Schreyer Scholar analyzes Caribbean coral bleaching patterns
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Schreyer Scholar and Eberly College of Science student Jack Howard studied the bleaching patterns of Caribbean coral as part of a Research Experiences for Undergraduates experience at Florida International University.
Penn State partners on project to help protect coastal communities
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A Penn State researcher is part of a research team that was awarded a four-year, $1.5 million grant through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to study the effects of sea level rise and how it may exacerbate the impact of extreme weather.
Two student teams awarded $25,000 for using artificial intelligence for good
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A panel of judges named InsectEye and AI-powered Recycling the winning teams in the 2021 Nittany AI Challenge. The teams will receive a combined total of $25,000 in funding to continue moving their solutions forward.
U.S. soybean, corn yields could be increased through use of machine learning
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Research guided by a plant pathologist in the College of Agricultural Sciences suggests that machine-learning algorithms that are programmed to recognize changing weather patterns could show producers and agricultural managers how to increase soybean and corn yields in the United States.
EarthTalks to discuss 2019-20 Australian bushfire crisis
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David Bowman, professor of pyrogeography and fire science at the University of Tasmania, will deliver a talk titled "Viewing the 2019-2020 Australian bushfire crisis through a pyrogeographic lens" at 4 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 4. The talk, which is free and open to the public, will take place via Zoom.
Mitigating carbon may have unintended consequences
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Controlling carbon release into the atmosphere will reduce carbon dioxide and slow global warming, but could there be unintended consequences for human health? Now, though a three-year, $400,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, researchers will investigate potential positives and negatives of decarbonization.
Penn State to play key role in Mid-Atlantic NSF I-Corps Hub
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The National Science Foundation has awarded Penn State $1.5 million as one of eight universities selected to participate in the Mid-Atlantic NSF I-Corps Hub, led by the University of Maryland. This funding will enable Penn State to expand entrepreneurial training to academic researchers in science and engineering to foster and maintain U.S. global leadership in innovation.
Preparing for more extensive and frequent floods makes sense
| by Courtney Cooper, Cassandra LC Troy
As global temperatures rise, the implications of climate change are unfolding quickly. Political, cultural, economic, social, and psychological factors influence societal views about climate change adaptation. Although ignoring the implications of a changing climate can seem easier in the short run, avoidance will be costly in the long run. Ignoring the issue is especially problematic in areas with forecasts for more extensive and frequent floods.
Long power outages after disasters aren't inevitable – but to avoid them, utilities need to think differently
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Building even more power poles and transmission lines won’t avert outages when major disasters strike.
Program to enhance inclusion and belonging for Penn State STEM professionals
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An innovative program to help increase inclusion among underrepresented groups within STEM professions recently received a grant from Penn State’s Office of Educational Equity. The program, known as the Research Professionals Network, or ResearchPros, seeks to bridge communications and strengthen connections between IT and research staff through a community of practice model.
$2 million grant awarded for climate-adaptive infrastructure design
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Researchers from Penn State and the University of Pittsburgh were awarded a $2 million grant from the National Science Foundation to develop a new approach to infrastructure design that uses climate projection models and artificial intelligence to evaluate the likely long-term economic and environmental impacts of infrastructure design choices.
How Penn State is addressing climate change on WPSU’s ‘Digging Deeper’ Sept. 26
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The ways Penn State is addressing global climate change will be discussed during the eighth season premiere of President Eric Barron’s monthly WPSU show, “Digging Deeper,” on Sunday, Sept. 26.