March 19 seminar to discuss hedging economic risks related to climate change
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Ryan Lewis, assistant professor of finance in the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado at Boulder, will give the talk, “The Value of Climate Hedge Assets: Evidence from Australian Water Markets,” at noon on March 19 in 157 Hosler Building on the University Park campus.
Recreation, park and tourism management faculty receive national awards
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Professors of Recreation, Park and Tourism Management Andrew Mowen and Bing Pan received national honors at the recent 2025 Academy of Leisure Sciences Conference.
3D printing will help space pioneers make homes, tools and other stuff they need to colonize the Moon and Mars
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3D printing in outer space and on alien planets comes with otherworldly challenges. This article was written by Sven Bilén, professor of engineering design, electrical engineering and aerospace engineering.
Opportunity: Call for Abstracts for Biennial Residential Building Design & Construction Conference
Submit a 200-300 word abstract by April 25, 2025, for the 8th Biennial Residential Building Design & Construction Conference.
2025 Pa. Rural Community and Public Health Conference to be held April 15
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Join the Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health, along with state partners, for the 2025 Pennsylvania Rural Community and Public Health Conference. This year’s conference, "Pennsylvania Public Health Matters! People, Strategies, and Policies to Advance Healthy Communities," will take place April 15 at the Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center in State College.
Plant biologist awarded the Masatoshi Nei Innovation Prize in Biology
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Sarah Assmann, Waller Professor of Plant Biology at Penn State, has been awarded the Masatoshi Nei Innovation Prize in Biology.
Framework to help scientists choose impactful place-based research locations
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While scientific research can help inform how communities adapt to heightened risks from more extreme weather events, the process requires an alignment of academic resources and real-world needs and partnerships that can be challenging for scientists to navigate. A team led by researchers from Penn State have developed a new framework to help scientists identify and choose projects that may better address pressing societal needs, like climate adaptations.
Search underway for next Penn State ICDS director
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Penn State is currently seeking nominations and candidates for the position of director of the Institute for Computational and Data Science, housed within the Office of the Senior Vice President for Research. This role leads the institute's vision and strategy, enhances interdisciplinary research collaborations and advances the University’s capabilities in high-performance computing, artificial intelligence, quantum computing and other advanced fields.
Designers, scholars plan interdisciplinary design institute for high school students
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The Summer Residential Interdisciplinary Design Institute (SRIDI) will kick off its development phase with a think tank involving national and local academic, interdisciplinary and equity leaders March 27–29 on the Penn State University Park campus. Folayemi Wilson, associate dean for access and equity in the College of Arts and Architecture at Penn State, conceived the SRIDI with a goal of introducing more Pennsylvania high school students to various arts and design professional disciplines.
Libraries launches digital project highlighting 1899 Alaska expedition materials
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A new digital project, "Harriman Recollected: New Views of an 1899 Expedition to Alaska," makes accessible a handwritten diary and Indigenous artworks housed at Penn State’s Eberly Family Special Collections Library.
I went to the edge of the world to see the very near future of climate change
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The Inuit community of Inukjuak in northern Québec has long fought to preserve the traditional culinary practices that define them, but climate change is a threat unlike anything they've faced before.
Registration open for Invent Penn State Venture & IP Conference
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The Invent Penn State Venture & IP Conference, one of the largest tech startup conferences in the mid-Atlantic region, will take place April 10-11 at The Penn Stater Hotel & Conference Center.