Green infrastructure helps cities with climate change. So why isn't there more of it?
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The U.S. is making the largest investment in history in the country's water system. In the rush to spend, some worry green projects will be overlooked. This National Public Radio article quotes Lauren McPhillips, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering.
Winners honored at Startup Week powered by PNC student competition
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Penn State Startup Week powered by PNC culminated with a celebration of student innovation and entrepreneurship at the Student Recognition and Networking Reception, which took place on April 7 at the Penn State Innovation Hub.
2022 Undergraduate Exhibition returns to HUB-Robeson Center
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The 2022 Undergraduate Exhibition for Research, Inquiry, and Creative Activity earlier this month featured the hard work of 282 undergraduate researchers from across Penn State.
Ten student teams awarded combined $15,000 to build MVPs in Nittany AI Challenge
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Ten student teams have been selected to receive funding to develop a minimum viable product in the 2022 Nittany AI Challenge. The teams are using artificial intelligence for good to solve real-world problems in the areas of health, environment, education and humanitarianism as part of the yearlong competition.
Data Science Community ‘deep dives’ to highlight storytelling, reproducibility
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The Data Science Community is hosting two upcoming “deep dive” training sessions for the Penn State community focused on different aspects of data science — storytelling with data on April 15; and reproducibility and open science on May 13.
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
| by Peter Stempel
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).