More strategic COVID-19 testing could prevent distancing and shutdowns
| psu.edu
Strategically increasing testing capacity, either by making diagnostic tests faster or more available, can reduce reliance on costly preventative interventions, such as distancing and shutdowns, according to a team of researchers led by Penn State.
Energy engineer joins Greater Allegheny’s faculty
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Penn State Greater Allegheny welcomed Fernando Soto to its energy engineering program in the Fall of 2021. Soto joins program faculty with vast knowledge of energy storage systems.
World Digital Preservation Day event Nov. 3 highlights access, sustainability
| psu.edu
Penn State University Libraries will host a morning of virtual programming on Wednesday, Nov. 3, in advance of World Digital Preservation Day. The Libraries’ Digital Preservation Program experts will address ways their work supports the preservation of digital cultural heritage content, access to obsolete content through software emulation, sustainable practices and more.
Seed grants to enable exploration of new frontiers in materials research
| psu.edu
The Materials Research Institute has announced new seed grant opportunities for Penn State faculty in a variety of research themes, with a goal of sparking new collaborations that will develop high-risk, high-impact transformative proposals via materials research.
Climate change is muting fall colors, but it's just the latest way that humans have altered US forests
| theconversation.com
Warm autumn weather has produced dull leaf colors across the eastern US this year, but climate change isn’t the only way that humans have altered trees’ fall displays.
Penn State professor, Nobel laureate to present on inclusive STEM teaching
| news.psu.edu
Penn State Professor of Mathematics Nate Brown and Nobel laureate Carl Wieman, Stanford University professor of physics and education and author of “Improving How Universities Teach Science,” will present a remote mini-symposium titled “STEM Educational Equity and Design” from 1 to 2:50 p.m. EDT Oct. 29 via Zoom.
Materials Research Institute names five Roy Award winners
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Three Penn State faculty and two graduate students have received the 2021 Rustum and Della Roy Innovation in Materials Research Award.
Erickson Discovery Grants open for summer 2022 funding
| psu.edu
Students from all academic fields and Penn State campuses are encouraged to apply for a 2022 Erickson Discovery Grant to fund student-initiated projects next summer. Grants provide $3,500 toward living expenses and project costs. Student projects of all kinds are welcome: the arts, engineering, humanities, sciences and social sciences.
EarthTalks to examine history of fire in tropical Asia from ice age to present
| psu.edu
Rebecca Hamilton, postdoctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute, will deliver a talk titled "Fire dynamics in tropical Asia: from the Pleistocene to the Anthropocene" at 4 p.m. Monday, Nov. 1, via Zoom.
National Center for Healthy Housing director to give Hankin Lecture
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Amanda L. Reddy, executive director of the National Center for Healthy Housing, will deliver the 2021 Hankin Distinguished Lecture, hosted by Penn State's residential construction program and the Pennsylvania Housing Research Center. Her talk, “Florence Nightingale Was Right: The Central Role of Housing for Ensuring Health and Well-Being in a Changing World,” will be held at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 17, over Zoom.
Celebrating Professional Women in Building Week at Penn State
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In celebration of the National Association of Home Builders Professional Women in Building Week, the PWB Council of Central Pennsylvania partnered with the Pennsylvania Housing Research Center at Penn State to speak with undergraduate students from several majors in the architectural engineering course AE 470: Residential Building Design and Construction on Sept. 17.
Center for Socially Responsible AI accepting seed funding proposals
| news.psu.edu
Penn State’s Center for Socially Responsible Artificial Intelligence is now inviting short proposals for its annual seed funding program. Applications will be accepted through Dec. 1, with projects expected to start in spring 2022 and last for up to two years.
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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