Development Brune fund dedicated to improving science communication, education, research 02/17/2022 William Brune, distinguished professor of meteorology and atmospheric science, is a physicist whose research career has been spent understanding atmospheric chemistry, particularly how atmospheric pollutants are created and can be mitigated. |
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Faculty Walters to discuss advanced nuclear reactors’ role in combating climate change 02/16/2022 William Walters, assistant professor of nuclear engineering at Penn State, will discuss advanced nuclear reactors and their role in combatting climate change during a talk at 4 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 21. The talk will take place via Zoom. |
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Faculty Grant to reduce, eliminate toxicity of coal mine dust 02/15/2022 Penn State has been awarded $327,849 from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) to fund research targeting ways to reduce or eliminate the toxicity of respirable coal mine dust. |
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Faculty Penn State names new distinguished professors for 2022 02/15/2022 Penn State's Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs has named 21 distinguished professors for 2022, including two from the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences. |
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Faculty Air chemistry data from South Korea field study puts models to the test 02/14/2022 An international effort to measure air quality in South Korea, a region with complex sources of pollution, may provide new insights into the atmospheric chemistry that produces ozone pollution, according to a team of scientists. |
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Faculty Women in energy and water research seminar series continues Feb. 24 02/14/2022 The spring 2022 Celebrating Women in Energy and Water Research seminar series will launch on Thursday, Feb. 24 with two talks by Laura J. Pyrak-Nolte, distinguished professor of physics and astronomy at Purdue University. |
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Graduate Student Study abroad program offers collaborative sustainability research experiences 02/11/2022 Penn State researchers coordinated a program to offer international "boots-on-the-ground" training to a yearly cohort of 12 graduate students in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields. |
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Faculty Susan Brantley elected foreign associate of French Academy of Sciences 02/10/2022 Susan L. Brantley, Barnes Professor of Geosciences and director of the Earth and Environmental Systems Institute at Penn State, was elected a foreign associate of the French Academy of Sciences. |
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Student Research, field experiences point geosciences student to energy-focused degree 02/09/2022 When Cameron Brown was born, his mother -- a labor and delivery nurse at a hospital in Queens, New York -- introduced him to a tradition she gleaned from a Nigerian mother who was once her patient. |
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Faculty Mineral dating reveals new clues about important tectonic process 02/08/2022 Ancient rocks on the coast of Oman that were once driven deep down toward Earth's mantle may reveal new insights into subduction, an important tectonic process that fuels volcanoes and creates continents, according to an international team of scientists. |