Still Life
Commencement across Penn State: Spring 2012
Spring commencement 2012 under way
Penn State, Moroccan students problem-solve together
Finals Week Spring Semester 2012
Children explore career options at University Park
Painting the Lines at Beaver Stadium
Did They Get It Right? - RedTails
Iconic Penn State elm taken down over spring break 2012
We ... are Penn State (December 19, 2011)
Disease stricken matching elm tree slated for removal
Penn State's creamery, from the cow to the cone
Richard Alley, the Evan Pugh Professor of Geosciences at Penn State, will be the host of three hours of programming on WPSU-TV on Earth Day, April 22. The premiere of two new installments of his "Earth: The Operators' Manual" series, focused on climate change and sustainable energy, will occur at 7 p.m., with the program "Energy Quest U.S.A.," and at 10:30 p.m., with "Powering the Planet." The new shows will be preceded by an encore of the original program, "Earth: The Operators' Manual," at 6 p.m. (more)
Golden eagles love Pennsylvania's ridge-and-valley region. The hunched-up topography, with its long linear corridors running southwest to northeast, makes a perfect thruway for their spring and fall migrations. Sustained updrafts along the ridge crests are a particular boon to these and other large raptors, who rely on lift for soaring long distances. (more)
Penn State meteorology students recently captured first place in the Weather Challenge, a North American collegiate weather forecasting competition. Penn State's forecasters bested teams from more than 50 other universities. During the 20-week forecasting contest, which spanned both fall and spring semesters, students predicted high and low temperatures, precipitation and wind speeds at 10 different cities. (more)
Richard Hogg, professor emeritus of mineral processing and geo-environmental engineering, was elected to membership in the National Academy of Engineering. Election to the NAE is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer. Academy membership honors those who have made outstanding contributions to "engineering research, practice or education, including, where appropriate, significant contributions to the engineering literature." (more)
Garth Lewellyn, principal hydrogeologist with Appalachia Hydrogeologic and Environmental Consulting Inc., will present a talk from 12:30-1:30 p.m. on April 24 in Room 301 of the Steidle Building on the University Park campus. The talk will be titled "Hydrogeologic Conceptual Modeling and Geochemical Considerations for Evaluating Groundwater Flow and Gas-Drilling Impacts Throughout Susquehanna County, Pa." (more)
Five University faculty members have received the 2012 Faculty Scholar Medals for Outstanding Achievement. They are Michael Berube, Paterno Family Professor of American Literature in the College of the Liberal Arts, the arts and humanities medal; Venkatraman Gopalan, professor of materials science and engineering in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, the engineering medal; John McCarthy, professor of sociology in the College of the Liberal Arts, the social and behavioral sciences medal; Eric Post, professor of biology in the Eberly College of Science, the life and health sciences medal; and Raymond Schaak, professor of chemistry in the Eberly College of Science, the physical sciences medal. Established in 1980, the award recognizes scholarly or creative excellence represented by a single contribution or a series of contributions around a coherent theme. A committee of peers reviews nominations and selects candidates. (more)
Penn State's Google Plus page will host a Hangout at 3:15 p.m. Wednesday (April 11) with Kevin Furlong, Penn State professor of geosciences, to discuss earthquakes in light of the massive temblors off the coast of Sumatra Wednesday. Furlong is an internationally sought-after expert who has studied the causes and consequences of earthquakes around the world. Among his research interests are plate tectonics and lithospheric geodynamics -- processes that drive many natural hazards. He is also director of Penn State's Natural Hazards Center. (more)
State College teacher Bryan Brightbill wants his students to be well grounded - so his seventh graders at Park Forest Middle School have drawn geological cross-sections of central Pennsylvania's rock layers, identified rock samples and even made rocks out of sand and aquarium salt. (more)
Subra Suresh, the director of the National Science Foundation (NSF), will speak on Thursday, April 5, in Heritage Hall at the HUB-Robeson Center on Penn State's University Park campus. Part of this year's Nelson W. Taylor Lecture in Materials, Suresh's presentation, titled "Biomechanics and Human Diseases," will begin at 11 a.m. The event will begin at 9:45 a.m. with talks by three Penn State faculty members. (more)
The photographic exhibit "Eyes to Sea: Underwater Photography by Jeremy Cohen" and accompanying presentations by Cohen, Raymond Najjar, Tim White and Iliana Baums will take place from 1 to 3:30 p.m. on April 22, in the Earth and Mineral Sciences (EMS) Museum Art Gallery in the Deike Building on Penn State's University Park campus. (more)
