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.
Two Penn State geography faculty members are members on two of the 11 interdisciplinary research teams that have been awarded funding through Penn State's Institute of Energy and Environment's (IEE) Seed Grant Program for 2024.
Lily Houtman, a doctoral student in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences’ Department of Geography at Penn State, has been selected as a 2024 U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) awardee.
Researchers in Penn State’s Department of Geography have been awarded $12,000 in funding from the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences (EMS) Sustainability Council for their project, "Youth Perspectives on Sustainability in the College of EMS."
The Erickson Discovery Grant, which funds independent research projects for undergraduate students, has been awarded to 43 recipients this year including geography student Camilla Baumer.