Commonwealth Campus Undergraduate Community-Engaged Research Awards announced
| psu.edu
Penn State announced the recipients of the inaugural Commonwealth Campus Undergraduate Community-Engaged Research Awards, a new program designed for faculty who specifically support undergraduate student participation in research that aims to improve community well-being.
Can 3D printing impact affordable housing stock? HUD thinks so
| finance.yahoo.com
3D printing could be a path toward faster, less expensive and more efficient affordable housing construction. This article mentions Penn State research.
City Semester Pittsburgh student focuses on sustainability, community engagement
| psu.edu
Penn State student Madeleine Ryan is a member of the 2024 City Semester Pittsburgh cohort, a program facilitated by the Franco Harris Pittsburgh Center at Penn State to enable Penn State students to spend their summers working on urban sustainability and engagement in Pittsburgh communities. Ryan is interning with Riverlife, a nonprofit organization that works with Pittsburgh property owners, public officials and community groups to create, activate and celebrate the city’s riverfronts.
Apply today: Penn State NSF I-Corps virtual fall cohort for researchers
| psu.edu
Penn State’s National Science Foundation I-Corps Short Course is accepting applications for its virtual August/September cohort. The no-cost program helps researchers test a startup idea through customer interviews and educational programming on the lean startup methodology.
Harrisburg drinking water treatment lab awarded grant
| psu.edu
Penn State Harrisburg has been awarded an American Water Charitable Foundation 2024 Water and Environment Grant focused on upgrading the drinking water treatment lab in the School of Science, Engineering, and Technology.
Genes or environment? A new model for understanding disease risk factors
| psu.edu
Using a large, nationally representative sample, a team led by Penn State College of Medicine researchers developed a model that more accurately predicts how genetics and air pollution levels causally influence disease development. They published their findings in Nature Communications.
Q&A: Professor discusses supply chain implications of Key Bridge collapse
| psu.edu
Penn State News sat down with Tony N.K. Lynch, assistant professor of supply chain management in Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Business Administration, to discuss the collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge and how it impacted supply chain infrastructure and resilience.
Farm families’ childcare challenges impacting farm businesses, research suggests
| psu.edu
Childcare challenges might not be the first thing that comes to mind when thinking about farm business viability, yet according to a new study led by a Penn State researcher, childcare challenges can negatively impact farm businesses and the farm family. The findings were reported in Agriculture and Human Values.
Architecture professor named DOE Solar Decathlon Faculty Award winner
| psu.edu
Lisa Iulo, professor of architecture and director of the Hamer Center for Community Design in the Stuckeman School at Penn State, was named the winner of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon 2024 Faculty Award.
Environmental, social initiatives lead to greater returns in high-income nations
| psu.edu
Environmental, social and governance initiatives lead to greater financial gains for hospitality firms in high-income countries compared to middle- and low-income nations, according to new findings from researchers in the Penn State School of Hospitality Management.
Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy forges forest of the future in face of global warming
| triblive.com
The goal is to diversify tree species in the area and begin identifying trees that could be better suited to a changing climate. This article quotes Brian Wolyniak, urban and community forestry educator with Penn State Extension.
Penn State Extension educators recognized with national awards
| psu.edu
Several Penn State Extension educators were honored by the National Association of County Agricultural Agents at its annual awards program in Dallas, Texas.
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is abundant and stable, making it difficult to convert into something useful without a lot of energy. Researchers are using advanced computational modeling to find a catalyst that can efficiently transform CO2 into valuable products. This could turn CO2 from a climate issue into a valuable resource. Listen to the podcast.
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