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Sustainability Duke ecologist Emily Bernhardt to talk coastal impacts of climate at 'Coffee Hour' 04/03/2024 Emily Bernhardt, ecosystem ecologist and biogeochemist at Duke University, will present "Resist, adapt or retreat? The consequences of rapid climate change for coastal landscapes and communities," at the Department of Geography's Coffee Hour lecture series. |
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Research NSF grant awarded to manage salt contamination of tidal river water supplies 04/03/2024 Penn State researchers were recently awarded funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation to develop a new coupled watershed-estuary model that simulates the transport and fate of major salt ions. |
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Faculty Enrique Gomez awarded 2004 Faculty Scholar Medal 03/26/2024 Enrique Gomez, professor of chemical engineering in the College of Engineering and by courtesy materials science and engineering in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences was awarded a 2004 Faculty Scholar Medal. |
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McCandless named 2024 Staff Excellence Award winner 03/26/2024 ane McCandless, academic adviser in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences (EMS), has been named the 2024 Staff Excellence Award winner. |
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Research April 1 EarthTalks: Environmental health exposure assessment using sensor data 03/25/2024 Kirsten Koehler, associate professor in the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University, will give the talk, “Low-cost sensors for environmental health applications,” at 4 p.m. on Monday, April 1, in 112 Walker Building on the University Park campus. |
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Sustainability Critical minerals’ role in green energy topic of 2024 Shoemaker Lecture 03/25/2024 Edward C. Dowling Jr. will give the 2024 G. Albert Shoemaker Lecture in Mineral Engineering. His talk, “Challenges and Opportunities of the Critical Minerals Revolution,” will be held at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, April 19, in the Hub-Robeson Center’s Freeman Auditorium. |
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Bestselling author Heather McGhee to give free ethics lecture at Penn State 03/22/2024 Policy advocate and New York Times bestselling author Heather McGhee will deliver the Rock Ethics Institute’s 2024 Richard B. Lippin Lecture in Ethics on March 28. Her book is the 2024 EMS Reads book selection. |
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Research Satellite data assimilation improves forecasts of severe weather 03/21/2024 In 2020, a line of severe thunderstorms unleashed powerful winds that caused billions in damages across the Midwest United States. A technique developed by Penn State scientists that incorporates satellite data could improve forecasts for similar severe weather events |
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Research Jennifer Lalli to present 2024 Richard E. Tressler Lecture on March 28 03/20/2024 Jennifer Lalli, president at NanoSonic Inc., will deliver the lecture “A Penn State polymer chemist’s role in the commercialization of green nanotechnology” at 3:05 p.m. Thursday, March 28, in 111 Wartik Laboratory on the Penn State University Park campus |
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Research Urban planning professor to speak on property speculation at next 'Coffee Hour' 03/18/2024 Rachel Weber, professor of urban planning and policy at the University of Illinois at Chicago, will present "Seizing the Means of Prediction: Why the Future Belongs to Property Speculators," at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, March 22, in 112 Walker Building on the University Park campus. |
