Geography 'Coffee Hour' to feature talk on race, waste and toxic capitalism
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Pavithra Vasudevan, assistant professor of African and African Diaspora studies and women’s, gender and sexuality studies at the University of Texas at Austin, will present at the Department of Geography's 'Coffee Hour' at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 6, in 112 Walker. The talk will also be accessible via Zoom.
The science behind the storms
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Penn State researchers spent six weeks chasing storms during the first hail research campaign in the United States in four decades. Named the In-situ Collaborative Experiment for the Collection of Hail In the Plains, or ICECHIP, it was the largest, most sophisticated international collaborative hail research campaign to date.
Lüften sounds simple – but ‘house-burping’ is more complicated in Pittsburgh
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Recently, the German term “lüften” has been circulating on social media and trending on Google. The term refers to the practice of opening windows and doors to replace stale indoor air with outdoor air, a longtime practice in many European homes.
Winners of the Leonhard Center’s arts, engineering contest announced
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The Leonhard Center for Enhancement of Engineering Education has announced the winners of its inaugural Arts and Engineering Competition. The competition celebrates the creativity and innovation at the intersection of art and engineering.
Helping soil microbes kill weed seeds to aid organic farmers
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To better equip organic farmers to control weeds, a team of Penn State agricultural scientists received a four-year, $935,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to study how promoting soil microbes to infect and kill weed seeds might reduce problematic weed species.
Brandywine joins the Commonwealth Arboreta Network
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Penn State Brandywine is deepening its connection with nature and sustainability through its membership in the Commonwealth Arboreta Network.
Cocoziello Institute explores sustainable design, development at Ellis Preserve
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Students and faculty from Penn State’s Cocoziello Institute of Real Estate Innovation recently traveled to Ellis Preserve in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, to explore one of the region’s most ambitious examples of sustainable, mixed-use development.
Town hall on Feb. 12 to address research environment
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Penn State’s research community is invited to attend a Research Town Hall at 2 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 12.
Feb. 11 seminar: Labor market adjustments amid import competition
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Bradley Setzler, an associate professor of economics in the Penn State College of the Liberal Arts, will give a free talk, titled "Places versus People: The Ins and Outs of Labor Market Adjustment to Globalization." His Feb. 11 seminar is part of a series hosted by the Initiative for Energy and Environmental Economics and Policy.
Sustain Penn State to screen ‘Devil Put the Coal in the Ground’ on Feb. 11
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Sustain Penn State will host a virtual screening of “Devil Put the Coal in the Ground” at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 11 as part of its Intersections Film Series. The screening will be followed by a moderated panel discussion exploring the connections between coal, economic development, public health and environmental remediation.
Behrend Faculty Showcase highlights research and scholarly activity
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More than 50 Penn State Behrend faculty members discussed their research at the college’s second-annual Faculty Showcase. In a series of lightning-round talks, they discussed deep neural networks, legacy contaminants in Lake Erie, corporate labor investment efficiency and the tensile properties of tarantula silk, among other topics.
'Love Data Week' events include Feb. 11 data careers-focused fair, expert panel
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To celebrate International Love Data Week 2026, Penn State University Libraries will host two afternoon events on Wednesday, Feb. 11, on the University Park campus — a viewing party for a Big Ten Academic Alliance-sponsored “Careers in Data (for students)” panel discussion followed by a data career fair.