Coastal Studio Penn State earns Community Engagement and Scholarship Award
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The Coastal Studio Penn State – Portsmouth Rhode Island Resilience Planning project has received the 2022 Penn State Award for Community Engagement and Scholarship. The effort is led by Peter Stempel, associate professor of landscape architecture in the College of Arts and Architecture.
Penn State joins $360 million national water research effort
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Penn State will join a national consortium led by the University of Alabama to translate water research into operations that improve the country’s ability to predict weather-related hazards and effectively manage water resources. NOAA is funding the effort with $360 million.
Redressing a flood of historic injustices
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Penn State’s recent entry into the Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation (CERF) design competition demonstrates how students may play a significant role in identifying ways to redress historic injustices and as importantly, not perpetuate past racist policies as communities adapt to changing sea levels.
Scranton campus hosts congressman, NSF director to discuss STEM education
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Penn State Scranton hosted University officials, U.S. Rep. Matthew Cartwright, National Science Foundation Director Sethuraman Panchanathan, principles from Schott North America Inc., and regional stakeholders to discuss the impact and statewide reach of NSF-supported research, education and entrepreneurship, as well as technology industry partnerships with Penn State that have taken place in the greater Scranton region.
Libraries’ exhibition highlights human impact on planet Earth
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A new exhibition in the Eberly Family Special Collections Library, “Earth Archives: Stories of Human Impact,” explores the intersection of the environment, human activity, climate change, and the documentary record, and is on view in the Exhibition Gallery, 104 Paterno Library on the University Park campus until Nov. 22.
Lecture on explainable machine learning to be presented April 12
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Umang Bhatt, a doctoral candidate in the Machine Learning Group at the University of Cambridge, will present a free public lecture titled “Challenges and Frontiers in Deploying Transparent Machine Learning” at 4 p.m. Tuesday, April 12.
Legacy gift inspired by shared vision for better, more resilient future and commitment to achieving it
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Penn State alumni Ron and Kathy del Papa want to pay it forward and make positive change. One way they’re hoping to achieve these goals is through a recent legacy gift to Penn State’s Institutes of Energy and the Environment (IEE).
Honoring Women in STEM
| by Sarah Ivory, Jessica Myrick, Hee Jeung Oh, Kristina Douglass, Esther Obonyo, Karen A. Thole, Emily Pakhtigian, Laura Guertin, Heather Preisendanz, Katherine Zipp, Maurie Kelly, Beth Ann Eberle, Alejandra Domic, Miriam Freedman, Jacqueline O'Connor
We are collecting stories from women in STEM to help inspire us all, but especially to show the world and the next generation the amazing things that women can do. Join us for the month of March, and beyond, as we honor women in STEM at Penn State.
Carbon flow through inland and coastal waterways, implications for climate
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A recent study found that the flows of carbon through the complex network of water bodies that connect land and ocean has often been overlooked and that ignoring these flows overestimates the carbon storage in terrestrial ecosystems and underestimates sedimentary and oceanic carbon storage.
Penn State to name building in honor of scientist and pioneer Shirley M. Malcom
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Penn State will honor scientist and advocate Shirley M. Malcom, whose pioneering work has helped open doors for women of color in the sciences, by naming "The 329 Building" at Innovation Park in her honor on April 8.
Penn State community invited to 2022 Undergraduate Exhibition
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The public and Penn State community are invited to support the hard work and impact of the University’s undergraduate researchers at the 2022 Undergraduate Exhibition for Research, Inquiry, and Creative Activity from April 6-8.
Biology Professor Sarah Princiotta conducts aquatic microbe research in Sweden
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Sarah Princiotta, assistant professor of biology at Penn State Schuylkill, has recently returned from a trip to Sweden where she conducted research at a specialized facility to examine the role of aquatic microbes under ice.