Patty Craig, director of strategic communications in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, was recognized for having gone above and beyond what’s asked of her in her work at the University.
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Undergraduate students now can learn the fundamentals of environmental health and safety, thanks to a new minor offered by Penn State’s John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering.
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The Penn State Eberly College of Science is hosting a free screening of the award-winning film “Contact” on Wednesday, Dec. 3, at 6:30 p.m. at the State Theatre. A Q&A featuring experts in the field of extraterrestrial intelligence, moderated by Jennifer Macalady, geomicrobiologist in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences and director of the Penn State Ecology Institute, will immediately follow the film’s screening.
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Date:
November 19, 2025
Time:
11:30 am to 1:00 pm
Location: 134 HUB-Robeson Center
Event type: Lecture Series
Description:
Wil Burns, co-founding director of the Institute for Responsible Carbon Removal at American University, is the featured speaker for the next Climate Conversation Café. Set for 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 19, in 134 HUB-Robeson Center on Penn State's University Park campus, the free presentation will be hosted by the Penn State Climate Consortium and the Energy and Environmental Economics and Policy Initiative (EEEPI). Registration is required for those attending online.
For More Information: https://www.psu.edu/news/earth-and-mineral-sciences/story/nov-19-talk-address-c…
Cost: Free
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Penn State will soon celebrate its 11th GivingTuesday, and the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences will be raising money to support the Millennium Scholars Program.
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Wil Burns, co-founding director of the Institute for Responsible Carbon Removal at American University, is the featured speaker for the next Climate Conversation Café, which is set for 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 19, in 134 HUB-Robeson Center.
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Courtney Furgison
Office Address
156 Hosler Building
Title
Academic Program Coordinator
Unit
John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering
Michelle Covert
Office Address
14 Deike Building
Title
Director of Advising
Unit
Office of the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education
Shixian Zhang
Office Address
N349 Millennium Science Complex
Title
Assistant Research Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Unit
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Research Interests
Polymer-based caloric materials for solid-state cooling applications
Polyimide-Based Dielectric Materials for High-Temperature Capacitive Energy Storage
Nanocomposites for capacitive energy storage
Danielle Hickey
Office Address
240 Chemistry Building
Title
Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Title 2
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Unit
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Research Interests
Nanomaterials
Aberration-corrected electron microscopy
Monolayer films