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Joshua Inwood, professor of geography and African American studies at Penn State, recently co-authored the article, "The Living Black Atlas: Learning Geospatial Ethics from the African American Freedom Struggle." The article delves into the historical significance of cartography within African American communities and its role in resistance, storytelling and community empowerment.

To solar or not to solar? While a stable and predictable profit is an important factor to PA farmers considering leasing out their land for solar energy development, it’s not enough on its own, according to a new study led by Penn State researchers, including Erica Smithwick and Jenn Baka.

With goals of educating students about sustainability and creating a more sustainable campus environment, the Student Sustainability Council in the Penn State College of Earth and Mineral Sciences (EMS) is developing a new museum series highlighting sustainability efforts taking place in the college.

Omi Salas-SantaCruz, President’s Postdoctoral Fellow in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Penn State, will give the talk "Wellness-Territorio: A Decolonial Feminist Geographical Method for the Study of Trans* Student World-Making" at the next Department of Geography's Coffee Hour lecture. The talk will be held at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 2, and via Zoom.

Penn State has received industry accreditation for a certificate in its online geospatial portfolio. USGIF recognized Penn State’s Graduate Certificate in Geospatial Intelligence Analytics,

Jamil Bey, who graduated with both his master’s degree and doctorate in geography from Penn State, has been awarded the President's Medal by the Geological Society of America (GSA) for 2023.

The Penn State Climate Consortium has launched the Climate Solutions Accelerator, an innovative effort aimed at catalyzing research projects geared towards offering impactful climate solutions for communities in Pennsylvania and globally. 

Penn State will host the 2024 Climate Solutions Symposium on May 14 and 15 at The Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center.

The "Growing Impact" features a team including Cervone and Carleton that is exploring how to mitigate aviation’s climate impacts, specifically the warming effect created by contrails.

The course, "Challenges in Global Geospatial Analytics," took 20 students to Europe to learn geospatial technologies.