Webinar to explore sustainability, carbon emissions of buildings
| news.psu.edu
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.
EarthTalks: Sir Dieter Helm to discuss carbon pricing as tool to reach net zero
| news.psu.edu
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.
Graduate student excellence celebrated at virtual awards ceremony
| psu.edu
Graduate student award recipients were celebrated during the annual Graduate Student Recognition Ceremony where 10 awards to more than 30 graduate students in recognition of outstanding achievement.
Architectural engineering professor receives grant for color science course
| psu.edu
Dorukalp “Alp” Durmus, assistant professor of architectural engineering in the Penn State College of Engineering, received a $30,000 grant from the Nuckolls Fund for Lighting Education to establish a new color science course, “Color Science for Architecture, Design and Engineering.”
Virtual symposium to reflect on past and future of polymer science
| news.psu.edu
A two-day virtual symposium featuring speakers from academia and industry will be held from 1 to 6 p.m. on April 14 and 15, and will discuss the past and future of polymer sciences. The symposium is free and open to the public via Zoom.
EarthTalks: Head of nuclear engineering looks to stars for clean energy
| news.psu.edu
Jean Paul Allain, professor of nuclear engineering and head of the Ken and Mary Alice Lindquist Department of Nuclear Engineering at Penn State, will discuss the recent progress made in nuclear fusion, emerging technologies and the remaining challenges to realizing energy generation from a star here on Earth at 4 p.m. Monday, April 12.
Growing Impact: Green stormwater infrastructure
| Featuring Lauren McPhillips
Green stormwater infrastructure uses the power of plants and soils to improve water quality. More than that, Lauren McPhillips discusses how making stormwater infrastructure green is saving cities money, impacting environmental justice, and cooling urban heat islands with aesthetically pleasing gardens.
EarthTalks: Author David Victor to discuss making climate policy work
| news.psu.edu
David Victor, professor of industrial organization and innovation and co-director of the Deep Decarbonization Initiative at the University of California San Diego, will discuss the choices and technology available to make climate policy work at the next EarthTalks at 4 p.m. Monday, April 5.
Smart materials could pose solution for big-data bottleneck in future cities
| psu.edu
An interdisciplinary research team at Penn State recently published a perspective article in Science highlighting smart materials that can sense environmental changes and respond accordingly — without externally transferring data — as one avenue to help manage enormous amounts of data generated by robust sensing networks.
Smart materials could pose solution for big-data bottleneck in future cities
| news.psu.edu
An interdisciplinary research team at Penn State recently published a perspective article in Science highlighting smart materials that can sense environmental changes and respond accordingly — without externally transferring data — as one avenue to help manage enormous amounts of data generated by robust sensing networks.
Only a handful of US foundations quickly pitched in as the COVID-19 pandemic got underway, early data indicates
| theconversation.com
Two scholars of philanthropy and geography who reviewed the numbers see cause for concern about the agility and priorities of grantmakers during a crisis.
EarthTalks series examines design of buildings, cities to avoid global hothouse
| news.psu.edu
Lisa Iulo, associate professor of architecture and director of the Hamer Center for Community Design at Penn State, will discuss strategies for designing the built environment across scales and systems to avoid a global hothouse at 4 p.m. Monday, March 22.
Flooding is the world's most devastating natural disaster, causing widespread destruction and loss of life. Millions of Americans live in high-risk flood zones, with the threat amplified by climate change and aging infrastructure. This episode explores how innovative computer modeling and visualizations can help communities plan for future flood risks and develop effective response strategies. Listen to the podcast.
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