IEE faculty, staff, and projects in the news
Climate Consortium announces call for workshop proposals
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The Penn State Climate Consortium has announced the Climate Solutions Accelerator, a program designed to stimulate climate solutions research by providing research teams with access to resources, funding, mentorship, workspace and support from staff and non-tenure-line faculty.
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New USDA grant to support graduate reproductive microbiome training program
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The Graduate Training in the Reproductive Microbiomes program will focus on interactions between the microbiome and animal reproductive cells/tissues in agriculturally important species, including chickens, cows, pigs, as well as insect populations that can devastate livestock health and production.
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Symposium to focus on forging new partnerships in climate research, solutions
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The Penn State Climate Consortium will host a two-day symposium on May 14-15, 2024, to build partnerships in climate research and solutions.
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'Growing Impact' podcast explores mitigating the climate impact of contrails
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The latest episode of "Growing Impact" features a team of researchers that is exploring how to mitigate aviation’s climate impacts, specifically the warming effect created by contrails.
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Growing Impact: Contrails and climate change
Contrails are the second largest contributor to aviation's impact on climate change after carbon dioxide emissions from fuel burn. A new interdisciplinary project looks to identify opportunities to mitigate the climate impacts of contrails as the number of people flying is anticipated to grow in the coming years.
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From the ground up: Empowering the next generation of farmers
| agsci.psu.edu
The average age of the American farmer is 57.5 years old, and more than a third of farmers are 65 and over, according to the most recent national agricultural census. As younger generations move off the farm and the average age of farmers continues to rise, the question looms: Who will tend to the country's farmland?
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Adrian Barragan
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Kathryn Brasier
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Mary Barbercheck
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Sarah Cornelisse
Sarah Cornelisse
Graphic design professor’s project featured in Philadelphia design festival
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A collaborative research project led by Phil Choo, professor of graphic design in the Stuckeman School, that helps people visualize the importance of sustainability and utilizing solar power was featured by the American Institute of Graphic ArtsPhiladelphia at the 2023 DesignPhiladelphia Festival in October.
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Celebration held to honor former dean and director, William Ewart Easterling III
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The College of Earth and Mineral Sciences and the Department of Geography recently hosted a celebration to honor William Easterling’s legacy of leadership to the University. The celebration was held on Nov. 9 at the Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center to pay tribute to his extraordinary career and accomplishments.
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Urgent need for climate solutions spurs Penn State to launch Climate Consortium
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Penn State has established a consortium focused on meeting the mounting challenges related to climate change. Penn State's Climate Consortium is a collective of internal and external partners committed to identifying, creating and implementing research-based solutions to address the mounting challenges related to climate change.
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Erica Smithwick
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Andrew Read
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Neeli Bendapudi
Neeli BendapudiPresident, Penn State
Political ideology affected how COVID-19 news was consumed, study finds
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, the speed with which available health and safety information evolved was novel to most people around the world. To assess how the public handled the changing guidance, an international research team, including a Penn State professor, compared information consumption among citizens of Germany and the United States. They found the two countries displayed some similarities in how people consumed pandemic news, but differences emerged between German and U.S. citizens who lean right politically.
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Penn State delegation: What to watch for at COP28
A six-person Penn State delegation will be traveling to Dubai for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change's COP28, which runs from November 30–December 12, 2023. They will be official observers of the meeting, which means that they have the right to speak, make presentations, and engage with governments, NGOs, industry, and the media. They will also be collaborating with other higher education institutions.
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Three Penn State faculty members elected as American Physical Society fellows
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Penn State faculty members Anna Stasto, professor of physics; Chaoxing Liu, professor of physics; and Adri van Duin, distinguished professor of mechanical engineering, have been elected as fellows of the American Physical Society.
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Adri van Duin
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Mauricio Terrones
George A. and Margaret M. Downsbrough Department Head, Evan Pugh University Professor, and Verne M. Willaman Professor of Physics, Physics -
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