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Mook Bangalore, assistant professor of environmental policy in the Penn State School of Public Policy, will deliver a talk titled “Understanding the Impacts of Floods on People in Low- and Middle-Income Countries” at noon on Friday, Oct. 24, in 401 Steidle Building at Penn State University Park and will also be accessible via Zoom.

Paul J. Simmonds, associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Tufts University, will present “Tensile-strained self-assembly: Nanoscale stretching for novel quantum light sources” as part of the Penn State Department of Materials Science and Engineering’s 590 seminar series. The talk will be held from 3:05 to 4:20 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 23, in 112 Kern Building on the University Park campus.

The Earth and Environmental Systems Institute at Penn State is focusing its fall 2025 EarthTalks series on needs, opportunities and research in critical minerals. Ten public seminars through early December will highlight ongoing work and viewpoints both at the University and across the sector, including at the federal level.

Meteorology alumnus Rob Pyle and his wife, Mary Ann Pyle, established the Pyle Innovations in Technology Fund in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences. The Pyle fund provides essential, flexible support for technology and equipment needs in the Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science.

Research Professor Tim White and postdoctoral scholar Nick Sullivan will give a public talk, “Patterns and processes of lithium enrichment in coal measure strata from the Northern Appalachian Basin,” at 4 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 27, in 112 Walker Building at Penn State University Park.

By removing oxygen during synthesis, a team led by materials scientists at Penn State created seven new high-entropy oxides, or HEOs: a class of ceramics composed of five or more metals with potential for applications in energy storage, electronics and protective coatings.

Jennifer Baka, associate professor of geography, was named a 2025 fellow of the Institute of Energy and the Environment. 

A new twist on a classic material, barium titanate, could advance quantum computing and make modern data centers more energy efficient, according to a team led by researchers at Penn State.   

Sea ice coverage in the Arctic Ocean is at one of its lowest levels on record, yet there’s no unanimity on when that ice will disappear completely during summer months. Understanding the traits and movements of the remaining ice is a persistent challenge for scientists, but a study by researchers at Penn State has provided a new tool to explore ice characteristics and interactions along with coastal conditions. 

The Penn State Schreyer Honors College has welcomed Zoubeida Ounaies, professor of mechanical engineering and of materials science and engineering, to its third cohort of faculty fellows.