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Alan Taylor, the recently retired and now professor emeritus of geography at Penn State recounts the moments his career focus shifted to the West Coast landscape and fire ecology.

The Penn State Emeritus Academy has launched "Explorations: The Penn State Emeritus Academy Lecture Series." The 2024 fall series will showcase the work of retired faculty members, including two from the Department of Geography.

The Penn State Department of Geography will kick off its fall 2024 "Coffee Hour" lecture series with a talk by Karl Zimmerer, professor of geography, ecology, and rural sociology at Penn State.

The Social Science Research Institute (SSRI) is welcoming nine new co-funded faculty members to Penn State. Two of the members are Penn State Geography faculty, Mark Ortiz and Yan Lin.

The topics of climate, energy and severe weather have taken on an increasingly critical role in political campaigns over the past few election cycles. Erica Smithwich talks about the pressing issues surrounding climate and how it may impact voters and their families.

Mahsa Bahrami, a doctoral student in Penn State’s Department of Geography, has been awarded a NASA Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology (FINESST) grant to fund her research on meltwater lakes at the surface of the Antarctic ice sheet. 

A U.S. Air Force veteran who is a Penn State World Campus student has received the University's 2024 Lieutenant Michael P. Murphy Award, which recognizes outstanding contributions to the geospatial intelligence community.

The College of Earth and Mineral Sciences has announced the appointment of five new members to the Graduates of Earth and Mineral Sciences (GEMS) board of directors, effective July 1 including Courtney Jackson, geography graduate of the class of 2015.

Cindy Brewer has been named associate dean for faculty affairs in the Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology (IST), effective Aug. 1.

Despite the demonstrated physical and mental health benefits of active transportation to children, many economically disadvantaged communities do not implement it. New research shows why and proposed solutions to mitigate such barriers.