Penn State Energy and Environment News

EarthTalks examines the carbon footprint of the built environment

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Esther Obonyo, associate professor of engineering design and architectural engineering at Penn State, will discuss ways to reduce the carbon footprint of the built environment at 4 p.m. Monday, March 1.

Climate dynamics seminar explores Arctic climate change and trace-gas cycles

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Jose D. Fuentes, professor of atmospheric science at Penn State, will discuss climate change in the Arctic and trace-gas cycles at 11:15 a.m. on Wednesday, March 3. The talk will be broadcast via Zoom.

Virtual lecture series to highlight women advancing river research

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The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Penn State is co-hosting a new series of virtual lectures to feature the contributions of women to river research.

Penn State research impacts the world

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Providing multiple examples of what differentiates Penn State from peer institutions and how access to world-class researchers impacts the lives of Penn State students, Lora Weiss, senior vice president for Research, presented an overview of the University’s research enterprise during the Board of Trustees meeting of the Committee on Academic Affairs, Research, and Student Life.

College of Ag Sciences faculty member, Jason Kaye, named distinguished professor

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Penn State's Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs has named Jason Kaye, professor of soil biogeochemistry in the College of Agricultural Sciences, as a distinguished professor.

Silencing the alarm

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Like a scene from a horror movie, tomato fruitworm caterpillars silence their food plants’ cries for help as they devour their leaves. That is the finding of a multidisciplinary team of researchers, who said the results may yield insights into the abilities of crop plants — such as tomato and soybean — to withstand additional stressors, like climate change.

EarthTalks: Lightsource bp CEO Kevin Smith to discuss future of solar

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Kevin Smith, CEO for the Americas at Lightsource bp, will discuss the solar partnership with Penn State and the future of solar power at 4 p.m. Monday, Feb. 22.

Climate dynamics seminar examines climatic, human impacts on California fires

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Alan Taylor, professor of geography at Penn State, will discuss the climatic and human influences on fire in California forests at 11:15 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 24.

13 faculty named 2021 distinguished professors at Penn State

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Penn State's Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs has named 13 distinguished professors for 2021.

Aerospace engineer takes fluid approach for creative problem-solving

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To Mark Miller, assistant professor of aerospace engineering, engineering is about imagination.

Aerospace engineer takes fluid approach for creative problem-solving

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To Mark Miller, assistant professor of aerospace engineering, engineering is about imagination.

Climate dynamics seminar looks at molecular scale to recreate past climate

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Katherine Freeman, Evan Pugh University Professor of Geosciences at Penn State, will discuss the molecular signatures of ancient climates, in a virtual seminar at 11:15 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 17.