Faculty Hotter and drier conditions limit forest recovery from wildfires 03/16/2023 Warmer and drier climate conditions in western U.S. forests are making it less likely that trees can regenerate after wildfires, according to a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, which includes researchers from Penn State. |
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Faculty New model provides improved air-quality predictions in fire-prone areas 03/14/2023 A team of Penn State researchers developed a deep learning model that provides improved predictions of air quality in wildfire-prone areas and can differentiate between wildfires and non-wildfires. |
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Faculty New study finds early warning signs prior to 2002 Antarctic ice shelf collapse 03/13/2023 A new study of the conditions that led to the Larsen B ice shelf collapse may reveal warning signs to watch for future Antarctic ice shelf retreat, according to a Penn State-led team of scientists. |
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Geography Coffee Hour talk to discuss heath effects of wildfire smoke 02/14/2023 Colleen Reid, assistant professor of geography at the University of Colorado, Boulder, will discuss how to better assess population exposure to wildfire smoke, how it impacts human health, and which communities are more affected by wildfire smoke during a Penn State Department of Geography Coffee Hour talk. |
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Six faculty members join the Institutes of Energy and the Environment 02/08/2023 Ida Djenontin has joined the Institutes of Energy and the Environment (IEE). |
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Coffee Hour talk to discuss how infrastructure shapes regions, influences equity 02/08/2023 Michael Glass, director of the Urban Studies Program at the University of Pittsburgh, will discuss how infrastructural futures are constructed, experienced and changed by the stakeholders that inhabit the region in a Penn State Department of Geography Coffee Hour talk titled “Seeing Equitable City-Region Futures? Negotiating The Epistemic Dimensions of Infrastructure Change in a Lagging Region.” |
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Social Science Research Institute introduces faculty fellows for 2023-24 02/06/2023 Emily T. Rosenman was recently named Social Science Research Institute (SSRI) Mentored Faculty Fellows for 2023-24. |
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Alumni EMS Sustainability Council hosting first-ever alumni panel discussion 02/01/2023 The student committee of the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences Sustainability Council will host its first alumni panel discussion, “Be the Change,” from 5 to 6 p.m. on Monday, Feb 6 in 603 Barron Innovation Hub. |
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Coffee Hour talk to discuss humanistic GIS opportunities and challenges 01/31/2023 Bo Zhao, an associate professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Washington, will give a talk at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 3, via Zoom.discussing his research that looks at GIS from a humanistic perspective, which offers a sincere quest to develop and use GIS in ways that will be more empathetic and better for humanity. |
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Faculty Smithwick appointed new director of Earth and Environmental Systems Institute 01/26/2023 Erica Smithwick, distinguished professor of geography, has been named director of the Earth and Environmental Systems Institute at Penn State, effective Jan. 1. |