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A fermentation byproduct might help to solve two major global challenges: world hunger and the environmental impact of fast fashion. The leftover yeast from brewing beer, wine or even to make some pharmaceuticals can be repurposed to produce high-performance fibers stronger than natural fibers with significantly less environmental impact.
Suraiya Parvin and Naser Lessani, two doctoral candidates in Penn State’s Department of Geography, will deliver research talks as part of the department’s Graduate Student “Coffee Hour” series at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 7.
Jesse Reimink, associate professor in the Department of Geosciences, will give a public talk, “Towards a Chrono-Chemical Framework for Understanding Critical Mineral Concentration Mechanisms in Complex Pegmatite Systems,” at 4 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 10.
The Society of Petroleum Engineers honored Luis F. Ayala H., William A. Fustos Family Professor in Energy and Mineral Engineering and department head, with a Distinguished Service Award, and Hamid Emami-Meybodi, associate professor of petroleum and natural gas, with a Distinguished Member Award.
Jesse Reimink, associate professor in the Department of Geosciences, will give a public talk, “Towards a Chrono-Chemical Framework for Understanding Critical Mineral Concentration Mechanisms in Complex Pegmatite Systems,” at 4 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 10.
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Geography majors Jesse Ehrlich and Cadence O’Brien spent a month in Malawi as part of the ECODRYFOREST project, a U.S. National Science Foundation–funded effort to study the ecological and social outcomes of landscape restoration in Southern Africa.
The J. Jeffrey and Ann Marie Fox Graduate School encourages all graduate students, including those from the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, to submit videos to the first round of the 2025-26 Three Minute Thesis competition until Dec. 5.
Renewable energy sources like wind and solar generation now account for over 20% of electricity in the U.S. — and keep growing after large-scale production more than doubled since 2000. Still, high-profile power failures illustrate persistent challenges from the lack of available capacity to provide enough energy at times of need, said Chiara Lo Prete, an associate professor of energy economics in the John and Willie Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering at Penn State.
Naomi Bird, a third-year undergraduate student at Penn State with a dual major in geography and comparative literature, is completing research related to e-cigarette marketing to teens through Penn State’s Scales of Corporate Harm Lab, housed in the Department of Geography.
