Energy Days to be held virtually on May 19 and 20
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Energy Days, an annual conference that brings together professionals working in all areas of energy, will be held virtually on May 19 and 20, 2021, and explore topics that range from energy technology to energy policy and equity.
Penn State announces 2021 University-wide faculty and staff awards
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Each year, Penn State recognizes outstanding faculty and staff with annual awards in teaching and excellence. These awards highlight many of the faculty and staff who go above and beyond.
Six faculty members receive 2021 Atherton Award for Excellence in Teaching
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Six Penn State faculty members have received the 2021 George W. Atherton Award for Excellence in Teaching.
When calculating the social cost of methane, equity matters
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The social cost of methane — a greenhouse gas that is 30 times as potent as carbon dioxide in its ability to trap heat — varies by as much as an order of magnitude between industrialized and developing regions of the world, according to researchers from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), UC Berkeley and Penn State.
Five Earth and Mineral Sciences students awarded at Graduate Research Exhibition
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Five graduate students in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences received awards at the University's annual Graduate Research Exhibition.
Penn State among top US, international institutions in 2021 THE Impact Rankings
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Penn State ranked fourth in the U.S. and 32nd in the world out of 1115 international institutions that participated in the Times Higher Education (THE) University Impact Rankings, placing the university in the top 3% of universities worldwide. The impact rankings assess criteria based on the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
EESI EarthTalks panel to discuss how to avoid a global hothouse
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A panel of experts from Penn State will review solutions for minimizing global warming and discuss the pros and cons of each at a talk at 4 p.m. on April 26.
How many trees are needed to take up the carbon dioxide I release every day?
| by Bruce Logan
Breathe in, and you consume oxygen. Breathe out, and you release carbon dioxide into the air. We know that burning fuels releases carbon dioxide, and our own “fuel,” or the food we eat, is no different. We capture the energy from the food we eat and then release the carbon from that food into the environment. On average, we eat about 2,000 calories a day and release about 2 pounds of carbon dioxide a day. Plants and trees use the energy in sunlight to take up carbon dioxide through their leaves and grow more biomass.
Engineering dean speaks on UN panel discussing high-performance buildings
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Justin Schwartz, Harold and Inge Marcus Dean in the College of Engineering, spoke about the Global Building Network and Penn State's academic efforts for a sustainable and equitable built environment during the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe panel on high-performance buildings.
Webinar to explore sustainability, carbon emissions of buildings
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The Global Building Network will hold a webinar on sustainable buildings, titled “Operational Carbon vs. Embodied Carbon in Buildings,” from 4 to 5 p.m. on Monday, April 19. The speaker, Rahman Azari, is an associate professor of architecture in the College of Arts and Architecture and a co-funded faculty member of the Institutes of Energy and the Environment.
Wind Energy Club prepares to compete in Collegiate Wind Competition
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The award-winning Wind Energy Club, a group of 22 Penn State undergraduates, is preparing to compete in the United States Department of Energy's Collegiate Wind Competition in June. This year, the team is researching, designing and building a wind turbine for deployment in “highly uncertain times, with a large degree of unknown risks and delays,” matching the competition's theme of adaptability.
EarthTalks: Sir Dieter Helm to discuss carbon pricing as tool to reach net zero
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Sir Dieter Helm, professor of economic policy at the University of Oxford and Fellow in economics at New College, Oxford, will discuss the need for a carbon price as a means of lowering emissions, at a talk on April 19 via Zoom.
Smallholder farmers, despite facing enormous challenges, produce a significant portion of the world's food, especially in regions like Africa and Asia. PlantVillage, a project aimed at empowering these farmers through smartphone technology and machine learning, has grown into a global initiative with ambitious plans to expand its impact and address the growing threat of climate change. Listen to the podcast.
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