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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
People from around the country and the region have come together in Fayette County to take part in a solar power training opportunity. ONTILITY, a company that supports provider and consumer solar power, energy efficiency and weatherization projects, has brought its solar power training program to Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus. (more)
Natural Fusion, the solar-powered home designed and constructed by a student-led Penn State team for the 2009 Solar Decathlon, will be dedicated and commissioned Wednesday (May 26) by Bayer MaterialScience LLC as its new EcoCommercial Building Conference Center at the company's campus in Robinson Township, Pa. In its new capacity, this solar-powered, zero-emission building will serve as an energy modeling site, educational center and showcase for Bayer MaterialScience's EcoCommercial Building materials solutions. Read the full story to see videos of Natural Fusion under construction. (more)
Natural fusion is what powers the sun, so it's fitting that Penn State's 2009 Solar Decathlon team -- one of 20 nationwide that will compete in October on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. for the top solar-powered house -- would dub its entry Natural Fusion. But for the Penn State team, the name is a concept aimed at building an energy-efficient home featuring the holistic integration of elements across all aspects from design to construction. "Natural Fusion was born out of the idea of building an integrated house and using things that have been used for years but in a new way," said Thomas Rauch, team member and media liaison. "Its redefining the engineering process and what is considered the cross-disciplinary educational process." (more)
The Earth and Mineral Sciences Library will kick off its fall film series in September with a lineup of titles on a wide range of environmental issues and related topics. All videos will be shown 12:15 p.m. Wednesdays in the Earth and Mineral Sciences Library, 105 Deike Building, University Park. (more)
Penn State has once again made the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) list of the top college and university Green Power Partners. The University is being recognized for its voluntary purchase of 83,600 megawatt-hours (MWh) of green power. Among the 18 conference champions, Penn State placed third.
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