Faculty Impact of sea ice loss on weather, cold air outbreaks focus of NSF CAREER Award 04/26/2023 Melissa Gervais, assistant professor of meteorology and atmospheric science and co-hire in Penn State’s Institute for Computational and Data Sciences (ICDS), received a five-year $874,000 Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award from the National Science Foundation to investigate the impact of sea ice loss on large-scale patterns of atmospheric variability and cold air outbreaks. |
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Faculty EMS honors faculty and student excellence at annual awards celebration 04/26/2023 Penn State's College of Earth and Mineral Sciences (EMS) recognized exceptional students and faculty for their academic excellence, service and leadership during its annual Wilson Awards Celebration, held on Sunday, April 23. |
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Alumni Penn State alumna Titilayo Shodiya to deliver R.E. Tressler Lecture 04/25/2023 Alumna Titilayo “Titi” Shodiya, deputy quality manager at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), will present the 2023 Richard E. Tressler Lecture at 3:05 p.m. Thursday, April 27, in 111 Wartik Laboratory on the Penn State University Park campus. |
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Faculty Professor awarded DOE grant to study corrosion in nuclear salt reactors 04/19/2023 FeiFei Shi, assistant professor in the John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering, received a $400,000 research and development award from the Nuclear Energy University Program (NEUP) in the U.S Department of Energy (DOE) to develop foundational research on the corrosive damage caused by molten salt in nuclear salt reactors (MSRs). |
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Faculty ‘Frontiers in Glass Science and Technology’ theme for Taylor Lecture Series 04/19/2023 The 2023 Nelson W. Taylor Lecture in Materials will be held from 8:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. on Thursday, April 20, in the HUB-Robeson Center’s Freeman Auditorium on Penn State’s University Park campus. |
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Faculty Real-time monitoring may improve understanding of fracture dynamics 04/18/2023 Fractures in Earth’s subsurface play an important role in our energy systems – from providing pathways to extract fossil fuel from rock deep underground to supporting emerging green technologies like carbon storage and enhanced geothermal heat – but predicting the properties of these fractures remains challenging. |
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Research First rapid test for mpox developed, tech adaptable for other emerging diseases 04/18/2023 The first rapid test for mpox, more commonly known as monkeypox, has been developed by a team of researchers led by Penn State. |
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Faculty EarthTalks: Getty to discuss NASA’s upcoming DAVINCI mission launching June 2029 04/18/2023 Stephanie Getty, research planetary scientist and director of the Solar System Exploration Division at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, will discuss the upcoming DAVINCI Mission at 4 p.m. on Monday, April 24. |
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Faculty The Vikings abandoned Greenland due in part to sea-level rise, study finds 04/17/2023 Why did the Vikings disappear from Greenland 400 years after settling there? New research led by Harvard University and Penn State using geologic and climate records found that sea-level rise likely contributed to the Viking’s disappearance from the island in the 15th century. |
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Faculty Former Woods Hole president to deliver EMS 2023 spring commencement address 04/17/2023 Susan Avery, president emerita of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, will deliver the commencement address for the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences’ 2023 baccalaureate degree commencement ceremony. |