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Parallel computing boot camp: hundreds learn together, miles apart

9/10/18

Once a year students, faculty and staff around the country log in on their computers for the four-day XSEDE Summer Boot Camp. Attendees gather together on their respective campuses to learn about parallel programming for conducting research more efficiently on supercomputers while also testing their computing skills.

Research Unplugged

Fall Research Unplugged speaker series to offer weekly talks starting Oct. 4

9/7/18

Research Unplugged, the popular series of stimulating conversation with Penn State researchers, is presented in collaboration with Penn State’s Office of Government and Community Relations and will be held from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. each Thursday in October in Schlow Library’s Downsbrough Community Room.

The ruins of an ancient city in Oman

Study: Earth's ecosystems face 'major transformation' from climate change

9/5/18

A new study using fossil records shows vegetation dramatically changed on Earth during a warming period after the last ice age. Scientists are using the findings to predict how ecosystems will change during similar projected warming over the next 150 years due to greenhouse-gas emissions.

Paul Knight, former Pennsylvania State Climatologist, and Fred Gadomski

'Weather World' turns 35

9/4/18

“Weather World,” the Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science’s television program, is turning 35.

Michael Mann

Mann receives 2018 AGU Climate Communication Prize

9/4/18

Michael Mann, distinguished professor of atmospheric sciences and director of Penn State's Earth System Science Center, is the 2018 recipient of the American Geophysical Union's Climate Communication Prize.

Extensive flooding in southeast Texas from Hurricane Harvey.

New dual-title doctoral degree in climate science launched

8/31/18

Climate science is a field devoted to the study of Earth’s climate in the past, present and future. Understanding the Earth’s future climate is vital, and in response Penn State has established a new dual-title doctoral program in climate science.

Climate change panel

Panel of climate experts to discuss climate change on Sept. 5

8/30/18

Penn State will host a panel discussion on climate change topics related to Earth observations, Earth system modeling and policy on Wednesday, Sept. 5, in the Freeman Auditorium of the HUB-Robeson Center on the University Park campus. Panel discussion will start at 6:30 p.m. followed by a question-and-answer session. The event is free and open to the public.

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Device harvests energy from low-frequency vibrations

8/29/18

A wearable energy-harvesting device could generate energy from the swing of an arm while walking or jogging, according to a team of researchers from Penn State's Materials Research Institute and the University of Utah. The device, about the size of a wristwatch, produces enough power to run a personal health monitoring system.

Michael Adewumi

Vice Provost for Global Programs Adewumi to leave Penn State

8/27/18

Penn State Vice Provost for Global Programs Michael Adewumi will leave the University to join the Institute for the International Education of Students as its next executive vice president for Academic Affairs, effective Jan. 2, 2019.

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