Michael Mann, Penn State Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Science, explains in that the future is still very much in our hands when it comes to dangerous and damaging summer weather extremes.
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.
Michael Mann, distinguished professor of atmospheric science and director of the Earth System Science Center at Penn State, will receive the James H. Shea Award from the National Association of Geoscience Teachers.
When it comes to global challenges, there are none more pressing to Penn State alumni Frank and Janet Glasgow Dudek than food safety and clean energy. They are passionate about finding solutions to those challenges, and that's why they are providing $50,000 to Penn State to lead the way.
More than 130 members of the Penn State and State College communities traveled to Washington, D.C., last month to take part in the March for Science, a nonpartisan event organized to rally support for science.
The science advocacy group WE ARE for Science, started by two graduate students, organized three buses to take 150 people to the March for Science on April 22 in Washington, D.C. The group seeks to promote science diversity, outreach and policy.
In response to increased industry demand for experts in the growing field of additive manufacturing, Penn State will offer residential and online master’s degrees in additive manufacturing and design beginning in fall 2017.
Incoming Penn State freshman Teniola Idowu, is one of the 1,000 students to receive the honor of being named as a 2016 Gates Millennium Scholar, the last class of the program, and one of 29 students named to the fourth cohort of Penn State Millennium Scholars.
Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman will always have Paris, and Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks had their meeting at the top of the Empire State Building in New York. But the part cities play in relationships has begun to change, according to Penn State researchers who are studying how cities — and State College specifically — play a role in modern romances.
“Sonifications of the Universe (and more),” a research project by Mark Ballora, associate professor of music technology, is on display in the Borland Project Space, 125 Borland Building, through Dec. 12.
A Penn State scientist is creating numerical models to predict how the Antarctic ice sheets may change in the future and affect the Earth's climate.
“Slingfest,” a scientific symposium featuring talks on landscape evolution, sedimentary processes, geomorphology and quantitative sedimentology, will be held from 8:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Oct. 24 in 26 Hosler Building. The symposium is hosted by the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences’ Department of Geosciences and is free and open to the public.
The College of Earth and Mineral Sciences will host an open discussion and talks by authors Russell Gold and Seamus McGraw about the fracking industry, climate change, and the Marcellus Shale from 2:30 to 4 p.m. on Oct. 13 in the Earth and Mineral Sciences Museum, located on the ground floor of Deike Building on the University Park campus.
A general education course at Penn State has been revamped to include interactive videos designed to teach students about conservation and sustainability. The course, Global Parks and Sustainability (GEOG 001), will be taught online in spring 2016 by Erica Smithwick, associate professor of geography in Penn State’s College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, and will satisfy students’ social and behavioral science general education (GS) and international cultures (IL) requirements.
The College of Earth and Mineral Sciences is hosting its first-ever International Culture Night from 5:45 to 8 p.m. on Sept. 15. The event is designed to welcome all international Penn State students, regardless of major. Attendees can sample a variety of appetizers from local international food retailers, see performances by members from cultural student organizations, and meet with students from an array of cultural backgrounds. The event is free and open to the public.
