trustees on importance of Penn State honors college 11/08/2024 Olivia DiPrinzio, a fifth-year student majoring in energy engineering and earth science and policy, spoke to the Board of Trustees about the impact honors programming has had in shaping their Penn State education. |