Institute for CyberScience announces 2018 ICS Seed Grant recipients
The Institute for CyberScience (ICS) has announced the recipients of the 2018 ICS Seed Grant awards. This year, 18 researchers will receive funding from ICS. More than $413,000 is being awarded through this program.
Annual Minerals Junior Education Day set for April 7
Students can learn about minerals, crystals, gems, fossils and Earth sciences at the annual Minerals Junior Education Day. The educational program, co-sponsored by Penn State's College of Earth and Minerals Sciences’ Museum and Art Gallery, is designed to encourage the interest of students in grades one through eight in the Earth sciences.
Panel discussion on sustainability, climate science on April 4
At 4 p.m. on April 4 in 101 Chambers Building, a panel discussion titled “Sustain What?” will look at the complexity of sustainability, what it means in relation to a changing climate, and how it impacts life on earth.
Iranian artist Morehshin Allahyari to discuss technology and art
Contemporary artist and activist Morehshin Allahyari will explore political, social and cultural contradictions in a lecture titled “On Digital Colonialism and Monstrosity” at 10 a.m. on April 6 in the Paterno Library's Foster Auditorium on the University Park campus.
Connection of sea level and groundwater missing link in climate response
About 250 million years ago, when the Earth had no ice caps and the water around the equator was too hot for reptiles, sea level still rose and fell over time. Now, an international team of researchers has developed a way to track sea-level rise and fall and to tease out what caused the changes in the absence of ice sheets.