Polar Earth Observing Network monitoring station that collects GPS and seismic measurements to understand ice sheet behavior.
U.S. Fullbright Scholar: Sridhar Anandakrishnan, professor of geosciences, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences; Australia
Penn State professor Susan Brantley is one of 11 inductees named a Distinguished Daughter of Pennsylvania for 2024. She was recognized on Sept. 25 at the Distinguished Daughters of Pennsylvania’s annual luncheon held in the Governor's Residence in Harrisburg.
Levon Esters, vice provost for graduate education and dean of the Fox Graduate School, with the recipients of the 2024-25 University Graduate Fellowships and Distinguished Graduate Fellowships.
Tushar Mittal, assistant professor of geosciences in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences at Penn State, was named a 2024 Packard Fellow by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. Mittal is among this year’s class that features 20 innovative early-career scientists and engineers, each of whom will receive $875,000 over five years to pursue their research.
The Penn State Climate Consortium has awarded funding to four research projects that look to put promising climate solutions into action through interdisciplinary partnerships.
Penn State will be sending its second delegation of students and faculty to COP29, the United Nations’ annual climate meeting, which will be held Baku, Azerbaijan in November. In attendance, Olivia DiPrinzio, an undergraduate student in College of Earth and Mineral Sciences (EMS), Department of Geosciences.
Ray Najjar, affiliate professor of geosciences, was recently awarded funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation to develop a new coupled watershed-estuary model that simulates the transport and fate of major salt ions.
Bridget Reheard, undergraduate student in geosciences, has been selected as Goldwater Scholars for 2024-25.Goldwater Scholars are selected for their potential as leaders in the fields of natural sciences, mathematics and engineering.
$975,000 National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) grant awarded to Miquela Ingalls, assistant professor and Wilson Faculty Fellow.