For Sierra Hill, a recent trip to Indiana helped bring the next phase of a climate science career into focus. Hill, a master’s degree student in the Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science at Penn State, spent two weeks at FluxCourse, an intensive training program focused on measurement, synthesis and modeling of land-atmosphere carbon, water and energy fluxes.

 Xiaoyong Zheng, professor of agricultural and resource economics at North Carolina State University, will give a talk, “The Unintended Consequences of Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Taxes on Sales and Prices of Beer Beverages,” at noon on Wednesday, March 25.

 Madeline Yozwiak, a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Engineering and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University, will give the talk, “Grid Hardening and the Effectiveness of Climate Adaptation in the U.S. Electricity Sector,” at noon on Wednesday, March 18.

As part of our regular “We Are!” feature, we recognize 19 Penn Staters who have gone above and beyond what’s asked of them in their work at the University including Alexandra Lloyd.

 James Sears, an assistant professor in the Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics at Michigan State University, will give the talk, “How Much More Price-Fluid are Utility Customers in the Long-Run? An Application to Urban Water Demand."

Ran Li, assistant professor of agricultural economics, will give the talk, “Market-Based Surplus Food Redistribution and Household Food Access: Evidence from Too Good To Go.”

Atiya Islam, doctoral candidate in economics in the College of the Liberal Arts, will lead a seminar on the effects of policy on the shift from coal to natural gas and other renewables in electricity generation.

Bradley Setzler, an associate professor of economics in Penn State’s College of the Liberal Arts, will lead a seminar on U.S. labor market responses to increased import competition from China.

Heidi Biggs, design researcher and assistant professor of digital media at Georgia Tech, will present at the Department of Geography’s Coffee Hour lecture series at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 30, in 112 Walker Building.

Christopher Timmins, a faculty member in real estate and urban land economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will give the talk “Imperceptible Contaminants and Housing Markets: Evidence from Local News," on Feb. 6.