University Libraries announces spring 2024 workshops on data skills topics
| psu.edu
Beginning Feb. 7, Penn State University Libraries will offer 17 workshops on topics such as statistical data analysis, data visualization, ScholarSphere, data privacy, and maps and GIS. Sessions are free and open to all Penn State faculty, staff and students. Advance registration is required for most of the sessions.
Start up your research: Apply now for March I-Corps Short Course
| psu.edu
Penn State’s NSF I-Corps Short Course is accepting applications for its virtual March cohort. The no-cost program helps researchers test a startup idea through customer interviews and educational programming on the lean startup methodology.
Growing Impact: Community-powered solar farming
| Featuring Stephanie Buechler, Kaitlyn Spangler, Lauren McPhillips
Solar energy's surge, driven by cost efficiency and climate change urgency, is prompting a rapid transition to a renewable energy source with substantial land requirements. To inform just and sustainable rural land use with solar, a research team is working in rural communities to determine the potential for harmonious coexistence between solar and agriculture.
Applications sought for 2024 M.G. Whiting Indigenous Knowledge Research Awards
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Current Penn State graduate and undergraduate students are invited to submit proposals for the 2024 M.G. Whiting Indigenous Knowledge Research Awards. March 15 is the deadline to submit proposals for projects on which research will be conducted between May 2024 and March 2025.
Penn State meteorology professor named president-elect of American Meteorology Society
| onwardstate.com
Stensrud will be inducted to the position on Sunday, January 28, when the society meets for its 104th annual meeting.
Benefits of floodplain communities focus of Stuckeman professor’s exhibition
| psu.edu
Leann Andrews, assistant professor of landscape architecture in the Stuckeman School, and an international and multidisciplinary team of researchers set out to learn whether relocating residents of amphibious communities in Iquitos, Peru, has led to improved health and quality of life, and to determine how the animals and ecosystem of the region were impacted. The work is now part of a traveling exhibition designed to invite attendees to learn about the benefits of integrating sociological and ecological considerations in community planning.
CDC encourages doctors to consider blood testing for PFAS
| abc27.com
PFAS are chemicals in plenty of everyday products. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is encouraging physicians and healthcare providers to discuss blood testing for PFAS exposure with their patients.This article and broadcast TV segment quotes Rebecca Bascom, professor of medicine and public health sciences.
EarthTalks: Urban development effect on weather, climate change vulnerability
| psu.edu
Melissa Allen-Dumas, research scientist in the Computational Sciences and Engineering Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, will give the talk “Urban Morphological Feature Inputs in Numerical Weather Predictions” at 4 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 5, in 112 Walker Building on the University Park campus.
Penn State delegation: Reflection on COP28
| by Olivia McMahon, Esther Obonyo, Mark Ortiz, Brandi Robinson, Vikrant Sapkota, Erica Smithwick
A six-person Penn State delegation traveled to Dubai for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change's COP28. A month after the event, the delegation reflects on COP28, what was important, and what the future may bring.
San Diego's flooding shows the toll of climate change on low-income communities
Many communities affected most by San Diego's flooding were low-income, with a majority of Latino and Black residents. The impact highlights the inequality in public investment for climate resiliency. This article and National Public Radio segment quotes Gregory Jenkins, professor of meteorology and atmospheric science, geography and African studies. It was also aired by nearly 100 local stations across the country, including WHYY in Philadelphia and WESA in Pittsburgh.
New exhibit will explore ways to create a more sustainable campus environment
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With goals of educating students about sustainability and creating a more sustainable campus environment, the Student Sustainability Council in the Penn State College of Earth and Mineral Sciences is developing a new museum series highlighting sustainability efforts taking place in the college.
2024 Online Data Summit set for Feb. 28-29
| psu.edu
The 2024 Penn State Data Summit from the Office of Planning, Assessment, and Institutional Research will inlcude two free half-day sessions from 8:45 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Feb. 28-29. This year's theme is “Illuminating Pathways to Insight and Action."
Once a frozen haven, climate-driven rising temperatures are rapidly thawing the Arctic permafrost, posing a major threat to communities and infrastructure. Researchers are investigating how these changes will transform rivers, with potential consequences for erosion, sediment transport, and the entire Arctic landscape. Additionally, their project incorporates art to communicate these critical findings in an engaging way. Listen to the podcast.
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