Student Adult learner fulfills lifelong goal, shares experiences through online program 06/13/2017 Christine Stallard, an adult learner in her 60s, fulfilled a nearly four-decades-long dream of obtaining a bachelor's degree through the online Energy and Sustainability Policy program. |
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Faculty Researchers create virtual mobile tour of University Park campus 06/13/2017 A Penn State research group in the Department of Geography developed a mobile app that offers an immersive virtual tour of class gifts and public art across University Park. |
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Research Penn State graduate student selected for NASA astronaut program 06/07/2017 Zena Cardman, a doctoral student in Penn State's College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, was named a member of NASA's 2017 class of astronauts on June 7. Vice President Mike Pence joined NASA officials in introducing the 12 men and women during a ceremony at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. |
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Faculty EMS Graduate Poster Competition showcases outstanding research across college 06/07/2017 Graduate students Natalie Briggs, Joshua Woda and Nathan Smith received top recognition during the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences' Graduate Student Poster Competition on April 12 at Steidle Building on the University Park campus. |
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Alumni Ten elected to serve on Alumni Council 06/01/2017 Ten alumni leaders have been voted onto Alumni Council -- the Alumni Association's governing board -- and will begin their terms July 1. |
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Research Low cost, scalable water-splitting fuels the future hydrogen economy 06/01/2017 The "clean-energy economy" always seems a few steps away but never quite here. Fossil fuels still power transportation, heating and cooling, and manufacturing, but a team of scientists from Penn State and Florida State University have come one step closer to inexpensive, clean hydrogen fuel with a lower cost and industrially scalable catalyst that produces pure hydrogen through a low-energy water-splitting process. |
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Alumni Gift to Penn State will support ongoing research in food safety, energy 05/24/2017 When it comes to global challenges, there are none more pressing to Penn State alumni Frank and Janet Glasgow Dudek than food safety and clean energy. They are passionate about finding solutions to those challenges, and that's why they are providing $50,000 to Penn State to lead the way. |
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Faculty Penn State faculty member named College of Earth and Mineral Sciences dean 05/24/2017 Lee Kump, professor and head of the Department of Geosciences at Penn State, has been named the new dean of Penn State's College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, pending approval of the Penn State Board of Trustees on July 21. Kump will serve as interim dean from June 1 to July 20. |
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Faculty Industrial engineering faculty, students honored at annual industry conference 05/23/2017 Several faculty and students within the Harold and Inge Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering were honored for excellence at the Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference in Pittsburgh. |
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Faculty Penn State announces fixed-term faculty promotions, effective July 1, 2017 05/22/2017 The following is a list of Penn State fixed-term faculty promotions, effective July 1. |