Secure access to food and water decreasing for US children
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The number of children in the U.S. facing simultaneous water and food insecurity more than doubled between 2005 and 2020. Additionally, Black children were 3.5 times more likely than white children to simultaneously experience food and water insecurity, while Hispanic children were 7.1 times more likely than white children, according to a new study led by researchers from Penn State and Northwestern University.
IEE seed grants awarded to 11 interdisciplinary projects
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Eleven interdisciplinary research teams have been awarded funding through Penn State's Institute of Energy and the Environment’s Seed Grant Program for 2024.
Troy Ott named dean of Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences
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Troy Ott, interim director of the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, has been named dean of the Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences, effective July 1.
Presidential Public Impact Research Award recipients selected
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Penn State has announced the recipients of the inaugural Presidential Public Impact Research Awards, a new program designed to support faculty and students who are working on research projects that directly benefit communities.
Penn State remains strong in 2025 QS World University Rankings
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Penn State tied for No. 89 in the world in the recently released 2025 QS World University Rankings, placing the University in the top 6% worldwide among the 1,503 institutions ranked by QS. Out of 197 ranked U.S. institutions, Penn State tied for No. 8 among public universities nationally and No. 24 among all U.S. universities.
'Growing Impact' discusses the complex underground process of carbon storage
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The latest episode of Growing Impact explores the process of injecting carbon dioxide underground and mineralizing it to permanently sequester the gas, a path toward reducing carbon emissions and mitigating climate change.
Geography doctoral student receives NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
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Lily Houtman, a doctoral student in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences’ Department of Geography at Penn State, has been selected as a 2024 U.S. National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program awardee.
Growing Impact: Underground carbon storage
| Featuring Yashar Mehmani, Anne Menefee
Storing carbon dioxide underground could offset the record amounts of CO2 that humans emit each year. If this technology is successful, it could be an answer to climate change impacts, such as rising temperatures and acidification of the ocean. However, the process is complex and costly. A team of researchers is exploring one way liquid CO2 could be injected into rock formations, which may efficiently convert the molecule into a solid.
Exceptional research, teaching, service earn 16 Abington faculty promotions
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Faculty dedication to research, teaching and service demonstrates their commitment to the Penn State Abington campus community.
Mussels downstream of wastewater treatment plant contain radium, study reports
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A pair of researchers from Penn State’s Department of Civil and Environment Engineering analyzed the composition of mussels downstream of a wastewater treatment facility in Western Pennsylvania that had accepted and treated fracking wastewater, and found that the tissue and shells of mussels contained radium. Their findings are available online now and will appear in the June issue of Science of the Total Environment.
Five Penn Staters named 2024-25 BTAA Academic Leadership Program Fellows
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The Big Ten Academic Alliance's Academic Leadership Program in 2024-25 will include five new fellows from Penn State. The BTAA is the academic consortium of the Big Ten universities and the United States’ preeminent model for effective collaboration among research universities. The Academic Leadership Program focuses on addressing the challenges of academic administration at major research universities.
Invasive species are transforming the Everglades
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From Burmese pythons and Asian swamp eels to Old World climbing ferns, South Florida hosts hordes of non-native animals and plants. What can be done about the ecological havoc they are wreaking? This article quotes Deah Lieurance, assistant professor of invasive species biology and management.