Penn State ranked a 2024-25 top producer of Fulbright U.S. scholars, students
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Penn State has tied for second in the nation in faculty Fulbright U.S. Scholar Awards and is a top producer of Fulbright U.S. Student Awards among doctoral institutions for the 2024-25 academic year.
Register now for Penn State’s largest undergraduate academic exhibition
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Registration is now open for the 2025 Undergraduate Exhibition, Penn State’s largest and most inclusive academic undergraduate event.
Beaches on Mars once rivaled those on Earth
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Earth may now be home to the most glorious beaches in the solar system , but 3 billion years ago, it may have been Mars that took the crown. This article features Penn State research.
This Pennsylvania landfill sends radioactive waste into a nearby creek—and fracking has only made it worse
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In a rural pocket of western Pennsylvania, along the leafy banks of Sewickley Creek, a small, jagged pipe juts just above the waterline, its cement casing carpeted in moss. This article quotes Nathaniel Warner, associate professor of environmental engineering.
Andrew Read to host conversation focused on executive action affecting research
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The Penn State community is invited to attend a conversation hosted by Penn State Senior Vice President for Research Andrew Read at 11 a.m. on Feb. 28 at University Park campus and online.
Gulf of Mars: Rover finds evidence of ‘vacation-style’ beaches on Mars
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Mars may have once been home to sun-soaked, sandy beaches with gentle, lapping waves according to a new study by an international team of scientists, including Penn State researchers, and published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Penn State rises in NSF Higher Education Research and Development rankings
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Penn State has moved up two spots to No. 26 in the 2023 U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) Survey, the most recently released rankings. The University also earned top-10 rankings in key research fields, including engineering, mathematics, statistics, sociology, demography and psychology.
Influencer marketing can help tourism industry mitigate waste, pollution
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Social media influencers who are passionate about environmental causes can help the tourism industry mitigate waste and pollution, according to a new study from researchers in the Penn State School of Hospitality Management.
Now accepting submissions for annual Materials Visualization Competition
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The 17th annual Materials Visualization Competition, an annual scientific and artistic visual competition open to all current undergraduate students, graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, faculty and staff working on materials-related topics, is now accepting submissions through March 7.
Penn State Climate Consortium awards 5 workshops focused on climate solutions
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The Penn State Climate Consortium has awarded five workshops as a part of its Climate Solutions Accelerator Program to foster impactful research and bring effective climate solutions to communities in Pennsylvania and around the world.
Three Penn State faculty elected to National Academy of Engineering
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College of Earth and Mineral Sciences faculty members Susan Brantley, Atherton Professor and Evan Pugh University Professor Emerita of Geosciences; Long-Qing Chen, Donald W. Hamer Professor of Materials Science and Engineering; and Russell Johns, George E. Trimble Chair of Energy and Mineral Sciences and professor of petroleum and natural gas engineering, have been elected to the National Academy of Engineering.
Stuckeman Research Symposium explores the role of animals in design, ecology
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The Stuckeman School at Penn State will host its 2025 Research Symposium March 2-3 in Heritage Hall at the HUB-Robeson Center on the University Park campus. The conference will explore the role of animals in design and how natural environments are shaped by their vital presence.