Local high school students participated in a mock spill event and learned what might happen if a truck carrying wastewater from a Marcellus Shale gas well crashed and spilled its contents. The students are part of TeenShale Network, an outreach and water quality monitoring project with Penn State researchers.

Brian Schwartz, professor at Johns Hopkins University and senior investigator in the Department of Epidemiology and Health Services Research at Geisinger, will speak at Penn State on health data related to Marcellus Shale development. Schwartz will talk from 4 to 5 p.m. Monday, May 7 in 112 Walker Building.

Penn State graduate student Kelly Nunez Ocasio is studying African Easterly Waves, storm systems that form off the coast of African and can intensity into Atlantic hurricanes. The Puerto Rico native will present her research in April at the AMS Tropical Conference in Florida.

Shale Network, a team of scientists studying water quality around Marcellus Shale drilling in Pennsylvania, has spent the last six years fostering a dialogue between concerned citizens, watershed groups, government regulators and representatives from large energy companies around water quality data in the state.

The 82nd annual Field Conference of Pennsylvania Geologists was held in October at Penn State. Professional geologists from across the state traveled to learn about the latest geology research happening in the state.

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.

Barry Worthington, executive director of the United States Energy Association, and a Penn State alum, will present “Sustaining Global Energy Development” at 4 p.m. April 3 in 112 Walker Building.

Joanmarie Del Vecchio, a master's student studying geosciencese, recently received the 2016 Marie Morisawa Award from the Geological Society of America. The award is given annually to a promising female graduate student pursuing a career in geomorphology.

Susan Brantley, Distinguished Professor of Geosciences and director of Penn State’s Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, has received the American Chemical Society's 2017 Geochemistry Division Medal. The award is the top prize in geochemistry given by the ACS and is reserved for researchers who have made outstanding accomplishments in that field.