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Shannon Speed, Paula Gunn Allen Chair and professor of American Indian studies, gender studies and anthropology at UCLA, will deliver the Penn State Department of Geography’s annual E. Willard and Ruby S. Miller Endowed Lecture at noon on Friday, March 27.
Accurate air quality forecasts are critical for helping people limit exposure and for guiding regulatory action. However, a new study led by Fan Wu, a doctoral student in meteo, suggests some of the computer models that agencies rely on may not be getting it right.
Gretchen Watkins, board director at The Mosaic Company and former president of Shell USA and executive vice president of Global Shales, will give the 2026 G. Albert Shoemaker Lecture in Energy and Mineral Engineering at Penn State
Qian Zhang, a doctoral student in EME, has been awarded the Nico van Wingen Memorial Graduate Fellowship in petroleum engineering by the Society of Petroleum Engineers Foundation.
The 20th annual Penn State Traditional American Indian Powwow will be held March 28–29 at the C3 Sports Complex, 200 Ellis Place in State College.
When Eva SinhaRoy arrived at University Park a couple years ago, she was a little overwhelmed at the possibilities. The science-minded student knew she wanted to focus on research, but she also wanted to build skills in other areas such as leadership.
A special, hour-long preview of the upcoming Penn State Powwow featuring a Native American storyteller will be held March 27 inside the Bellisario Media Center on the University Park campus.
Two EME graduate students are preparing to put their research communication skills to the test for monetary prizes of up to $1,000 in the final round of Penn State’s third annual Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition.
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.
The Alumni Association chatted with Emmy-nominated meteorologist Cheryl Nelson, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences graduate, about her journey from Penn State to national broadcast news and beyond.
