Penn State delegation advocates for social sciences in Washington, DC
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A group of Penn State researchers recently attended the Consortium of Social Science Association’s (COSSA) 2018 Science Policy Conference and Social Science Advocacy Day in Washington, DC.
Penn State promotions in academic rank, effective July 1, 2018
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The following is a list of academic promotions for tenured and tenure-line faculty members at Penn State, effective July 1.
Penn State researchers join international effort to study Antarctic ‘doomsday’ glacier
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The Thwaites Glacier on the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is about the size of Pennsylvania. Reasonable modeling suggests it could lead to three feet of global sea level rise in the next century so its threatening nickname may not be far off.
Gorski to use NSF CAREER award to expand access to clean water and electricity
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Christopher Gorski, assistant professor of environmental engineering at Penn State, will develop devices that use electricity to desalinate water and can also generate their own electricity, thanks to an esteemed National Science Foundation Early Career (CAREER) award.
Springing back into the hunt for greenhouse gases - NASA Science
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A NASA mission looking at carbon dioxide and methane concentrations in relation to weather systems in the eastern half of the U.S. just began a fourth round of science flights, which may reveal that big spring storms are pushing around quite a bit of carbon dioxide.
Integrative Studies Seed Grants awarded to faculty across University
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The Office for General Education has announced this year’s seed grants to support the development of Integrative Studies courses. The awarded proposals are representative of a wide range of academic disciplines, and include proposals from faculty at Penn State campuses across the Commonwealth.
One-fifth of carbon entering coastal waters of eastern North America is buried
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Coastal waters play an important role in the carbon cycle by transferring carbon to the open ocean or burying it in wetland soils and ocean sediments, a new study shows.
Sanitizing hospital sewage
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Researchers at Penn State have developed a water filtration system that removes contaminants and reduces toxicity in hospital wastewater.
Through NSF CAREER Award, Jacqueline O’Connor to make power generation cleaner
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Jacqueline O’Connor's work will not only result in new scientific understanding, but also insight for more robust design of ultra-low emissions gas turbine combustors.
Josephine Wee joins Penn State Department of Food Science
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The Department of Food Science in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences recently welcomed Josephine Wee, a new assistant professor of food microbiology, whose appointment will enhance educational and research programs in food safety and microbiology.
Penn State-developed plant-disease app recognized by Google
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A mobile app designed by Penn State researchers to help farmers and others diagnose crop diseases has earned recognition from one of the world's tech giants. PlantVillage, developed by a team led by David Hughes, associate professor of entomology and biology, was the subject of a keynote video presented at Google's TensorFlow Development Summit 2018, held March 30 in Mountain View, California.
$2.1 million enables creation of decision-support tools for pollinator health
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The Center for Pollinator Research at Penn State, in collaboration with researchers at the University of California, Davis; the University of Minnesota; and Dickinson College will receive more than $2 million from the Foundation for Food and Agricultural Research and the United States Department of Agriculture to translate basic research into online decision support tools to help beekeepers and land managers maintain and expand populations of managed and wild bees.