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Three graduate students honored with Distinguished Master’s Thesis Award 04/27/2018

Three Penn State graduate students ─ John Banghoff, Min Liew, and Elena Vazquez ─ have been awarded the Distinguished Master’s Thesis Award.

Materials science and engineering students study in the computer lab of Steidle Building.

Materials Science and Engineering students hope to inspire future women in STEM 04/27/2018

Tight-knit friendships have allowed a group of female students to excel in a field that has traditionally been male dominated, materials science and engineering. Throughout their time at Penn State, these students took on leadership roles, conducted research, represented Penn State at national conferences and prepared for the start of their careers.

Katie McGinty named College of Earth and Mineral Sciences commencement speaker 04/25/2018

The Honorable Kathleen A. "Katie" McGinty will deliver the address for the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences (EMS) undergraduate graduation ceremony. The ceremony will be held at 8 p.m. on Friday, May 4, in Pegula Ice Arena on Penn State’s University Park campus.

Penn State Race to Zero Student Design Competition team

Penn State places 1st at 2018 Race to Zero Student Design Competition 04/24/2018

The Penn State student team won first place in the Suburban Single-Family Housing Contest of the U.S. Department of Energy Race to Zero Student Design Competition on April 22.

Jiawei Huang, a doctoral student in geography, conducts field work at the Cahal Pech Maya ruins in Belize, Central America.

Geography students use virtual reality to recreate Mayan ruins 04/24/2018

Ancient Mayan civilization in Central America, which collapsed around 1,000 years ago, is being brought to life in a new Penn State project. Two doctoral students in geography, Jiawei Huang and Arif Masrur, have recreated the Mayan ruins of Cahal Pech, in Belize, using virtual reality.