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Shale energy trends, challenges focus of EarthTalks seminar 04/14/2020

David Yoxtheimer, assistant research professor and extension specialist, will discuss the science and technology of shale energy development, and how to combine research, policy and technology to mitigate the environmental issues while meeting society’s energy needs.

Zuleima Karpyn, professor of petroleum and natural gas, was appointed EMS associate dean of graduate education and research

Zuleima Karpyn appointed associate dean in College of Earth and Mineral Sciences 04/14/2020

Zuleima Karpyn, professor of petroleum and natural gas, has been appointed associate dean of graduate education and research in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences.

Research laboratory in the Steidle Building on the University Park campus

Four MatSE graduate students receive NSF Graduate Research Fellowships 04/10/2020

Four graduate students in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences’ Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MastSE) were awarded 2020 Graduate Research Fellowships from the National Science Foundation.

EarthTalks: Panel of ice experts to discuss sea-level rise, melting ice sheets 04/08/2020

Richard Alley, Evan Pugh University Professor of Geosciences, will lead a discussion with the researchers and graduate students of Penn State’s ice group on how much sea-level rise scientists expect from melting ice and answer questions about what this means for citizens and scientists.

Penn State senior Emily Loucks conducting field research

Undergraduate research takes EMS senior around the world 04/08/2020

From Taiwan to Texas and many places in between, Penn State senior Emily Loucks has spent her academic career traveling the globe and learning as much as she can.