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Research Benefits, risks of a more electrified world to be discussed at April 15 workshop 03/18/2024 A workshop focusing on the rise of cross-border electricity interconnections — and the high stake challenges they introduce — will be held from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m on Monday, April 15, in 603 Barron Innovation Hub. The workshop will also be available online via Zoom. |
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Research EarthTalks: Bader to discuss neighborhood integration, segregation on March 25 03/18/2024 Michael Bader, associate professor of sociology at Johns Hopkins University, will give the talk, “The negative space of neighborhood change: the dynamics of neighborhood integration and segregation in the past four decades,” at 4 p.m. on Monday, March 25 in 112 Walker Building on the University Park campus. |
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Research Backyard insect inspires invisibility devices, next gen tech 03/18/2024 Leafhoppers, a common backyard insect, secrete and coat themselves in tiny mysterious particles that could provide both the inspiration and the instructions for next-generation technology, A Penn State team precisely replicated the complex geometry of these particles, called brochosomes, and elucidated a better understanding of how they absorb both visible and ultraviolet light. |
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Sustainability Energy manager attends Penn State to propel career with NASA 03/14/2024 Wes Norton is using the skills he’s acquiring through Penn State’s energy and sustainability policy program offered in the John A. Dutton Institute for Teaching and Learning Excellence in his careers as in building automation and management for a NASA contractor. |
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Research March 18 EarthTalks: Heat adaptation actions for cities to improve public health 03/13/2024 Benjamin Hobbs, the Theodore M. and Kay W. Schad Professor of Environmental Management; Rui Shi, doctoral student; and Ali Eyni, doctoral student, all at Johns Hopkins University, will give the talk, “City-HEAT (Heat Equity Adaptation Tool): A multi-objective, uncertainty-based planning framework for urban heat adaptation and management,” at 4 p.m. on Monday, March 18. |
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Research New device positions Penn State at the forefront of university research reactors 03/13/2024 The Penn State Radiation Science and Engineering Center (RSEC) recently received a small angle neutron scattering (SANS) device, a $9.8 million equipment donation from Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin (HZB) in Germany. The arrival of the SANS equipment makes Penn State the first and only U.S. university research reactor to have SANS capability, according to RSEC researchers. |
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Research E. Willard and Ruby S. Miller Endowed Lecture slated for March 15 03/12/2024 Harvey J. Miller, professor of geography at Ohio State University, will give the talk "Mapping Columbus' Ghost Neighborhoods: Using AI and GIS to Create 3D Models of Neighborhoods Damaged by Urban Highways and Urban Renewal in the 20th Century" at the annual E. Willard and Ruby S. Miller Endowed Lecture at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, March 15. |
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Alumni Robert J. Kumpf to present 2024 Richard E. Tressler Lecture on March 14 03/12/2024 The 2024 Richard E. Tressler Lecture in Materials will be held at 3:05 p.m. Thursday, March 14, in 111 Wartik Laboratory. Robert J. Kumpf, managing director at Deloitte, will deliver the lecture, “The long history and bright future of applied materials science.” |
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GPS nanoparticle platform precisely delivers therapeutic payload to cancer cells 03/11/2024 A newly developed “GPS nanoparticle” injected intravenously can home in on cancer cells to deliver a genetic punch to the protein implicated in tumor growth and spread, according to researchers from Penn State. |
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Faculty Study explores impacts of Arctic warming on daily weather patterns in the U.S. 03/08/2024 Arctic sea ice is shrinking as the world continues to warm, and a new study led by researchers at Penn State may provide a better understanding of how the loss of this ice may impact daily weather in the middle latitudes, like the United States. |
