Alumni couple supports disability-focused entrepreneurship at Penn State
Penn State alumni Robert and Linda Malecky have pledged a gift of $125,000 to support the Summer Founders program, a 13-week entrepreneurial bootcamp.
Smart materials could pose solution for big-data bottleneck in future cities
Penn State researchers published a perspective article on March 19 in Science, highlighting smart materials that can sense environmental changes and respond accordingly — without externally transferring data — as one avenue to avoid data overload.
Weird earthquake reveals hidden mechanism
The wrong type of earthquake in an area where there should not have been an earthquake led researchers to uncover the cause for this unexpected strike-slip earthquake — where two pieces of crust slide past each other on a fault — in places where subduction zone earthquakes — one geologic plate slipping beneath another — are common.
EarthTalks: Chief sustainability officer to discuss initiatives at Penn State
Paul Shrivastava, chief sustainability officer, director of the Sustainability Institute and professor of management at Penn State, will discuss how Penn State is attempting to institutionalize sustainability at the University, in Pennsylvania and around the world, at a talk at 4 p.m. Monday, March 29.
Seminar to discuss landscape diversity, food sovereignty in Indigenous Australia
Rebecca Bird, professor of anthropology at Penn State, will discuss the importance of controlled burning as a way for indigenous communities to increase dietary quality and foster environmental justice and autonomy during a seminar at 11:15 a.m. Wednesday, March 24.
Alumna recognized for her impact in combustion engines and fuels
Penn State alumna Elana Chapman, senior fuels and biofuels engineer at General Motors (GM), has been recognized for her impacts within the fuel industry.
Penn State alum makes tracks on Mars as Perseverance rover springs to life
In its first weeks on Mars, NASA’s Perseverance rover has captured dazzling highlights, from video of its own dramatic landing to the first audio recordings from the red planet, the sounds of wind blowing and the rover’s laser zapping rocks.
Webinar: Who Decides on Resilience for Energy Systems?
A panel of energy experts from Penn State and industry will discuss questions around energy resilience at 4 p.m. EST on Thursday, March 25, via Zoom.
Center for Socially Responsible AI announces inaugural seed funding awards
The Penn State Center for Socially Responsible Artificial Intelligence recently announced the recipients of its inaugural round of seed funding, including a project featuring faculty in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences.
EarthTalks series examines design of buildings, cities to avoid global hothouse
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. on Monday, March 22.