Geography News
Researchers at Penn State found that children's diet quality peaks about 80 kilometers from protected areas, with vitamin A-rich foods most likely at that mid-distance in Indigenous population areas.
Kirk Goldsberry, NBA analyst, author and Penn State alumnus, will deliver a talk titled “Mapping the Modern NBA: How Cartography Helped Change Basketball Forever” on Friday, Sept. 26.
Christina M. Grozinger will deliver a talk titled “Leveraging Technology to Conserve Pollinator Biodiversity” as part of the Penn State Department of Geography's Coffee Hour lecture series.
Mobashsira Tasnim, a dual degree graduate student in geography and the Transdisciplinary Research on Environment and Society participated in research to restore Beech Creek.
On the latest episode of “Growing Impact,” researchers discusses how to identify environmental impacts from the oil extraction process in the Amazon rainforests of Ecuador.
Guido Cervone has been appointed as the director of the Institute for Computational and Data Sciences (ICDS). Cervone has served as the interim director of ICDS since April 2024.
Penn State’s Department of Geography will commemorate the 25th anniversary of its online geospatial education program with a symposium held in conjunction with the 2025 Esri User Conference in San Diego.
As part of our regular “We Are!” feature, we recognize 21 Penn Staters who have gone above and beyond what’s asked of them in their work at the University.
Penn State graduate student Inori Hayashi, a Marine Corps veteran and linguist, is the recipient of the 2025 Lt. Michael P. Murphy Award.
Ten interdisciplinary research teams have received funding through the Institute of Energy and the Environment’s (IEE) 2025 Seed Grant Program.