Past Events: Penn State Energy and Environment Calendar Archive

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 All day  The Gallery at Penn College  Full details
An exhibition displaying the architectural design work of 20 seniors in the architecture and sustainable design major at Pennsylvania College of Technology will be on display April 8-15 in The Gallery at Penn College. A reception for “Architecture & Sustainable Design: Senior Capstone Projects” will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. (with remarks at 5 p.m.) on Friday, April 8, in the gallery on the third floor of The Madigan Library. The exhibit and reception are free and open to the public.

 All day  The Gallery at Penn College  Full details
An exhibition displaying the architectural design work of 20 seniors in the architecture and sustainable design major at Pennsylvania College of Technology will be on display April 8-15 in The Gallery at Penn College. A reception for “Architecture & Sustainable Design: Senior Capstone Projects” will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. (with remarks at 5 p.m.) on Friday, April 8, in the gallery on the third floor of The Madigan Library. The exhibit and reception are free and open to the public.

 3:00 – 5:00pm  Selinsgrove Borough Community Room  Full details
Join Andrew Stuhl of Bucknell University for a film viewing about Hurricane Agnes that weaves together stories about the environment, history, theater, natural disasters, and community resilience. Following the film, Andrew Stuhl, Lara Fowler of Penn State, and Andrew Dehoff of the Susquehanna River Basin Commission will lead a discussion about ongoing flood resiliency efforts. Visit https://bit.ly/agnesrevisited or contact Courtney Cooper (cfc5786@psu.edu) for more information.
 All day  The Gallery at Penn College  Full details
An exhibition displaying the architectural design work of 20 seniors in the architecture and sustainable design major at Pennsylvania College of Technology will be on display April 8-15 in The Gallery at Penn College. A reception for “Architecture & Sustainable Design: Senior Capstone Projects” will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. (with remarks at 5 p.m.) on Friday, April 8, in the gallery on the third floor of The Madigan Library. The exhibit and reception are free and open to the public.
 All day   Forest Resources Building or Online  Full details
ECMSS is an annual student-run symposium held at Penn State’s University Park campus, which brings together graduate students, undergraduate students, and faculty members engaged in environmentally relevant research. This two-day event typically draws 60-70 graduate and undergraduate researchers from Penn State and regional universities. Student poster presentations and oral presentations are judged by Penn State faculty and post-docs and top presentations are awarded prizes!

 4:00 – 5:00pm  Forest Resources Building  Full details
2022 Kappe Lecturer Topic: Desalination for a Circular Water Economy Presented by: Dr. Meagan Mauter Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, by courtesy, of Chemical Engineering and Center Fellow, by courtesy, at the Woods Institute for the Environment Stanford University
 1:00 – 1:45pm  Online  Full details
Representatives from the PA Public Utility Commission will give an overview of utility energy saving and rebate programs such as the PAPowerSwitch, PAGasSwitch and current Act 129 incentives and protections available for customers. Presenters: Joseph M. Sherrick, Supervisor, Policy & Planning, PUC; Cyndi Page, Senior Communications Specialist, PUC; and Dan Mumford, Director, Office of Competitive Market Oversight, PUC   OVERVIEW:
 1:00 – 2:00pm  Online  Full details
The webinar will present the Bluff Erosion Potential (BEP) Index, a geospatial mapping tool used to improve bluff-erosion hazard visualization along Pennsylvania's Great Lakes coast.
 12:00 – 1:15pm  Online  Full details
Join the Sustainability Institute online, Fridays at noon for our signature Sustainability Showcase Speaker Series, this year themed around the idea of “Driving It Home” — taking the big-picture sustainability issues and driving them down to the local and personal level. On April 8, we will be joined by Ang Roell, a beekeeper trying to build collaborate communities rooted in relationships. Roell will be speaking on “What Honeybees Can Teach Us About Shaping Social Change​.” All showcases are free and open to all; pre-registration is required.
 11:30am – 2:30pm  Online  Full details
Penn State Harrisburg’s Smart Home Research Initiative will host a virtual symposium titled, “The Future of Aging: Smart Home Technology, Healthcare, Research, and Practice” from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Friday, April 8.  For more information and to register, visit the symposium registration page. A detailed program is available on the registration page. Those who register will receive additional details and a Zoom link to the event the day prior.
 All day  The Gallery at Penn College  Full details
An exhibition displaying the architectural design work of 20 seniors in the architecture and sustainable design major at Pennsylvania College of Technology will be on display April 8-15 in The Gallery at Penn College. A reception for “Architecture & Sustainable Design: Senior Capstone Projects” will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. (with remarks at 5 p.m.) on Friday, April 8, in the gallery on the third floor of The Madigan Library. The exhibit and reception are free and open to the public.
 All day   Forest Resources Building or Online  Full details
ECMSS is an annual student-run symposium held at Penn State’s University Park campus, which brings together graduate students, undergraduate students, and faculty members engaged in environmentally relevant research. This two-day event typically draws 60-70 graduate and undergraduate researchers from Penn State and regional universities. Student poster presentations and oral presentations are judged by Penn State faculty and post-docs and top presentations are awarded prizes!

 7:30 – 8:30pm  Eisenhower Auditorium  Full details
Hear the people who sing for the sea. Small Island Big Song unites islanders, who share an ancient seafaring ancestry and language, in a contemporary musical statement from a region on the frontline of cultural and environmental challenges.  The Small Island Big Song spring 2022 North American tour features a multimedia concert and residency. The Penn State performance will feature the Small Island Big Song artists Putad (Taiwan); Emlyn, Kan, and Kokol (Mauritius); Selina Leem (Marshall Islands); Sammy (Madagascar); and Airileke and Richard Mogu (Papua New Guinea).
 4:00 – 5:00pm  22 Deike Building or Online  Full details
Rachel Housego, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Delaware, Department of Earth Science, presents: Groundwater Dynamics: Methods and applications for improving predictions of environmental hazards
 1:00 – 3:00pm  George Washington University or Online  Full details
The 2022 Planet Forward Summit will bring together scientists, students, and storytellers. They'll provide unique insight on the innovations we need and the narratives we can use to prompt action.
 12:05 – 1:05pm  Online  Full details
Since the development of the polymers industry, plastics have become a widely accepted packaging option worldwide for good reason - these materials are known their high strength, light weight, extraordinary flexibility, low energy usage and low toxicity. But these same materials that offer so many societal advantages are also under increasing environmental scrutiny due largely to gaps in the infrastructure required to handle post use materials.
 All day  Wyndham Garden State College  Full details
Water reuse is an essential activity for clean water agencies of the future. While effluent discharge to waterways predominates in water-rich  regions, Penn State University has over five decades of research and  experience in reclaiming its wastewater effluent for forest and crop irrigation and groundwater recharge through its Living Filter system, which is also challenged by its folded and faulted karstic hydrogeologic setting. 

 7:00 – 8:00pm  118 Katz Building or Online  Full details
This year's Colloquium on the Environment speaker is L. Hunter Lovins, president and founder of Natural Capitalism Solutions, a non-profit founded in 2002 to champion sustainable development.
 5:00 – 6:30pm  Online  Full details
This event is part of the Penn State EnvironMentors Spring 2022 Webinar Series aimed at introducing high school students to the EnvironMentors program. Topic: Urban Systems Webinar Presentation Construct: (i) Summary of research project (~20 minutes); (ii) How the research project connects to the IEE theme (~10 mins); (iii) Why the members of the research team joined STEM (~10 mins); and (iv) close with a Q/A session (~10 mins).
 3:30 – 4:30pm  Online  Full details
Hussey Lecture in Meteorology presents George Craig, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat.