Penn State Harrisburg to hold Faculty Research Day
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The Office of Research and Outreach at Penn State Harrisburg will hold Faculty Research Day from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 8. via Zoom. Ann M. Schlenker, director of the Center for Transportation Research at Argonne National Laboratory, will deliver the keynote address.
Schreyer grant to enhance mechanical engineering undergrad curriculum
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In their mission to ensure a cutting-edge and impactful undergraduate curriculum, faculty in the Penn State Department of Mechanical Engineering have received a grant from the University’s Schreyer Institute of Teaching Excellence.
Four new faculty members join Department of Chemical Engineering
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Four new researchers are joining the faculty of Penn State’s Department of Chemical Engineering.
Harvesting vegetation on riparian buffers barely reduces water-quality benefits
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Allowing farmers to harvest vegetation from their riparian buffers will not significantly impede the ability of those streamside tracts to protect water quality by capturing nutrients and sediment — and it will boost farmers’ willingness to establish buffers.
Fracking bill analysis reveals how states may influence each other's policies
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Even though State governments routinely rely upon interest groups to help them as they craft legislation, researchers found that certain peer-leader states, like Pennsylvania and Colorado, have greater influence in shaping states’ fracking policies, in a study led by Penn State Professor of Geography Jennifer Baka.
Team wins grant to develop nitrogen fertilizer decision tool for organic farmers
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Penn State researchers have received a $500,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture to perfect a tool they developed to help organic corn producers decide how much nitrogen — as fertilizer or manure — to apply to their crop fields.
World-renowned infectious disease researchers to lecture on COVID-19 Sept. 24
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Dr. David Ho, director of the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center in New York City, and Peter Hudson, Willaman Professor of Biology at Penn State, will draw on their experiences in infectious disease research to discuss the COVID-19 pandemic, during Discovery Space of Central Pennsylvania’s virtual "Nights to Discover" speaker series on Sept. 24.
Energy Law and Policy webinars to focus on Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
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Penn State’s Center for Energy Law and Policy is hosting a series of webinars this semester focusing on the economic, human health, legal and industry aspects of Pennsylvania joining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, an agreement among almost a dozen states to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from electric power plants. The webinars, which are free and open to the public, will be held at noon on Fridays via Zoom. Registration is required.
Wastewater sampling may give advanced warning of potential COVID-19 outbreaks
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Wastewater sampling for coronavirus on campus and in the surrounding community could alert University decision makers to a potential outbreak several days before individuals exhibit symptoms of an infection.
Five researchers join the Institutes of Energy and the Environment
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Five Penn State researchers have become cofunded faculty in the Institutes of Energy and the Environment.
Penn State researchers to study novel coronavirus potential to infect livestock
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A grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture will enable Penn State researchers to study the potential for SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19, to infect and spread among livestock.
Virtual Undergraduate Exhibition brings together nearly 200 students
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During the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent cancellation of public events, organizers in the Office of Undergraduate Education still wanted to provide some avenue for undergraduates to gain the experience of communicating their research and be able to compete for prizes. Nearly 200 participants shared their research and creative work during the 2020 virtual Undergraduate Exhibition at Penn State.