Still Life
University Park Airport Emergency Response Exercise
Commencement across Penn State: Spring 2012
Spring commencement 2012 under way
Penn State, Moroccan students problem-solve together
Finals Week Spring Semester 2012
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
On Saturday, May 19, the Beaver Valley Area Chapter of the Penn State Alumni Association assisted with a tire collection conducted by the Independence Conservancy. Alumni chapter members and friends volunteered their morning to help with this ongoing project in a continuing effort to aid "green" efforts in the community. The project, which was held in Baden, was organized by Victoria E. Michaels, executive director of the Independence Conservancy. For more information about the event or the Beaver Valley Alumni Chapter, contact Board member Michael Boser at mwboser@me.com or Chapter president Keith Poleti at krp151@yahoo.com. For information about the Independence Conservancy, visit www.independenceconservancy.org. (more)
Though most Penn State students were happy about the mild winter, three Environmental Resource Management majors in the College of Agricultural Sciences were not. (more)
Continuing its efforts for a "green" campus, Penn State New Kensington will sponsor a week of sustainable activities, April 9-13, to highlight reusable materials and campus' ecological footprints.
"Sustainability Week" features daily activities during common hour --noon-1 p.m., Monday, Wednesday and Friday; and 1:45 to 3 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday -- including "Recycled Arts and Crafts," creating projects out of the reusable items, and "Ecological Footprint Tests," that estimate see how much of the world's resources a person uses. In addition to the two daily activities, a campus-wide clean-up is scheduled for Wednesday, April 11. The Campus Activities Board will dish out free ice cream in Cafe 780 during Wednesday's common hour. (more)
A Penn State Engineering team led by Jack W. Langelaan, assistant professor of aerospace engineering, took home first place and $1.35 million in prize money in the Comparative Aircraft Flight Efficiency (CAFE) Foundation Green Flight Challenge held on Oct. 4. This is the largest prize ever awarded in aviation history, according to the agency.
The contest, held in Santa Rosa, Calif., challenges teams to design and build an electric aircraft capable of flying at an average speed of at least 100 mph over a 200-mile course while achieving a fuel efficiency greater than 200 passenger miles per gallon equivalent. (more)
Penn State will be well represented at the 2011 Conference and Expo of the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE). Taking place Oct. 9-12 at the Daniel L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, AASHE's annual gathering is North America's largest conference focused on sustainability in higher education. The event is expected to draw more than 2,500 participants from all 50 states and more than 10 countries. (more)
Christopher Cook, solar energy leader and former SunEdison partner, will visit Penn State to present "Solar Energy Economics" at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 29, in 309 Walker Building on Penn State's University Park campus. This lecture is free and open to the public. (more)
Penn State's University Sustainability Council is drafting the University's first strategic plan for sustainability and is seeking public input during the drafting process. A town hall session is set for Friday, Sept. 23 from 9:30 a.m. -12 p.m. at Penn State York, 1031 Edgecomb, Ave., York, Pa., and Penn State York students, faculty, staff and the local community are invited to attend the meeting in the Community Room of the Joe and Rosie Ruhl Student Community Center.
In Penn State's 2009-2014 University-wide strategic plan, Priorities for Excellence, University leaders noted that one key to Penn State's continuing success will be "creating a sustainable university, not just in conventional environmental terms, but in a wide array of resource dimensions, including fiscal sustainability. ... [I]ncreasing pressures on global resources and environmental conditions make it imperative that Penn State embrace sustainability in its many dimensions in ways that would position the University as a leader nationally and internationally." (more)
This fall, Penn State Campus Dining will begin collecting polystyrene and working with the Office of Physical Plant, the Campus Sustainability Office and Dart Container Corporation to have it recycled into reusable products. (more)
A 70-foot-tall wind turbine was installed Friday, July 22, at Penn State's nine-acre Sustainability Experience Center. Serving as both a source of clean, renewable energy and a research tool, the turbine is being funded by a Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority (PEDA) grant awarded to Penn State's Center for Sustainability in 2007 for development of the Hybrid Residential Energy Systems (HyRES) Laboratory. In addition to providing renewable energy generation for the laboratory, the turbine will be used as an educational tool in the Pennsylvania Wind for Schools program. Similar wind turbine systems are planned for installation at 10 to 15 schools across the state over the next three years as a part of the program. (more)
In response to the multiple ecological, economic and social crises affecting the world today, Penn State is drafting its first strategic plan for sustainability. The development of a sustainability plan will involve students, faculty, staff, leadership, alumni, supporters and corporate partners. The council writing the plan wants to hear the public's ideas now to help make it the best possible plan. (more)
