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The Art of Discovery

'Art of Discovery' booth to bring together art and science at Arts Fest

6/25/18

Join Penn State at “The Art of Discovery,” the University’s booth at the Arts Festival, to learn how art detectives use technology to solve art history mysteries; make your own handmade paints the way early humans did hundreds of thousands of years ago; learn about the bizarre science behind zombie ants; explore mankind’s relationship to plastics, and more.

Medical marijuana and the science behind it: A chat about the risk and reward

6/14/18

Dan Morgan, an assistant professor in the department of anesthesiology in the College of Medicine, and his lab group are exploring this largely unchartered territory. Morgan will share his research on cannabinoid signaling with the State College community during this month's Science on Tap event, which will take place at 7 p.m. on June 19 at Liberty Craft House in downtown State College.

Energy Days-Agreement signing

Energy Days focuses on buildings, energy challenges

6/14/18

The third annual Energy Days took place on May 30 and 31 at the Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center on the University Park campus. A key theme from Energy Days was the built environment.

The leadership of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) came to Penn State to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Penn State President Eric Barron at Energy Days. The MOU formalized an agreement between the University and the United Nations to collaborate on a Global Building Network to be headquartered at Penn State.

Patrick Dudas

Creating data visualizations is focus of cyberscience workshop

6/12/18

The Institute for CyberScience's last Data Visualization Workshop of the 2017-18 year will feature the entire process of creating data visualizations. Two workshops will be offered: one from 4 to 5 p.m. on June 18 in 101 Althouse Lab, and one online via Zoom from 4 to 5 p.m. on June 19.

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Faculty conference on sustainability in higher ed to be held in Pittsburgh

5/15/18

The second annual Sustainability Curriculum Consortium Faculty Conference will be held on June 25–26 at the Penn State Center in Pittsburgh. The conference will focus on pedagogy, content and leadership to support faculty who are teaching sustainability topics at the college and university level, whether in the sciences, the humanities or arts and design.

Sean Avery

Students, companies benefit from interdisciplinary projects at Learning Factory

5/4/18

Qisheng Ding admits building a portable escape room on the floor of the Bryce Jordan Center is a little out of his comfort zone. He’s a senior majoring in materials science and engineering, so the concept of building a storyline, developing computer coding, wiring lights and other electronics — all housed in a rented tent — was foreign to him. So was working with a team of other engineers outside of his field.

Energy Days 2018

Energy Days conference to build partnerships, solve critical energy challenges

5/3/18

The third annual Energy Days conference will be held this year on May 30 and 31 at The Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center. Energy Days was created in an effort to convene the energy expertise of Penn State and develop partnerships to help improve the affordability, sustainability and security of energy in the future. The conference is open to the public and is free for Penn State students, faculty and staff.

David Boutt will give a talk at Penn State on the role hydrogeosciences can play in the transition from fossil fuels to green energy

Speaker to discuss hydrogeosciences' role in transition to green energy

5/1/18

David Boutt, associate professor of geology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, will speak at Penn State on the role that hydrogeosciences can play in the transition from fossil fuels to green energy from 4 to 5 p.m. on May 9 in 112 Walker Building. The event is free and open to the public.

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