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Annalyse Kehs w/Kenyan farmers

PlantVillage gives undergraduate a chance to help feed the world via technology

7/9/19

Coming from the small town of Limeport, near Allentown, a young Annalyse Kehs may not have thought much about international agriculture or feeding the world. But thanks to a project called PlantVillage, the Penn State rising senior not only is helping to address world hunger but is relishing the opportunity to travel to destinations such as Kenya and Rome to interact with farmers, researchers and policymakers.

Tak-Sing Wong

Professor awarded Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers

7/3/19

Tak-Sing Wong, the Wormley Early Career Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Penn State, has been named a recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers — the highest honor bestowed by the United States government to outstanding early-career scientists and engineers — by President Donald Trump.

A three electrode electrochemical cell

Faculty members join Energy 2100 initiative as Fellows

7/3/19

Two Penn State faculty members have been named Energy 2100 Fellows. Chris Gorski, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, specializing in environmental engineering, and James Freihaut, professor of architectural engineering, specializing in building mechanical systems, are both in the College of Engineering.

Screen capture of unsolicited email with identifying information blocked out

Facilities Engineering Institute warns about unethical marketing practices

7/2/19

In recent years, electricity customers across the United States have seen an increase in marketing materials promising lower electricity rates. Penn State Facilities Engineering Institute is offering  precautionary  advice to its customers and prospective clients  about  calls, letters and emails  they may be receiving  from companies promising  lower costs.  

midsagittal plane of the mouse skull and brain

Sense of smell, pollution and neurological disease connection explored

7/1/19

A consensus is building that air pollution can cause neurological diseases such as Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease, but how fine, sooty particles cause problems in the brain is still an unanswered question. Now a team of Penn State researchers, using mice, have found a possible way, but more research is still needed.

Saturn V Rocket launch

Penn State celebrates Apollo 11 anniversary with rocket launch, family event

6/28/19

NASA took “one giant leap” 50 years ago with the Apollo 11 mission that landed the first astronauts on the moon. To celebrate the anniversary of the mission’s launch, on July 16 Penn State will support an attempt by the U.S. Space and Rocket Center to break the Guinness World Record for most model rockets launched simultaneously. The event, which is free and open to the public, will take place at the Ag Progress Days site, the Russell E. Larson Agricultural Research Center.

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