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Gift to Penn State will support ongoing research in food safety, energy

5/24/17

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.

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Engineering's Tucker welcomes fellow Gates Millennium Scholar

9/16/16

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.

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Researchers study location's role in romance

4/25/16

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.

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Borland Project Space features sonifications

11/16/15

“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.

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Antarctica’s next top numerical model

11/13/15

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

Geosciences to host scientific symposium on Earth surface processes

10/20/15

“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.

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EMS to host discussion with authors Russell Gold and Seamus McGraw on Oct. 13

10/8/15

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.

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Interactive videos used to explore complexities of conservation in online course

10/5/15

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.

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Students to share heritage at International Culture Night on Sept. 15

9/9/15

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.

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EMS Steidle Collection on display at Michener Museum through Oct. 25

9/3/15

Fifty-four paintings from Penn State’s Earth and Mineral Sciences Museum & Art Gallery’s Steidle Collection of American industrial art are on display in an exhibition, “Iron and Coal, Petroleum and Steel: Industrial Art from the Steidle Collection,” at the James A. Michener Art Museum in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, through Oct. 25. As part of the exhibition, Snider will present a special guest lecture, titled “Steidle’s Vision: Art as Education,” from 1 to 2 p.m. on Sept. 29 at the Michener Art Museum.

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